Audiobook Appreciation for Kids!

June is Audiobook Appreciation Month!

So what are the advantages to listening to audiobooks?

Audiobooks have the same benefits of reading, help relax your eyes, and can immerse you in another world!

Updated May 28, 2025
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St. Lucie County Library System
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Half a Chance
Lord, Cynthia
Paper Book
A moving middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of Rules, now in paperback!When Lucy's family moves to an old house on a lake, Lucy tries to see her new home through her camera's lens, as her father has taught her -- he's a famous photographer, away on a shoot. Will her photos ever...
The one and only Ivan
Applegate, Katherine.
Audiobook
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV...
Judy Moody and the not bummer summer
McDonald, Megan.
Audiobook
It's bad enough that Mom and Dad are going on a trip without Judy and Stink and leaving them in the care of Aunt Awful (er, Opal). Now two of Judy's friends are going Splitsville, too Just when it looks like her summer is going to be the boringest, snoringest ever, Judy concocts a THRILL-a-delic...
Dark day in the deep sea
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Paper Book
Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness–secrets they need if they’re going to save Merlin. But when the magic tree house leads them to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean, they’re not sure who needs help more–Merlin or themselves! The...
Mrs. Roopy is loopy!
Gutman, Dan.
Paper Book
With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In the third book of the original My Weird School series, the new librarian Mrs. Roopy might be A.J.'s craziest teacher yet! Before class begins, they find her dressed first as...
Peter and the Starcatchers
Barry, Dave.
Paper Book
Don't even think of starting this book unless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never Land, a...
Flush
Hiaasen, Carl.
Paper Book
A hilarious, high-stakes adventure involving crooked casino boats, floating fish, toxic beaches, and one kid determined to get justice. This is Carl Hiaasen's Florida--where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder!  You know it's going to be a rough summer when you...

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