Audible Library
This is as much for my own reference right now as anything else. I just picked up a bunch of new kids books (since they tend to run about .69 to 2.00 or so with membership), and now that I've figured out how to download the "synchronized images" I'm all psyched about them.
Audible for Kids: Synchronized Images -- Well, hey! I was wondering about this, and it seemed baffling that images didn't come along with some of the books I bought. Apparently they did, there's just a special super-sekrit way to access them that I didn't know. That makes the cheap prices on the kids' picture books even more awesome.
My current Audible library (with some commentary):
Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans Wendell Potter
Sounds right up my alley, and it was a $4.95 deal. Haven't read it yet.
Anansi the Spider Gerald McDermott
Part of my ongoing collection of fairy and folk tales, and my efforts to expose Kidlet to multiple cultural perspectives. Haven't read it yet.
The Hat Tomi Ungerer
I know nothing about this except that I liked the cover illustration.
Millions of Cats Wanda Gag
A favorite from my own childhood.
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Trinka Hakes Noble
As a snake-owner, hard not to be drawn to this one.
The Ogre Bully A.B. Hoffmire
It's a folk tale, it might have a good moral about bullying, seems worth a shot.
Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack
Grabbed this largely because the main character is a little black girl, and I want to be able to review and rec works that cover the spectrum culturally and ethnically.
Maggie and the Pirate Ezra Jack Keats
It's a mystery! I'm a sucker for mysteries, especially in kids' lit.
Mushroom in the Rain Mirra Ginsburg
To be perfectly honest, I bought it because I liked the title. Don't know anything about it yet.
Strega Nona: Her Story Tomie DePaola
I've mentioned before how fond I am of DePaola's work. I already had another of his Strega Nona books, and this one sounds like fun; I love backstories!
The Wizard Jack Kent
Sounds fun. No major reason, except that it was really cheap to check it out.
Ashanti to Zulu Margaret Musgrove
Apparently from the 70s, so who knows what I'm getting into here. I'm curious to check it out, though.
Also, somewhat off topic, this led to me managing to find the Swahili counting book I had as a kid:
Moja Means One
The Mysterious Tadpole Steven Kellogg
Tadpoles and sea monsters? Yes please!
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Linda Williams
I dig little old ladies. Especially when they're not afraid of anything!
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears Verna Aardema
Another African folk tale
Whistle for Willie Ezra Jack Keats
Non-white main character was the first thing I noticed, but I'm also psyched about the idea of learning to whistle (not that I'd be the one to teach Kidlet that; I can barely whistle at all)
Hot Hippo Mwenye Hadithi
Another folk tale. I listened to it during one of my breaks, and checked out the illustrations. Quite nice.
Not So Fast Songololo Niki Daly
Another book with a non-white main character.
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox
Ummm... Because the title reminded me of John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?
5 Minute Mystery - The Hidden Messenger Moe Zilla
5 Minute Mystery - The Missing Button Andrea Hein
I was always a fan of "2-minute Mysteries" by Sobol, so I'm checking these out to see if I enjoy them similarly.
(will be back to finish up the rest of this)
Agatha H and the Airship City Phil and Kaja Foglio
I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) Stephen Colbert
The Quinkins and More Percy Trezise
Miss Nelson is Missing Harry Allard
The Light Princess George MacDonald
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons Cressida Cowell
'Mama Gone' and Other Stories to Trouble Your Sleep
Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke
Catch-22 Joseph Heller
Doctor Who: The Hounds of Artemis (how did I never realize that the Doctor Who audiobooks would be available this way? Score!!!!)
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Doctor Who: Shada (this is the famous unproduced serial by Douglas Adams)
Go The Fuck To Sleep Adam Mansbach
What's Under My Bed? James Stevenson
Noisy Nora Rosemary Wells
Only You Can Save Mankind: Johnny Maxwell Book 1 Terry Pratchett
Seedfolks Paul Fleischman
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
The Goose Girl Shannon Hale
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
The Artic Incident Eoin Colfer
Green Eggs and Ham Dr Suess
Where the Wild Things Are and More
Drift Rachel Maddow
Five Children and It E. Nesbit
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Opening Up Tristan Taormino
Strega Nona
East of the Sun West of the Moon
The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame
A Matter-of-Fact Fairy Tale A.A. Milne
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Merlin and the Dragons Jane Yolen
The Tomten Astrid Lindgren
Children of the Noisy Village Astrid Lindgren
The Griffon and the Minor Canon Frank Stockton
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
The Yugo Jason Vuic
Life Ascending Nick Lane
Nonsense on Stilts Massimo Pigliucci
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu
Thief of Time Terry Pratchett
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
American Gods Neil Gaiman
The Little Mermaid Cecilia Tan
The Canon Natalie Angier
The Drunkard's Walk Leonard Mlodinow
The Poisoner's Handbook Deborah Blum
On Intelligence Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee
Audible for Kids: Synchronized Images -- Well, hey! I was wondering about this, and it seemed baffling that images didn't come along with some of the books I bought. Apparently they did, there's just a special super-sekrit way to access them that I didn't know. That makes the cheap prices on the kids' picture books even more awesome.
