Hear that? Awesome Audio Books from the Children's Room: Home
An aid in finding recorded books from the Juvenile collection at Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library Main Branch.
Why listen to an Audio Book?
The many benefits of listening to audio book, with or without the original text, include:
- Increases enjoyment of reading.
- Increase concentration skills.
- Increase vocabulary and pronunciation.
- Many recording have sound effects, skilled readers with entertaining voices or multiple readers.
- Models accurate fluency of reading with expressive tones.
- Audio learners will remember the story better.
- Provides access to books above a reader's level.
WELCOME
Click on the blue tabs above to see a listing of books in audio format under the specific genre:
- Easy & Early Chapter Books: For those first learning to read, Easy Books have short sentences and simple words. As a reader gets more comfortable, these shorter chapter books are the perfect next step.
- Action / Adventure / Mystery: Excitement with danger, suspense, and crime solving puzzles. Find everything from funny and fast paced to survival tales.
- Animals: Furry or Scaly, Fun or Scary, these books are for the animal lover.
- Humor / Sports / Realistic Fiction: Stories of every-day boys and girls, with a section on funny stories and other books where a sport plays a major roll in the story.
- Fantasy / Sci-fi / Scary: Magic, magical creatures, aliens, time travel,and some books that are a little spooky.
- Historical Fiction: Step back in time to hear stories that take place long ago. Includes Classics!
- PlayAways: are a special device with the book already loaded onto to. Provide your own AAA battery and earbuds and listen where ever you go!
PLEASE NOTE: Some books fall into multiple genres but were only placed into one on this list. So you might find a book with a little magic in the Action or Classics section or a historical book under Animals. Have fun browsing!
Hover over the "i" for a description of each book.
Each title is linked to our catalog so you can see if it is checked-in. Every effort was made to include the physical book, other books in the series, downloadable audio books, and even movies, but this was not possible for all links. Look for the audio/ Book on CD icon for the actual book.
DISCLAIMER: This is not a complete listing. The first book in a series is listed. If one author has many books in audio under the same genre, only one or two will be posted.
FREE DOWNLOADS
Haverstraw King's Daughters Public Library card holders have 2 (that's TWO) ways to check-out audio books (movies, TV shows, music and Ebooks too). Whereever you have internet access, onto any of your personal devices, you can stream or download from thousands of choices. With automatic returns, you will never have a late fee. You will need to create an account and download the free apps onto your device or view through an internet browser. There are custom settings for accounts, ability to bookmark titles for future or place a request on checked titles. Use your library barcode number (all 14 numbers without any spaces) and your pin is defaulted to the last four digits of your phone number. You can change your pin, renew books and place holds on physical material in libraries by logging into your account on our website.
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Award Winning
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Here are some award winning and highly acclaimed audio books for superior production quality and superb reading in our collection. Some of these books are available in Overdrive to download onto your personal device for FREE!
Anna and the Swallow Man by
Anna Ania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. She s alone. And then Anna meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. And when the soldiers in the streets look at him, they see what he wants them to see. The Swallow Man is not Anna s father she knows that very well but she also knows that, like her father, he s in danger of being taken, and like her father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is entranced. She follows him into the wilderness. Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgment, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous. Even the Swallow Man. Destined to become a classic, Gavriel Savit s stunning debut reveals life s hardest lessons while celebrating its miraculous possibilities."
ISBN: 9781101891834Publication Date: 2016-01-12
The War That Saved My Life by
A Newbery Honor Book Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award (Middle School) Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of 2015 New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson's Sons and for fans of Number the Stars. Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute--she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan--and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother? This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity--a classic in the making.
ISBN: 9780803740815Publication Date: 2015-01-08
Echo by
Music, magic, and a real-life miracle meld in this genre-defying masterpiece from storytelling maestro Pam Muñoz Ryan. Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo. Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, ECHO pushes the boundaries of genre and form, and shows us what is possible in how we tell stories. The result is an impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force that will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.
ISBN: 9780439874021Publication Date: 2015-02-24
Smek for President! by
In this much anticipated sequel to The True Meaning of Smekday, Tip and J.Lo are back for another hilarious intergalactic adventure. And this time (and last time, and maybe next time), they want to make things right with the Boov. After Tip and J.Lo banished the Gorg from Earth in a scheme involving the cloning of many, many cats, the pair is notorious-but not for their heroics. Instead, human Dan Landry has taken credit for conquering the Gorg, and the Boov blame J.Lo for ruining their colonization of the planet. Determined to clear his name, J.Lo and Tip pack into Slushious, a Chevy that J.Lo has engineered into a fairly operational spaceship, and head to New Boovworld, the aliens' new home on one of Saturn's moons. But their welcome isn't quite as warm as Tip and J.Lo would have liked. J.Lo is dubbed Public Enemy Number One, and Captain Smek knows that capturing the alien is the only way he'll stand a chance in the Boovs' first-ever presidential election. With the help of a friendly flying billboard named Bill, a journey through various garbage chutes, a bit of time travel, and a slew of hilarious Boovish accents, Tip and J.Lo must fight to set the record straight-and return home in once piece.
ISBN: 9781484709511Publication Date: 2015-02-10
Lost in the Sun by
From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him. Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident on Cedar Lake left one kid dead, and Trent with a brain full of terrible thoughts he can't get rid of. Trent's pretty positive the entire disaster was his fault, so for him middle school feels like a fresh start, a chance to prove to everyone that he's not the horrible screw-up they seem to think he is. If only Trent could make that fresh start happen. It isn't until Trent gets caught up in the whirlwind that is Fallon Little--the girl with the mysterious scar across her face--that things begin to change. Because fresh starts aren't always easy. Even in baseball, when a fly ball gets lost in the sun, you have to remember to shift your position to find it. Praise for Lost in the Sun: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year! * "Graff writes with stunning insight [and] consistently demonstrates why character-driven novels can live from generation to generation."--Kirkus Reviews *STARRED* * "Graff creates layered, vulnerable characters that are worth getting to know."--Booklist *STARRED* * "[A]n ambitious and gracefully executed story."--Publishers Weekly *STARRED* * "Weighty matters deftly handled with humor and grace will give this book wide appeal."--School Library Journal *STARRED* * "Characterization is thoughtful."--BCCB *STARRED* "In Lost in the Sun, Trent decides that he will speak the truth: that pain and anger and loss are not the final words, that goodness can find us after all--even when we hide from it. This is a novel that speaks powerfully, honestly, almost shockingly about our human pain and our human redemption. This book will change you."--Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy "Lisa Graff crafts a compelling story about a boy touched with tragedy and the world of people he cares about. And like all the best stories, it ends at a new beginning."--Richard Peck, Newbery Award-winning author of A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way From Chicago Lisa Graff's Awards and Reviews: Lisa Graff's books have been named to 30 state award lists, and A Tangle of Knots was long-listed for the National Book Award.
ISBN: 9780399164064Publication Date: 2015-05-26
