Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
There are so many good audiobooks that take place in historical Florida! Many of the books I’ve listened to so far are serious in tone and deal with important but tough issues. This laugh-out-loud book was a nice change of pace. Note: Full of Beans is a prequel to Jennifer Holm’s Newbery Honor book Turtle […]
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
The Birchbark House is the first in a 5 book series written by master storyteller Louise Erdrich and inspired by her own family’s history. The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich follows 7-year-old Omakayas and her family throughout a calendar year, season by season. We meet Nokomis, her beloved grandmother; Deyday, her father who is a […]
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
Many books about slavery mention the Underground Railroad as an aid to helping slaves reach the northern states which had abolished slavery. Unbound is interesting since it focuses on people who escaped slavery but who did not make it to the north. In doing research for her novel, Ann Burg referenced Born in Slavery: Slave […]
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
The audiobook Countdown by Deborah Wiles is amazing! It includes actual radio and television news clips, snippets of popular songs, and excerpts from famous speeches. Realistic sound effects have been added to really bring the story to life. This was the second book I listened to for the Audiobook Tour. Countdown, the first book in the […]
Talking Leaves by Joseph Bruchac
This is the first audiobook I listened to for the Audiobook Tour of US History project and I highly recommend it! I learned a lot and Joseph Bruchac did an excellent job of narrating his book. I’m definitely interested in reading more by this prolific author. Talking Leaves is the fictionalized story of Uwohali and […]
Cold Fear by Rick Mofina
I listened to the audio version of Cold Fear by Rick Mofina. It was narrated by Christian Rummel, who did a great job. Emily Baker takes her 10-year-old daughter Paige, Paige’s dog, and her husband Doug to a remote part of the Rockies. She has been in therapy and has been unable to tell her […]