My current Audible library (with some commentary):
Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans Wendell Potter
Sounds right up my alley, and it was a $4.95 deal. Haven't read it yet.
Anansi the Spider Gerald McDermott
Part of my ongoing collection of fairy and folk tales, and my efforts to expose Kidlet to multiple cultural perspectives. Haven't read it yet.
The Hat Tomi Ungerer
I know nothing about this except that I liked the cover illustration.
Millions of Cats Wanda Gag
A favorite from my own childhood.
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Trinka Hakes Noble
As a snake-owner, hard not to be drawn to this one.
The Ogre Bully A.B. Hoffmire
It's a folk tale, it might have a good moral about bullying, seems worth a shot.
Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack
Grabbed this largely because the main character is a little black girl, and I want to be able to review and rec works that cover the spectrum culturally and ethnically.
Maggie and the Pirate Ezra Jack Keats
It's a mystery! I'm a sucker for mysteries, especially in kids' lit.
Mushroom in the Rain Mirra Ginsburg
To be perfectly honest, I bought it because I liked the title. Don't know anything about it yet.
Strega Nona: Her Story Tomie DePaola
I've mentioned before how fond I am of DePaola's work. I already had another of his Strega Nona books, and this one sounds like fun; I love backstories!
The Wizard Jack Kent
Sounds fun. No major reason, except that it was really cheap to check it out.
Ashanti to Zulu Margaret Musgrove
Apparently from the 70s, so who knows what I'm getting into here. I'm curious to check it out, though.
Also, somewhat off topic, this led to me managing to find the Swahili counting book I had as a kid:
Moja Means One
The Mysterious Tadpole Steven Kellogg
Tadpoles and sea monsters? Yes please!
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Linda Williams
I dig little old ladies. Especially when they're not afraid of anything!
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears Verna Aardema
Another African folk tale
Whistle for Willie Ezra Jack Keats
Non-white main character was the first thing I noticed, but I'm also psyched about the idea of learning to whistle (not that I'd be the one to teach Kidlet that; I can barely whistle at all)
Hot Hippo Mwenye Hadithi
Another folk tale. I listened to it during one of my breaks, and checked out the illustrations. Quite nice.
Not So Fast Songololo Niki Daly
Another book with a non-white main character.
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox
Ummm... Because the title reminded me of John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?
5 Minute Mystery - The Hidden Messenger Moe Zilla
5 Minute Mystery - The Missing Button Andrea Hein
I was always a fan of "2-minute Mysteries" by Sobol, so I'm checking these out to see if I enjoy them similarly.
(will be back to finish up the rest of this)
Agatha H and the Airship City Phil and Kaja Foglio
I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) Stephen Colbert
The Quinkins and More Percy Trezise
Miss Nelson is Missing Harry Allard
The Light Princess George MacDonald
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons Cressida Cowell
'Mama Gone' and Other Stories to Trouble Your Sleep
Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke
Catch-22 Joseph Heller
Doctor Who: The Hounds of Artemis (how did I never realize that the Doctor Who audiobooks would be available this way? Score!!!!)
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Doctor Who: Shada (this is the famous unproduced serial by Douglas Adams)
Go The Fuck To Sleep Adam Mansbach
What's Under My Bed? James Stevenson
Noisy Nora Rosemary Wells
Only You Can Save Mankind: Johnny Maxwell Book 1 Terry Pratchett
Seedfolks Paul Fleischman
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
The Goose Girl Shannon Hale
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
The Artic Incident Eoin Colfer
Green Eggs and Ham Dr Suess
Where the Wild Things Are and More
Drift Rachel Maddow
Five Children and It E. Nesbit
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Opening Up Tristan Taormino
Strega Nona
East of the Sun West of the Moon
The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame
A Matter-of-Fact Fairy Tale A.A. Milne
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Merlin and the Dragons Jane Yolen
The Tomten Astrid Lindgren
Children of the Noisy Village Astrid Lindgren
The Griffon and the Minor Canon Frank Stockton
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
The Yugo Jason Vuic
Life Ascending Nick Lane
Nonsense on Stilts Massimo Pigliucci
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu
Thief of Time Terry Pratchett
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
American Gods Neil Gaiman
The Little Mermaid Cecilia Tan
The Canon Natalie Angier
The Drunkard's Walk Leonard Mlodinow
The Poisoner's Handbook Deborah Blum
On Intelligence Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee