Kids’ Audiobooks Perfect for Listening and Gifting This Holiday Season
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The weather outside is frightful, but this season’s audiobooks make staying inside so delightful! Whether you listen by yourself to unwind or as a family to share storytime together, we have no shortage of fun and heartfelt listens for you to tune in to this winter.
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The Serious Goose
Jimmy Kimmel’s first children’s book reminds readers that being silly is serious business! This fun and funny read-aloud is perfect to create gaggles of giggles with your goslings – and even better, Kimmel’s proceeds from sales of The Serious Goose will be donated to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and to children’s hospitals around the country.
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Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship
Tidying up is an easy way to make space for the things that spark joy this season: whether it be friends and family visiting, ornaments on the tree, or holiday tschotchkes on the counter. Younger readers, though, might need a little push to put their things away – and the adorable story of two friends who don’t let things get in their way might be just the trick!
(Ages 3-7; available in digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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The Gift Inside the Box
It’s easy for anyone to fall prey to greediness during the holiday season, and this thoughtful read is the perfect story to get kids thinking more about generosity and giving rather than receiving.
(Ages 5-8; available in digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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The Christmasaurus
Singer, songwriter, and YouTuber Tom Fletcher’s instant Christmas classic tells the story of a boy who receives a real dinosaur instead of a toy for Christmas from Santa Claus.
(Ages 8 – 12; available in Unabridged Download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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Hey Grandude!
This perfect pick for the grandparent in your life is an action-packed adventure celebrating the fun that grandparents and their grandkids can get up to – written and read by Beatle Paul McCartney!
(Ages 4-6; available in digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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Charlotte’s Web
One of America’s favorite stories - #7 on PBS’s “Great American Read” list – is now available as a full-cast recording led by Meryl Streep, with top audiobook narrators including January LaVoy as Charlotte and Kirby Heyborne as Wilbur. Experience the magic as a family and share in this gentle, touching story of friendship and loyalty – and one terrific, radiant, humble pig.
(Ages 8-12; available in CD & digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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A Tale Dark and Grimm
Perfect for listening as a family, this trilogy opener features Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest podcaster and author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Inquisitor’s Tale, Adam Gidwitz, narrating Hansel and Gretel’s adventures as they walk out of their own story and into other classic Grimm and Grimm-inspired fairy tales. For follow-up as you get sucked into Gidwitz’s storytelling, listen to the rest of the trilogy: In a Glass Grimmly and The Grimm Conclusion.
(Ages 10 & up; available in digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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White Bird
R. J. Palacio revisits the world of Wonder, this time expanding on the story of Julian’s grandmother. Hidden by a family in Nazi-occupied France as a young Jewish girl, Grandmère befriended a boy she and her classmates had once shunned, demonstrating the power of kindness to build bridges between people. It’s a beautiful sentiment to bring into the holiday season and every day.
(Ages 8 & up, available in CD & digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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Let It Snow
Get cozy with this festive YA holiday romance, perfect for listening when the weather outside is frightful! When a Christmas Eve storm buries Gracetown under multiple feet of snow, chaos ensues – and potentially a little bit of love. This group effort from bestselling authors John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle was recently adapted as a feature film on Netflix!
(Ages 12 & up; available in digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth
For fans of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials – now a series on HBO! – this companion series is set in the same world, read by Good Omens star Michael Sheen. In The Secret Commonwealth, Lyra Belacqua, now Lyra Silvertongue, is a college student, drawn again alongside her demon Pantalaimon into the mysteries of Dust.
(Ages 14 & up; available in CD & digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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Poemsia
Award-winning author Lang Leav presents Poemsia, her debut novel about an aspiring poet thrust into social media stardom. Known for her gorgeous poetry, shared on Instagram and around the internet, Lang Leav writes from her own experience in the shadowy world of contemporary poetry.
Also available: Lang Leav’s poetry collections, Sea of Strangers, Love Looks Pretty On You, and The Universe of Us, read by the author!
(Ages 14 & up, available in digital download)Listen to a clip: SoundCloud
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