Summer Audiobooks

The New York Times Book Review section from May 20^th featured an article by Judith Shulevitz, “Let’s Go Reading in the Car” that included the following list of recommended audiobooks to check out this summer. Read reviews for these titles with CLCD.

For Ages 4 and Up:

D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

Read by Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, and Matthew Broderick

The “Gooney Bird” series by Lois Lowry

Read by Lee Adams

The “Great Brain” series by John D. Fitzgerald

Read by Ron McLarty

The “Judy Moody” and “Stink” series by Megan McDonald

Read by Barbara Rosenblat

Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

Read by Melanie Martinez

For Ages 8 and Up:

The “Fudge” series by Judy Blume

Read by the author

Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

Read by Edward Herrmann

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Read by Peter MacNicol

The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

Read by the author

For Ages 10 and Up:

Bloomability by Sharon Creech

Read by Mandy Siegfried

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Read by Michael Welch

The “Joey Pigza” series by Jack Gantos

Read by the author

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

Read by S. Epatha Merkerson

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Read by Jenna Lamia, Cassandra Campbell, and Kirby Heyborne