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Hi, librarian types (and anyone else with an opinion. Actually, maybe EVERYONE). I'm here posting a general brainstorming request to the world.
Often around the holidays and less-specific times during the summer, people come in to the library looking for a good audiobook for the WHOLE FAMILY to listen to on a long car trip. We've got loads of adult books on audio. We've got lots of childrens and YA books on Playaway. But the only books on CD (and though maybe YOU have the car/equipment to play a Playaway over your car speakers, that's not something you typically find among our patrons) we have that fit this description-- fun for the WHOLE FAMILY!-- are the Narnia books, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (and the latter is pushing it, whole-family-wise), and the Harry Potters (the Jim Dale ones, which were definitely a staple of MY family's road trips for awhile there. I HATED--HATED-- his Hermione voice, but otherwise, definitely good reads. Er, listens). Three series. All fantasy. All excellent, but not much of a selection.
SO, I'm opening it up to the floor. If I were to develop a CORE COLLECTION of THE most NECESSARY audiobooks for family car trips, what would you recommend? If you know of particular recordings/narrators that are awesome, name them-- maybe the book is okay but the performance is NOT TO BE MISSED, I'll go for that!-- but if you think of a book that fits the bill and you don't even KNOW if it's on audio? Name it anyway. I'll do the hard stuff. I'm just looking for general suggestions!
Often around the holidays and less-specific times during the summer, people come in to the library looking for a good audiobook for the WHOLE FAMILY to listen to on a long car trip. We've got loads of adult books on audio. We've got lots of childrens and YA books on Playaway. But the only books on CD (and though maybe YOU have the car/equipment to play a Playaway over your car speakers, that's not something you typically find among our patrons) we have that fit this description-- fun for the WHOLE FAMILY!-- are the Narnia books, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (and the latter is pushing it, whole-family-wise), and the Harry Potters (the Jim Dale ones, which were definitely a staple of MY family's road trips for awhile there. I HATED--HATED-- his Hermione voice, but otherwise, definitely good reads. Er, listens). Three series. All fantasy. All excellent, but not much of a selection.
SO, I'm opening it up to the floor. If I were to develop a CORE COLLECTION of THE most NECESSARY audiobooks for family car trips, what would you recommend? If you know of particular recordings/narrators that are awesome, name them-- maybe the book is okay but the performance is NOT TO BE MISSED, I'll go for that!-- but if you think of a book that fits the bill and you don't even KNOW if it's on audio? Name it anyway. I'll do the hard stuff. I'm just looking for general suggestions!
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Date: 2011-12-09 07:34 pm (UTC)From:Danke for the other suggestions, too!
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Date: 2011-12-12 08:29 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-12-12 10:18 pm (UTC)From:Adam Rex (the author) is also famous in my head for being the theoretical illustrator I have chosen should I ever decide to rewrite the first book I ever wrote when I was seven. He also recently added this virtual high-five feature (http://www.adamrex.com/clicktohigh-5.html) to his website which for some reason made me really too happy for awhile.