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<\/p>\nJim Dale narrates all seven of the Harry Potter books and he is THE BEST voice actor! \u00a0Somehow, Jim Dale is able to create a different voice for each and every character in the Harry Potter series which makes it so entertaining and easy to listen to in the car (and it is hard to shutoff the car when you reach your destination because the story is so good). \u00a0The Harry Potter series is full of fantasy, mystery and life lessons. \u00a0It will please everyone in the family.<\/p>\n
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Lemony Snicket\u2019s series of books about the forever unlucky Baudelaire children is deliciously narrated by Tim Curry, who does the readings for all 13 of the books in this series. The misadventures for the children start\u00a0in this book when their parents die, and throughout the first novel \u201cthe three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.\u201d A great elementary school listen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Originally published in 1955, this classic story has delighted children for decades. \u00a0During a game of hide and seek, four children go through a wardrobe and find themselves in the magical realm of Narnia. \u00a0Only the Good King Aslan can defeat the dark magic of the White Witch. \u00a0An adventure story full of danger and thrills.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are a parent of young children, there is a good chance that you read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/a> when you were a child. \u00a0Introduce your children to Roald Dahl’s factory that is full of whimsy and full of perils to those children that are naughty. \u00a0Remember the Oompa Loompas? \u00a0The river of chocolate? \u00a0And who could forget the flying glass elevator? People of all ages love this story.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I love the Percy Jackson books and you will understand why they are so popular. \u00a0Percy Jackson discovers that he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon, which makes him a demigod. \u00a0He learns that he is not the only one that has a Greek god or goddess for a parent when he goes to Camp Half-Blood. \u00a0But a prophecy foretold that a child of Zeus, Poseidon, or Hades would decide the fate of Olympus.\u00a0 And now somehow has stolen Zeus’ lightning bolt and everyone suspects Percy. \u00a0A great series full of adventure that is interesting for the whole family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that the school year is over, many people are going on vacation. \u00a0If you are going on a roadtrip soon, you might want to consider listening to an audiobook. \u00a0The miles can fly by while you enjoy listening to a fantastic book. \u00a0And if your family cannot agree on[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[361],"tags":[617,3599,3598,673,3597,3600,127,3596],"class_list":["post-28368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","tag-audiobooks","tag-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory","tag-chronicles-of-narnia","tag-harry-potter","tag-lemony-snicket","tag-lightning-thief","tag-playaways","tag-road-trips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-7ny","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28368"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28440,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368\/revisions\/28440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"bad](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/bad-beginning.jpg?resize=78%2C99&ssl=1\")
The Bad Beginning<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(A Series of Unfortunate Events Series) by Lemony Snicket<\/p>\n![\"lion,](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/lion-witch-wardrobe.jpg?resize=74%2C96&ssl=1\")
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em>(The Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n![\"charlie](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/charlie-chocolate-factory.jpg?resize=90%2C100&ssl=1\")
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>by Roald Dahl<\/p>\n![\"lightning](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/lightning-thief.jpg?resize=95%2C110&ssl=1\")
The Lightning Thief<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan<\/p>\n