Audio Book for 6hr trip??

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  • July 13, 2014 at 2:32 pm
    Tristan
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    I need some suggestions for an audio book from Audible!  We are heading to my Brother in Law’s funeral tomorrow and have a 6 hour drive round trip.  Last weekend we made a similar  hour drive and finished up listening to These Happy Golden Years, it was a huge help to have with eight children in the van.

    So what are some books that would appeal to a 1-13 year old crowd for the drive?  (A few not to put on the list because we’ve listened to them a lot: The Chronicles of Narnia, Little House on the Prairie series, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson).

    Thanks!

    July 13, 2014 at 4:32 pm
    Angelina
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    Tristan,

    First, my condolences on the loss of your brother-in-law.

    I don’t know about what’s on Audible! but when we drove the 25 hours from Ontario, Canada to Florida this past Spring we listened to My Father’s Dragon…it was a hit (my kids ages 4 through almost-11).  Not sure if you have this on-hand but I also brought along my CDs from the Vox series (Composer Study) that we’d already studied…so we essentially “reviewed” Bach, Beethovan, Mozart, Handel.  The kids loved this – said it felt like they were visiting old friends!

    Hope you get some other good ideas, and praying that the drive is safe and pleasant. 

    Blessings, Angie

    July 13, 2014 at 4:36 pm
    Tristan
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    Thank you Angie, it was unexpected.  He was in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday.

    I’ll add those ideas to my list, we’re voting tonight on a book.  🙂

    July 13, 2014 at 4:39 pm
    Wings2fly
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    So sorry for your loss.

     

    For summertime, I am thinking Gone Away Lake (and the sequel Return to Gone Away Lake) or The Penderwicks, which is on our to do list.  Your Story Hour Great Stories are good for shorter dramatizations.  We also enjoyed A Cricket in Time Square with violins in the audio book.

    July 13, 2014 at 4:40 pm
    2flowerboys
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    We love the Boxcar Children and Magic Treehouse CD’s.  Not sure Makayla would enjoy them though, but I do! 🙂

    I am sorry for your family’s loss. God bless.

    July 13, 2014 at 5:41 pm
    missceegee
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    Tristan, I’m sorry for your loss! Here are our all time fave audiobooks and series – The Sugar Creek Gang (we own all of them and they are fantabulous!), The Saturdays series, Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (series but we’ve only listened to the first one), and my personal favorite is Trumpet of the Swan read by the author, E.B. White.

    The Lamplighters dramas are fantastic, too. I doubt they are on audible, but available from publisher.

    Christie

    July 13, 2014 at 5:57 pm
    Janell
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    I, too, am so sorry, Tristan. I will be praying for your family this week.

    Some audible favorites:

    Swallows and Amazons

    Rascal by Sterling North

    All of a Kind Family (I would choose this one) Wink

    The House at Pooh Corner

    Island of the Blue Dolphins

    Hattie Big Sky

    Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

    Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

    Peter Pan read by Jim Dale (I would choose this one too.) Smile

    July 13, 2014 at 7:27 pm
    Alana Adams
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    Tristan, I too am so sorry for your family’s loss. We’ll be praying for you.

    I’m going out on a limb with my Audible suggestion because it might be classified as twaddle. :0). It’s Hank the Cowdog series. Everyone in our family from ages 3-41 loves them. If I had to pick just one it would be The Case of Prowling Bear…I think.

    July 15, 2014 at 3:59 pm
    bethanna
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    Oh, Tristan, I am so sorry.

    July 15, 2014 at 6:01 pm
    Misty
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    Tristan so sorry to hear about your loss.

    Thanks for this post though I was just going to ask for some new audio book options.

     

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