Best Kid-Friendly Audiobooks: An Extensive List of Over 30 Titles

30+ Best Audio Books for Kids

Posted by Iris Yan on 8/29/2019 8:51:25 AM.

Audiobook can be a perfect treat for a boring day or long journey. If you have a long trip with your kids, I would suggest you prepare some great audiobooks for your kids. With these wonderful audiobooks, your kids will have a unforgettable trip. You may be curious what’s the best audio books for kids? Here I list 30+ best audio books for kids. If you are intending to get your kids in audiobooks, you can start with the following kids audio books.

Best Audio Books for Kids

Title	Author/Reader/(suitable age)	Cover	Description
Little House in the Big Woods	Laura Ingalls Wilder / Cherry Jones /age 3+		The book that started it all! Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series, which is based on her life growing up as an American pioneer.
The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites	Dr. Seuss/ Kelsey Grammer, John Cleese/age 3+		These are seriously great stories read aloud beautifully. This one of the best children’s audio sets I’ve ever heard. The stories are read aloud by great actors/story tellers

| Winnie-the-Pooh: The Complete BBC collection | A. A. Milne /Alan Bennett /age 3+ | | Alan Bennett reads A. A. Milne’s much-loved stories about a small bear and his friends. The collection includes Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner and A Party for Pooh. |

| Magic Tree House | Mary Pope Osborne (Author, Narrator)/age4+ | | Jack and Annie are ready for their first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! This book ?teach history and geography and more in a fun story. |

| The Green Ember | S. D. Smith /oel Clarkson/age 5+ | | Family, honor, growing up, friendship - all a part of this lovely tale of a rabbit warren and it’s leader. |

| The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body | Joanna Cole /Cassandra Morris/age 5+ | | This book explains human body so well. With fascinating pictures and ideas, this book is great read and extremely knowledgeable. |
| The One and Only Ivan | Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao/Adam Grupper/age5+ | | Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create Ivan’s unforgettable first-person narration in a story of friendship, art, and hope. |

| The Indian in the Cupboard | Lynne Reid Banks (Narrator, Author)/age5+ | | Omri’s plastic Indian, put in an unusual cupboard overnight, comes to life, Omri has a new friend who can teach him about another culture and another time. |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl /Douglas Hodge/age 6+ | | About a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who loves Willie Wonka’s chocolate. The Wonka factory had been closed for years, and when Mr. Wonka gives an opportunity to five lucky children who finds a shimmering golden paper called the Golden Ticket, and whoever wins gets a free supply of chocolate for the rest of their lives. |

| Charlotte’s Web | E.B. White /George Plimpton/age 5+ | | The absolute best children’s book ever written. This book presents timeless themes of kindness, acceptance of those who differ from us. |

| Matilda | Roald Dahl /Kate Winslet/age5+ | | Matilda is a modern tale that has many elements of the old folk European stories, with angelical people and evil people that you immediately love and hate, and air of defiance of the adults’ world that hooks up children. |

| The Once and Future King | T. H. White / Neville Jason/age8+ | | A grand and valued rendition of the Arthurian legend. White’s classic version of King Arthur is creative, clever, witty and compelling. |
| Peter and the Starcatchers | Dave Barry / Jim Dale/age4+ | | In an evocative and fast-paced adventure on the high seas and on a faraway island an orphan boy named Peter and his mysterious new friend, Molly, overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a fantastical secret safe and save the world from evil. |
| The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien/ Rob Inglis/age 8+ | | In this fantasy classic, master storyteller J.R.R. Tolkein creates a bewitching world filled with delightful creatures and thrilling dangers. |

| My Side of the Mountain | Jean Craighead George /Christian Rummel/age12+ | | A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship. |
| Paddle-to-the-Sea | Holling Clancy Holling/ Terry Bregy/age8+ | | A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle’s journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region. |
| Redwall | Brian Jacques/Stuart Blinder/age8+ | | It has been ten years since readers around the world discovered the amazing creatures of Mossflower Wood. Ten years since they met the wicked one-eyed rat Cluny the Scourge and his battle-seasoned horde who vowed to conquer peace-loving Redwall Abbey. |

| Ramona Quimby | Beverly Cleary/Stockard Channing/age8+ | | This book is so fun and interesting. You learn a lot about Ramona and her family. |

| My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish | Mo O’Hara/Christopher/age6+ | | When Tom’s big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! |
| Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Judy Blume (Narrator, Author)/age8+ | | A humorous story that transcends across generations as a nine year old boy tries to find his place within his family as well as the world around him, navigating a younger brother who challenges him at every turn. |

| Life of Pi | Yann Martel/ Jeff Woodman/age8+ | | After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan–and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. |

| Hatchet | Peter Coyote/Gary Paulsen | | After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents’ divorce. |
| Alice in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll/B.J. Harrison/age5+ | | Alice begins her fantastic journey by following an unprecedented White Rabbit with a pocket watch. |

| The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame/David Thorn/age4+ | | The animals Rat, Toad, Mole, Badger, and many more share their trials and tribulations as well as joys as they progress through the seasons of the year. The magical fantasy of their journeys starts on the river bank and goes to the heights of Toad Hall, a truly fine mansion of many secret passages. |

| Mr. Popper’s Penguins | Richard Atwater,Florence Atwater/Nick Sullivan/age5+ | | Mr. Popper and his family have penguins in the fridge and an ice rink in the basement in this hilarious Newbery Honor book that inspired the hit movie! |

| Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures | Kate DiCamillo/K. G. Campbell/age8+ | | Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo. |

| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | J.K. Rowling/ Jim Dale/age8+ | | On Harry’s eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett/Victoria McGee/age8+ | | A beloved classic of children’s literature The Secret Garden tells an inspirational tale of transformation and empowerment. |
| Ivy and Bean | Annie Barrows/Cassandra Morris/age3+ | | When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. |

| The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy | Jeanne Birdsall/ Susan Denaker/age4+ | | This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel’s sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. |

I know there must be some great audio books for kids out of this list. You are welcome to share them in the comments so that more kids will get the inspiration from the audiobooks your kids loved. Since most of the audiobooks are produced by Audible, you can either purchase them from Audible.com or Amazon website. One thing to be pointed out is that all audible books are protected by Audible DRM and can be listened on Audible compatible app or device. To break the Audible DRM restriction, **Epubor Audible Converter **is highly recommended to you for removing Audible DRM and converting Audible to mp3 or audible to m4b so that you can enjoy your Audible books at any place on any MP3 or M4B supported players or apps. Just download Epubor Audible Converter now for free trial!

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2 Comments

Kathy

Re:Best Audio Books for Kids

09/15/2017 17:39:25

Great list! I will share with my grandchild. Thank you.

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Re:Kathy

09/20/2017 10:31:47

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Best Kid-Friendly Audiobooks: An Extensive List of Over 30 Titles