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Audiobooks

If you have just one take-away from my blog, I hope it will be a resolve to make great audiobooks a part of your toolkit to get your kid reading. The best audiobooks can inspire a love of words and stories, and sometimes even a curiosity about what these words and stories look like on the page. They can turn hours of often-wasted transit time into an absorbing literary experience, one that the whole family can enjoy together.

With the recent boom in the number of audiobooks and in ways of accessing them, these resources can be both overwhelming and under-used. What to listen to, how to listen, using what devices, websites and tools...? I sift through all of it, together with my kids as often as possible, to bring the best of the best to more kids. Check back here often to find out the best and latest...

Audiobook review: Nooks and Crannies

Posted on September 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

Title: Nooks and Crannies
Author: Jessica Lawson
Narrator: Susie Riddell
Length: 7h 27m
Format: Full length story
Age Group: 9+

Tabitha Crum has two great joys in her life: (1) talking to her pet mouse Pemberly, and (2) reading mystery novels featuring a wise, fictional mentor – Inspector Pensive. Otherwise, she is a lonely child, bullied at school and sadly neglected by her parents. But wait! Excitement is just around the corner. When Tabitha and five other children receive invitations to the home of a wealthy countess, Tabitha is plunged into a delicious, real-life mystery.  Read more…Audiobook review: Nooks and Crannies

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Audiobook review: Coraline

Posted on September 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

Audiobook Coraline

Title: Coraline
Author: Neil Gaiman
Narrator: Neil Gaiman
Length: 3hrs 36 mins
Format: Full length story
Age Group: 10+

Neil Gaiman’s voice is perfect for narrating this slightly sinister tale about Coraline Jones. New to town and bored, Coraline goes exploring her new home on a rainy day, only to unlock a mysterious door. Like some contemporary Alice going through the looking glass, there on the other side Coraline finds a mirror-image of her world. At first things seem so much better in this new world, but soon they become very strange indeed. Read more…Audiobook review: Coraline

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Magazine subscriptions are a great way to engage reluctant readers. Magazines provide content in bite-sized chunks; almost always contain wonderful photographs, graphics, and comics; and include ideas for hands-on activities. There’s also nothing quite like the feeling of getting something fun in the mail every month with your name on it.

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