Here are some audio books I recommend for the listening pleasure of children ages five to eight years old. It’s a great way to relax your children after a busy day’s work and they will soak in the sounds and rhythm of the English language. Bonus: you can feel virtuous enjoying some quiet catch up time with your spouse while your children are in their room mesmerized by the the classic storytelling.
This list of audiobooks would also be non-irritating for parents to listen to while on a long car ride with young children. In fact they would be more than tolerable: it represents about 45 hours of delicious voice acting. If you consider that children will love to listen to them at least three times over, that’s about 135 hours of listening time!
“A Bear Called Paddington” by Michael Bond
(over 2.5 hours long)
“More About Paddington” by Michael Bond
(over 2.5 hours long)
Thumbelina and Other Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
(over 2.5 hours long)
“Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales” by Beatrix Potter
(almost 6 hours long)
“Wind in the Willows” read by Jim Weiss
(over 6.5 hours long)
Andrew Lang Fairy Books (Blue, etc) by Andrew Lang
(over 14 hours long)
Winnie the Pooh (dramatized) by A.A. Milne
(2 hours long)
The Golden Key by George MacDonald:
(1 hour long)
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald:
(almost 6 hours long)
Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
(1.5 hours long)