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Contrary to popular opinion, audio books aren't just for the illiterate. In our increasingly auditory and decreasingly restful society, sometimes the only way to "read" books is by listening to them. Consider it story time for adults, except these aren't picture books, and you're more likely to be stuck in rush hour traffic than sitting on the library floor.

Of course, many of the audio books we offer are also for kids. As educators and psychologists learn more about the human mind and its variations, they understand more about learning styles; many people are auditory learners, simply meaning that they learn best by hearing. Listening to stories or history or whatever is a better way to help some kids internalize information than making them stare at a page until they have it memorized.

Education is about more than mere memorization, anyway. It's about absorbing and analyzing the knowledge and attitudes of others, understanding why they act and think the way they do. A good audio book can accomplish this just as well as a good book, and sometimes better—it's less time consuming to listen to a track over and over until you understand than it is to read the same two or three pages.

A lot of audio books aren't that great. Either the recordings are terrible, or the "reader" can't read, or there's too much cheesy music in the background that you're spending more effort wishing Kenny G had never picked up a saxophone than actually listening to the words being read. We've made it a point to carry only those that are high quality, and only quality titles.

We've also made it a point to link to Librivox wherever possible. Librivox is a website offering free audio books from the public domain, most of which are read by unpaid volunteers. As a result, the quality of the readings is all over the place: some are great, some are pretty awful. Still, this is a fantastic resource for free audio books that you can download or listen to online.

From time to time customers have asked why we don't carry more audio books. While we are spent a while expanding our selection, we have since stepped back from that for three main reasons: The advent of smart phones and digital subscription sources like Audible and Chirp is the first; Librivox is the second, and the library is the third. Local library systems are offering an ever-increasing number of audio books, both for checkout and download, and we encourage you to take advantage of that service, especially since it's free.

