Fiction
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Airborn - Kenneth Oppel
- A full cast brings this fantastic journey aboard an airship to life! Tales of flying cats and pirates will entertain the whole family. |
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Alchemy and Meggy Swann - Karen Cushman
- Meet Meggy Swann, a feisty, sharp-tongued girl who has just arrived in gritty Elizabethan London. Unwanted by both her parents because of a deformity, her personality will charm you, as will the narrator of this fine historical fiction. |
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Before Green Gables - Budge Wilson
- Fans of the Anne of Green Gables books will want to know all about what happens before she gets to PEI. Nova Scotia author Budge Wilson tells a great story, Anne style. |
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Bunnicula meets Edgar Allan Crow [sound recording] - James Howe
- Why would the mysterious caped man want Bunnicula to sleep in his room with him? Why does a murder of crows arrive in the yard at the same moment M.T. arrives? Bunnicula, Chester, Harold, and Howie go into high alert over the impending visitor and the strange happenings that accompany him. |
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Diamond Willow - Helen Frost
- Listen to the story of 12-year-old Willow, part Athabascan Indian, who wants to prove herself by running the family's sled dogs alone in the Alaskan wilderness. |
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Diary of a wimpy kid. Dog days (sound recording) - Jeff Kinney
- Greg says..."The way I like to spend my summer holiday is in front of the TV, playing video games with the curtains closed and the light turned off. Unfortunately, Mom's idea of the perfect summer holiday is different from mine." |
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Frog and Toad audio collection [sound recording] - Arnold Lobel
- Now available to hear in one collection: "Frog and Toad Are Friends; Frog and Toad All Year; Frog and Toad Together"; and "Days with Frog and Toad."
Family listening choice! |
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Junie B. Jones collection (sound recording) - Barbara Park
- Junie B. Jones has long been a favourite. Now you can listen to her stories! |
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My friend Flicka [sound recording] - Mary O Hara
- It seems Ken can't do anything right. He loses saddle blankets and breaks reins . . . but then comes the worst news yet: a report card so bad that he has to repeat a grade. How can you tame the dreamy mind of a boy who stares out of the window instead of taking an exam? Enter Flicka, the chestnut filly with a wild spirit.
Family listening choice! |
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My friends call me monster - R. L. Stine
- Part of the "Goosebumps Horrorland" series, this audio is like a funhouse radio show, only a little scary. |
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No passengers beyond this point (sound recording) - Gennifer Choldenko
- With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them, but when the plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time. |
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No talking - Andrew Clements
- Dave and Lynsey create a school contest-- it's the boys against the girls! Which team can say the fewest words during two whole days?
How do the teachers react to the silence? What happens when the principal feels she's losing control? |
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Sammy Keyes and the dead giveaway [sound recording] - Wendelin Van Draanen
- Sammy accidentally makes a deadly mistake, but all clues point to her nemesis Heather, and she gets blamed. As Sammy struggles with her conscience she gets distracted helping an ailing senior citizen in her fight against urban renewal. |
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The Alvin Ho collection - Lenore Look
- Alvin Ho is allergic to girls, school, and other scary things like camping, hiking, and other natural disasters. |
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The dreamer - Pam Munoz Ryan
- Neftali finds beauty and wonder everywhere. He loves to collect treasures, daydream, and write--pastimes his authoritarian father thinks are for fools. Against all odds, Neftali prevails against his father's cruelty and his own crippling shyness to become one of the most widely read poets in the world, Pablo Neruda. |
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The hunchback assignments - Arthur Slade
- In Victorian London, the mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child with an amazing ability to transform his appearance, and raises him to be a spy. |
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The legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving
- Time for some classics! Listen to this enchanting, and slightly creepy tale. |
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The lightning thief - Rick Riordan
- Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. |
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The problem with the Puddles - Kate Feiffer
- The Puddle parents cannot seem to agree about anything, but when their dogs go missing the whole family embarks on an unlikely quest that eventually answers many unasked questions.Family Listening Choice |
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The tale of Despereaux [sound recording] - Kate DiCamillo
- Hear Despereaux's sad story, where he falls deeply in love with Princess Pea and faces his cruel fate; meet a rat that ends up in the soup, a poor serving girl, and of course, the princess.
Family listening choice! |
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Tuck everlasting [sound recording] - Natalie Babbitt
- The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing older. |
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Wishing for tomorrow - Hilary McKay
- Relates what becomes of Ermengarde and the other girls left behind at Miss Minchin's School after Sara Crewe leaves to live with her guardian, the Indian gentleman. (Sequel to "A Little Princess") |
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