From: Wendy Lanehart <WLanehart>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:59:37 -0400

   Since I live way out in the country, I'm on the road a lot. Not only do I enjoy listening to audio books, but my sons do, too, especially my 5 year old. We've listened to almost all the Magic Tree House books, read by Mary Pope Osborne (she's pretty good); Junie B. Jones (the reader, Lana Quintal, is an actor, and she's wonderful -- she IS Junie B.); and are starting The A to Z mysteries series. I like finding good series because in just the 15 minutes to and from school and other errands, we go through books pretty fast. It's a great way to "read" lengthier chapter books with my little guys.

        For myself, I've enjoyed going back and listening to some of my favorite books, most recently, Jane Austen. Is there a website where you can find book readers rated or anything like that? For example, when I looked for Pride and Prejudice on audio book, I found 2 recent versions. I debated which one to choose; I was happy with the version I listened to, by Lindsey Duncan, but wondered if the other reader might have been better. Does Amazon have reviews of audio books?

        My all-time favorite reader has to be Jim Dale, however. I listened to the Dave Barry Peter Pan books solely because he was the reader, and probably did enjoy them more than if I'd read them myself.

                                                Wendy Lanehart
                                                Children's Librarian
                                                Central Rappahannock Regional Library
Received on Sat 15 Mar 2008 03:59:37 PM CDT