You'll find mostly classic fiction in this category, with some theology, history, and historical fiction thrown in for good measure. All of these are books you could listen to as a family, though some will be over the heads of younger kids. Whether you're trying to save time, have auditory learners, or simply would rather listen than read, we encourage you to consider audio books as an important and viable supplement to your home school and your life.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	101 Hymn Stories - audio book on CD The Inspiring True Stories Behind 101 Favorite Hymns by Kenneth Osbeck, read by Wayne Shepherd from Oasis Audio for 6th-12th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	A Christmas Carol Audio Drama - 2 CD set by Charles Dickens from Focus on the Family for 1st-Adult in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America - Audio CD by Jim Weiss from Well-Trained Mind Press for 4th-8th grade in Greathall Storyteller CDs (Location: CD-WEISS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	American Tall Tales - Audiobook by Jim Weiss from Well-Trained Mind Press for 3rd-8th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Arabian Nights - Audiobook by Jim Weiss from Well-Trained Mind Press for 3rd-8th grade in Greathall Storyteller CDs (Location: CD-WEISS)
	Beatrix Potter: Complete Tales - Yoto Card by Beatrix Potter; narrated by various from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $39.99
	Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom - Audio Drama (CD) Focus on the Family Radio Theatre from Tyndale House for 4th-9th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $15.29
	Boxcar Children Collection - Yoto Card by Gertrude Chandler Warner; narrated by Aimee Lilly and Tim Gregory from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $34.99
	Boxcar Children Collection 2 - Yoto Card by Gertrude Chandler Warner; narrated by Aimee Lilly and Tim Gregory from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $34.99
	Brambly Hedge Collection - Yoto Card by Jill Barklem; narrated by John Moffatt and Harriet Carmichael from Yoto for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $19.99
	Bridge to Terebithia - Yoto Card by Katherine Paterson; narrated by Robert Sean Leonard from Yoto for 3rd-6th grade in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $12.99
	Bunnicula - Yoto Card by Deborah and James Howe; narrated by Victor Garber from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $11.99
	By the Shores of Silver Lake - Audio Book (CD) Little House Series #5 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade 1940 Newbery Honor Book in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	C. S. Lewis: The Signature Classics Audio Collection The Screwtape Letters, the Great Divorce, the Problem of Pain, Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis from HarperAudio for 10th-Adult in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $59.99
	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Audio CD by Jean Lee Latham, narrated by Jim Weiss from Well-Trained Mind Press for 5th-8th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $40.95
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Yoto Card by Roald Dahl; narrated by Douglas Hodge from Yoto for 3rd-6th grade in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	Charlotte's Web - Yoto Card by E. B. White; narrated by Meryl Streep from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	Chronicles of Narnia - Audio Book Set by C. S. Lewis from HarperCollins for 2nd-9th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $75.00
	Chronicles of Narnia - Yoto Card by C. S. Lewis; narrated by various from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $59.99
	Collection of Just So Stories - Audiobook by Jim Weiss from Well-Trained Mind Press for 3rd-8th grade in Greathall Storyteller CDs (Location: CD-WEISS)
	Cricket in Times Square - Yoto Card by George Selden; narrated by Vikas Adam from Yoto for 3rd-6th grade in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $12.99
	D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths - Audio CD OSI by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Yearling Greek Mythology for 4th-8th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Collection - Yoto Card by Mo Willems from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	Edward MacDowell and His Cabin in the Pines - MP3 Audio Book by Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher from Zeezok Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART) $9.00
	English Family in the American Wilderness by Rebecca Burlend from Western Conservatory of the Arts & Sciences for 8th-Adult in Pioneer & Frontier Life (Location: HISA-19PIO)
	Eternal Argument - CD Audio Book A Framework for Understanding Western Literature and Culture by R. Robin Finley, read by the author from Analytical Grammar for 6th-9th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Farmer Boy - Audio CD Little House Series #3 by Laura Ingalls Wilder Unabridged from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	First Four Years - Audio CD by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Frog and Toad Audio Collection - Yoto Card by Arnold Lobel from Yoto for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $11.99
	Good Night - Audiobook by Jim Weiss from Greathall Productions for 3rd-8th grade in Greathall Storyteller CDs (Location: CD-WEISS)
	Henty Short Stories Volume 1 - MP3 CD by Jim Hodges from Jim Hodges Productions for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty) $14.00
	Hiding Place - Audio Drama (CD) by Corrie Ten Boom Unabridged from Focus on the Family for 6th-10th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $21.24
	Hobbit - Audio Book (CD) by J. R. R. Tolkien and Narrator Rob Inglis from Recorded Books, LLC in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Hobbit - Audio Book CDs by J. R. R. Tolkien; Andy Serkis (reader) from Recorded Books, LLC for 3rd-Adult in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Holes - Yoto Card by Louis Sachar; narrated by Kerry Beyer from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	Impossible Creatures - Yoto Card by Katherine Rundell; narrated by Samuel West from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $16.99
	In Freedom's Cause - Audio Drama by G. A. Henty for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty)
	In the Reign of Terror - MP3 CD by Jim Hodges from Jim Hodges Productions for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty) $14.00
	James Herriot's Treasury for Children - Audio Book (CD) by James Herriot (read by Jim Dale) Unabridged from Macmillan Realistic Fiction for Kindergarten-6th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $14.99
	Jonathan Park Volume 1 - Study Guide Adventure Begins from Vision Forum in Jonathan Park Audio Adventures (Location: CD-JONPARK) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Jonathan Park Volume 1 - CD The Adventure Begins from Vision Forum for Kindergarten-6th grade in Jonathan Park Audio Adventures (Location: CD-JONPARK) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Jonathan Park Volume 5 - Study Guide Explorer's Society from Vision Forum in Jonathan Park Audio Adventures (Location: CD-JONPARK) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Jumanji With free audio book download read by Robin Williams by Chris Van Allsburg, Robin Williams (Narrator) 30th Anniversary Edition from Houghton Mifflin Animal Stories: Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade 1982 Caldecott Medal winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $16.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Junior's Adventures - 6-CD Audio Set by Dave Ramsey from The Lampo Group for 2nd-5th grade in Money Management for Kids (and Teens) (Location: SS-MM) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Little House in The Big Woods - Audio CD by Laura Ingalls Wilder Unabridged from HarperCollins for 3rd-4th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Little House On The Prairie - Audio CD by Laura Ingalls Wilder Unabridged from HarperCollins for 1st-6th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Little Town on the Prairie - Audio CD Little House Series #7 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1942 Newbery Honor Book in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Long Winter - Audio CD Little House Series #6 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1941 Newbery Honor Book in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Make Your Own - Yoto Card Pack of 5 from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO)
	Men of Iron - Audio Book CD by Howard Pyle from Well-Trained Mind Press for 4th-9th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $32.95
	Mercy Watson Pack - Yoto Card by Kate DiCamillo; narrated by Ron McLarty from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $29.99
	Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle - Yoto Card by Betty MacDonald; narrated by Karen White from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	Old Mother West Wind - Audio Book on CD by Thornton W. Burgess, narrated by Laurie Anne Walden from St. Clare Audio for 1st-4th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	On the Banks of Plum Creek - Audio CD Little House Series #4 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade 1938 Newbery Honor Book in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Out on the Pampas - MP3 CD by Jim Hodges from Jim Hodges Productions for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty) $14.00
	Phantom Tollbooth - Yoto Card by Norton Juster; narrated by Rainn Wilson and Norton Juster from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	St. Bartholomew's Eve - MP3 CD by Jim Hodges from Jim Hodges Productions Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty) $14.00
	Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray - MP3 Audio Book by Opal Wheeler from Zeezok Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART) $11.17
	Story of the World Volume 1 - Audio CD Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor by Susan Wise Bauer from Well-Trained Mind Press for 2nd-6th grade in Story of the World (Location: HISCUR-SoW) $47.95 $24.00 (1 in stock)
	Stuart Little - Yoto Card by E. B. White; read by Julie Harris from Yoto for 2nd-5th grade in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	Tale of Despereaux - Yoto Card by Kate DiCamillo; narrated by Graeme Malcom from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	These Happy Golden Years - Audio CD Little House Series #8 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1944 Newbery Honor Book in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $25.95
	Under Drake's Flag - Audio Drama by G. A. Henty for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty)
	Under Drake's Flag - MP3 CD A Tale of the Spanish Main by Jim Hodges from Jim Hodges Productions Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty) $14.00
	Who in the World Was the Unready King? Audiobook The Story of Ethelred by Connie Clark, Read by Jim Weiss from Well-Trained Mind Press for 1st-3rd grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO)
	Winnie-the-Pooh: Complete BBC Collection - Yoto Card by A. A. Milne; narrated by Alan Bennett from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $12.99
	Winning His Spurs - MP3 CD A Tale of the Crusades by Jim Hodges from Jim Hodges Productions Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Henty Audio Books (Location: CD-Henty) $14.00 $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Wrinkle in Time - Yoto Card by Madeleine L'Engle; narrated by Hope Davis from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $14.99
	Yoto Mini 2024 edition from Yoto in Yoto Players & Cards (Location: AUD-YOTO) $79.99

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