The narrator for the Harry Potter series also narrates the Peter and the Starcatcher series. Those are probably aimed younger (age 10ish?) but my family enjoyed them.
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02-16-2017 #11
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They might like the old twilight zone recordings. We devour them!
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I've been enjoying The Hobbit and will probably start Lord of the Rings next.
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Anything by Wendy mass or try the "chocolate books" by pseudonymous Bosch.
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I think Gordan Korman's Ungifted and Schooled would be great for those ages. I listened to them on audio and enjoyed them.
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I honestly cannot recommend "Harry Potter" highly enough!!! Jim Dale is BY FAR the absolute best narrator that we've ever heard!! I think he has the world record for the most voices in one book - I think he had over 130 different voices in the Order of the Phoenix!! Seriously amazing!! I'd been fed up with the music on the radio so I decided to start listening to Harry Potter audiobooks last summer. I RARELY turn on the music now...my music-obsessed 12yo DD requests HP the moment we get into the car! We are on our 2nd run-through now. If you listen to the series nonstop, you'd listen for 5 straight days!! He's just an AWESOME narrator, although the material isn't bad either.
ETA: We also have The Princess Bride. It is good but REALLY SHORT. I think it is only 2 hours in length.Last edited by SASM; 02-28-2017 at 01:24 PM.
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Originally Posted by SASM
We were so not fans of the audio HP! It went so slowly. But, I know most everyone loves Jim Dale. Just get a back up book in case your family is crazy like ours.
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We didn't like it, either! Don't like that narrator at all... Originally Posted by SnuggleBuggles
We were so not fans of the audio HP! It went so slowly. But, I know most everyone loves Jim Dale. Just get a back up book in case your family is crazy like ours.
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The UK version read by Stephen Fry is much better in case you run into it somewhere. I borrowed from a friend otherwise I would lend them to you! Originally Posted by SnuggleBuggles
We were so not fans of the audio HP! It went so slowly. But, I know most everyone loves Jim Dale. Just get a back up book in case your family is crazy like ours.
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We just added Spaceman to our list. For non-books, we listen to a lot of Jim Weiss.
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