A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

First Generation: The Story of Annie by Diane E. B. Bray

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54016 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54016] to listen full audiobooks. Title: First Generation: The Story of Annie Author: Diane E. B. Bray Narrator: Diane E. B. Bray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: From author Diane E. B. Bray: "I began writing First Generation to teach children to be responsible for their pets. I wanted to show them that pets are living creatures deserving of proper care and respect. It developed into much more. First Generation is the story of great-great grandmother Annie, an iguana, who was brought to the United States from Mexico. It follows her capture, journey, and acclimation to her new home. Young listeners will experience Annie’s feeling of loss and loneliness, her apprehensions and fears, and most importantly how she deals with these feelings, and overcomes perceived setbacks which are not actual setbacks at all. I wanted to convey these important concepts in addition to many others, including being a first generation citizen, learning to adapt in a new environment, life away from family and familiar faces, remembering lessons and teachings, dealing with bullies and prejudice, and last but certainly not least...hope! I wanted to inspire children to live their lives with integrity and respect for themselves, their families, and others. And I wanted to entertain and move their parents, as well."

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102274 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102274] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pollyanna Author: Eleanor H. Porter Narrator: Barbara Caruso Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: When Pollyanna was published in 1913, it became an overnight success. It immediately sold over a million copies as young and old alike fell in love with the little freckled orphan girl and her spirited optimism. Many of Beldingsville's citizens are ill, misguided, and even despairing. The sparkling, ingenuous eleven-year-old who descends upon them with her 'glad game' gives them renewed hope and changes their lives forever. Then unexpected tragedy strikes, and Pollyanna can no longer find the silver lining in any cloud. Can a child's suffering possibly serve any purpose? Author Eleanor Porter wrote, ' I have never believed that we ought to deny discomfort and pain and evil: I have merely thought that it is far better to greet the unknown with a cheer.' With the added bonus of Barbara Caruso's skillful reading, even adult readers will be challenged to finish the book dry-eyed.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117966 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117966] to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wrinkle in Time Series: #1 of A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Charlotte Jones Coiklis, Ava Duvernay, Madeleine L'Engle, Hope Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 1092 Ratings of Narrator: 4.24 of Total 140 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture. This audiobook includes an introduction read by the film director Ava DuVernay, a foreword read by the author, and an afterword read by Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter Charlotte Jones Voiklis. Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a 'tesseract,' which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father? In 1962, Madeleine L’Engle debuted her novel A Wrinkle in Time, which would go on to win the 1963 Newbery Medal. Bridging science and fantasy, darkness and light, fear and friendship, the story became a classic of children’s literature and is beloved around the world. A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. © 2007 by Taeeun Yoo. Used with permission of Pippin Properties, Inc.

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117965 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117965] to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wind in the Door Series: #2 of A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Jennifer Ehle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.92 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Meg Murry can't help but be worried when her six-year-old brother, Charles Wallace, announces there are dragons in the vegetable garden. He's so bright, and so different from other kids, he's getting bullied at school, and he is also strangely, seriously ill. But Charles Wallace is right about the dragons--actually a friendly entity who has come to help Charles Wallace fight his sickness, and to take Meg and her friend Calvin O'Keefe on a terrifying, wonderful journey into galactic space--where they must battle the force of evil to save Charles Wallace, and themselves.

The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101057 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101057] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories Author: Dr. Seuss Narrator: Peter Dinklage, Jason Lee, Joan Cusack, William H. Macy, Anjelica Huston, Neil Patrick Harris, Edward Herrmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: September 27, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Discover the lost Seuss! These rarely seen Dr. Seuss stories were published in magazines in the early 1950s and are finally available in audiobook form. What’s better than a lost treasure? Seven lost treasures! This audiobook edition features a cast of celebrity narrators who bring these stories to life. This audiobook includes: • “The Bippolo Seed,” narrated by Neil Patrick Harris, in which a scheming feline leads a duck toward a bad decision • “The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga,” narrated by Anjelica Huston, about a rabbit who is saved from a bear by a single eyelash • “Gustav, the Goldfish,” narrated by Jason Lee, an early rhymed version of the Beginner Book A Fish Out of Water • “Tadd and Todd,” narrated by Joan Cusack, about a twin who is striving to be an individual • “Steak for Supper,” narrated by Edward Herrmann, in which fantastic creatures follow a boy home in anticipation of a steak dinner • “The Strange Shirt Spot,” narrated by William H. Macy, the inspiration for the bathtub-ring scene in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back • “The Great Henry McBride,” narrated by Peter Dinklage, about a boy whose far-flung career fantasies are bested only by those of Dr. Seuss himself An introduction by Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen traces the history of the stories, the emergence of the writing style we now associate with Dr. Seuss, and recurring themes like the importance of the imagination or the perils of greed. This is a collection that no Seuss fan will want to miss.