Are you going to be taking a long car ride with the family? How about checking out an audiobook to listen to in the car? We have a vast selection from timeless classics to recently published titles, you’re sure to find something to enjoy!
Did you know there are many benefits of audiobooks in addition to making time spent in the car fly by? While children are enjoying the story being told (often by a dynamic storyteller), they are also being introduced to new vocabulary and are sharpening their critical listening skills.
Free downloadable audiobooks are available for children and teens from Live-brary.com here. If you need help navigating please stop by your local branch of The Smithtown Library or give us a call at 631-360-2480 ext. 140.
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Take a look at the outstanding titles below and let us know if you would like to place one on hold, visit our website here or call your local branch.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone written by J.K. Rowling, read by Jim Dale.
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If you haven’t already listened to this audiobook, you have missed out on a real treat! Jim Dale is the narrator and his is brilliant! He reads the book using dozens of voices and is so convincing you will think there are really separate people doing the reading. For him to read the first novel in this acclaimed series is the perfect pairing. You can listen to the story of Harry who has been rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, he is a young boy with a great destiny and proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School.
Who Could That Be At This Hour? Written by Lemony Snicket, read by Liam Aiken.
Lemony Snicket is back! If you enjoyed A Series of Unfortunate Events,then be sure to not to miss the prequel in which a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about in a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted . He started by asking questions that shouldn't have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published, in four volumes that shouldn't be read.
Three Times Lucky written by Sheila Turnage, read by Michal Friedman.
This story is a hilarious Southern debut with the kind of characters you meet once in a lifetime. Mo Bean who washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, is now eleven. She and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seem implicated in a murder. Appropriate for listeners 10 years and above.
