Audiobook recs the whole family will enjoy?

[MrsAxilla]

We're heading out on a road trip with the kiddos (8 and 2).  I have a bunch of credits with audible.  Any ideas for books we'd all enjoy?  I'm having a hard time coming up with any.

[MrsAxilla]

I guess I should add that I don't expect the two year old to pay attention - lol. It's really for the boy and the grownups.

[hopecounts]

Well Harry Potter is awesome but not on audible
Magic Treehouse is a good series.
Something like the classsics (black beauty for example) might work.
You may want to check your library mine has a good collection of children's audiobooks on cd and on overdrive. You could save your audible credits that way.

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 15, 2015 9:40:58 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Well Harry Potter is awesome but not on audible
Magic Treehouse is a good series.
Something like the classsics (black beauty for example) might work.
You may want to check your library mine has a good collection of children's audiobooks on cd and on overdrive. You could save your audible credits that way.

I never listen to audio books but I keep forgetting to cancel. Duh! I don't know if you keep the credits if you cancel (I should look into that) so I want to use them up!

[hopecounts]

Aug 15, 2015 10:13:49 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Aug 15, 2015 9:40:58 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Well Harry Potter is awesome but not on audible
Magic Treehouse is a good series.
Something like the classsics (black beauty for example) might work.
You may want to check your library mine has a good collection of children's audiobooks on cd and on overdrive. You could save your audible credits that way.

I never listen to audio books but I keep forgetting to cancel. Duh! I don't know if you keep the credits if you cancel (I should look into that) so I want to use them up!

You do. as long as you have an account you keep your credits even if you cancel your membership. 
They don't expire/go away.
But I see why you'd want to use them up

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 15, 2015 10:31:09 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Aug 15, 2015 10:13:49 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

I never listen to audio books but I keep forgetting to cancel. Duh! I don't know if you keep the credits if you cancel (I should look into that) so I want to use them up!

You do. as long as you have an account you keep your credits even if you cancel your membership. 
They don't expire/go away.
But I see why you'd want to use them up

I should go cancel right now!  Every month when that pops up on my bank statement, I'm like 

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 15, 2015 10:31:09 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Aug 15, 2015 10:13:49 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

I never listen to audio books but I keep forgetting to cancel. Duh! I don't know if you keep the credits if you cancel (I should look into that) so I want to use them up!

You do. as long as you have an account you keep your credits even if you cancel your membership. 
They don't expire/go away.
But I see why you'd want to use them up

Nope.  It says I lose them!  WTF!  I paid for those!  


So ladies, I need FIVE book recs, please!

[aurora]

Can you find a book your son enjoyed in book form already? Do you really think he'll pay attention?

I want to offer suggestions but I have no clue what kinds of books 8 year old boys enjoy.

[Myrrhine]

I am listening to the Kenneth Oppel Airborn series which is an adventure story about a cabin boy on an airship. It starts a bit slow but has pirates and a girl scientist and desert islands. There are some scary / exciting parts but not too intense in the first book. Anyway I really like the series (which I have read a couple times). It's probably MG.

[doxies]

We enjoyed The Fast and the Furriest. My kids loved it. We are dog people though.

We are still making our way through The Graveyard Book. I am enjoying it a lot, we just only listen on long car rides for a little bit at a time.

We had Counting by 7s, which is a lovely book, but attempted to put everyone to sleep.

I also have Nightmares! on my audible account because I did the same thing as you and kept forgetting to cancel my membership. I heard good things about it, but haven't listened to it yet. It is really annoying that they won't let you keep your credits if you cancel.

[InBetweenDays]

Matilda narrated by Kate Winslet. We listened to it on a road trip last year and the kids (8 and 5 at the time) loved it.