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Tavia Gilbert’s spot-on narration brings all of the characters to life in Jennifer Roy’s Yellow Star, a story-in-verse offering a glimpse of the experiences of her aunt in the Lodz Ghetto during World War II. Be sure to read the starred audiobook review of the personal account of a young girl.
Graham Winton’s narration brings to life Gary Schmidt’s beautiful fantasy, What Came form the Stars, about healing and forgiveness. Check out the starred review of this must-have audiobook for middle school students.
Margi Preus’s Shadow on the Mountain is set in Norway during the Nazi occupation and expertly narrated by Jeff Woodman who gives perfect voices to all the characters. Don’t miss the starred review of this audiobook about a lesser-known part of World War II history.
Don’t miss the starred review of Jasper Fford’s The Last Dragonslayer, the first title in his “The Chronicles of Kazam” trilogy, a book populated with outrageous individuals and fantastic creatures. Elizabeth Jasicki’s narration of this audiobook is spot-on.
Phillip Hoose describes a year in the life of a rufa red knot in the audiobook Moonbird and does a superb job of narrating the text.
Ann Bausum explores the connections between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Marching to the Mountaintop. Check out the review for this wonderful audiobook for listeners in middle school and above.
In Growing Up in Coal Country, Susan Campbell Bartoletti recounts life in Northeastern Pennsylvania coal country around the turn of the 19th century utilizing oral history and archival documents and focusing primarily on the lives of children. Don’t miss the starred review of this audiobook narrated by Suzanne Toren.
Learn about the Triple Nickles, a group of unsung African-American soldiers who became part of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion during World War II in the starred audiobook review of Courage Has No Color, written by Tanya Lee Stone and narrated by JD Jackson.
The Happy Racers’ latest album, Ready Set Go, embraces all the fun and wonders of childhood. Here’s the starred review of the CD.
When stories and informational audiobooks are paired together, they create a winning combination that can help students establish a foundation of knowledge about certain topics.
Check out the starred review of the audiobook Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt, narrated by Emily Durante.
The children’s music CD Got a Minute? features Milkshake’s outstanding vocal and instrumental performances. Be sure to read the starred review.
The Funky Mama’s new album, Pickin’ in the Garden, presents 15 upbeat, lively songs in folk, country, rock Latin, bluegrass, ragtime, and funk musical styles. Don’t miss the review of their CD.
Don’t miss the starred review of Learning Station’s Action! Fun! Dance! For Kids, a new album of 14 rousing songs that will get children up and moving.
Ruby is torn between her high school friends and a new girl who is aloof and refuses to follow the rules in Stephanie Guerra’s novel, Torn, that is authentically narrated by Casey Holloway in this starred audiobook production.
Learn about the man behind the hat and mustache in Sid Fleischman’s well-researched biography, Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World, superbly narrated by Fred Sullivan. Don’t miss this starred audiobook version.
In The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, Catheryne Valente seamlessly and brilliantly blends elements of fantasy, mythology, and historical fiction to create a magical world so cunningly described that it’s utterly believable. S. J. Tucker distinctly voices all the characters in this starred audiobook version of the novel.
Narrator JD Jackson brings to life Gigi Amateau’s historical novel, Come August, Come Freedom, set in Colonial Virginia prior to the Civil War. Don’t miss this starred audiobook version.
Steve Pierson and his Los Angeles-based band Jambo rock as they perform 14 original feel-good songs on their second album for kids, Hootenanny. Be sure to read the starred review.
The thrilling conclusion the Keepers Trilogy, a fantasy adventure series, is not be missed. Read why the audiobook version is SLJ’s Pick of the Day.
