The Kids Audiobook Summer Sale (under $5!)
One of my favorite sources for audiobooks (both for adults and kids!) is LibroFm.
I have a whole post about how it works and why I like it here, if you’re curious, but the short answer is that LibroFm is basically an alternative to Audible that supports independent bookstores (you can choose which bookstore you want your membership to benefit).
Right now, LibroFm has a Kids Summer Sale going on with hundreds of audiobooks on sale for as low as 99 cents! I snapped up several of these sale audiobooks for my kids and I was delighted what a good selection they had (without it being completely overwhelming).
A couple of great things about LibroFm:
- The files are not locked (unlike Audible), so you can do whatever you want with them including make your own Yoto cards! (Directions on how to do that here).
- You don’t have to be a member to access sales. Audible usually locks their sales so you have to be a Premium member to have access to their sales, but LibroFm sales are open to anyone.
- You own the audiobooks forever. No membership required – once you buy the audiobook, it’s yours forever.
Here are some of my favorite books from the LibroFm Sale (and you can see all the sale titles here). These are perfect for listening to in the car during road trips or errands, or listening to before bedtime or during quiet time – they’re all under $5 and many of them are 99 cents!
The LibroFm Sale
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne & Richard Rieman – $0.99
3 hours 1 minute
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett & Jory John – $2.99
3 hours 22 minutes
Ella and I listened to it together several years ago (she went on and listened to the rest of them alone) and it’s hilarious about two boys trying to out-prank each other. Now, all of my girls can recite pretty much the entire book from memory because they’ve listened to it so many times.
The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson – $0.99
8 hours 12 minutes
City Spies by James Ponti – $2.64
6 hours 50 minutes
City Spies is the story of five kids from all over the world brought together to operate out of a secret MI6 base in Scotland, working on cases that adults can’t get anywhere near. It’s clever and funny and fast-paced and a total kid pleaser. This is the first in the series which currently has 5 books.
Top Secret Smackdown: Mac B. Kid Spy: Book #3 by Mac Barnett – $0.99
1 hour 30 minutes
You may know Mac Barnett as an author but before that? He was a spy for the Queen of England in this series that the publisher calls James Bond meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It’s filled with a nice dose of historical facts. Smart and funny, this is a winner series. All of the series is on sale, actually, aside from the first book!
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty – $4.99
10 hours 22 minutes
This was a read-aloud I did with my kids last year and it was a hit. I definitely got into this story about a young girl who is orphaned when her parents are killed by pirates and their will insists that she must go visit and deliver gifts to her father’s 10 sisters. (Jaclyn Moriarty is sister to Liane Moriarty who has written a ton of popular books including What Alice Forgot, which is one of my very favorite books).
The Skull by Jon Klassen – audiobook – $0.99
22 minutes
This is based on a folktale about a little girl who stumbles upon a large house inhabited by a skull. When Skull is scared of something that comes every night, the little girl is ready to help. The audio of this one isn’t too long and perfectly creepy! I loved the author’s note at the end too! Snag this one from Halloween season!
The Hodgeheg and Other Stories by Dick King-Smith – $6.34
7 hours 56 minutes
I am a huge fan of Dick King-Smith (who wrote Babe) and I’m thrilled to see this collection of his stories!
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien – $4.99
6 hours 13 minutes
If you’ve never read this Newbery winner about some very smart rats who help save a little mouse family, you’re missing out. The first chapter or two are bit slow, but after that we couldn’t read enough and we read long past bedtime many many nights. I LOVE this story.
Wish by Barbara O’Connor – $4.99
4 hours 41 minutes
Charlie makes a wish every day – sometimes it is on an eyelash, or maybe it is on a star…but she never lets one go to waste. But what is her wish? She knows it’s not going to live with Gus & Bertha. As time goes by, a dog named Wishbone will show Charlie that her wish is coming true.
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel – $1.99
19 minutes
Read by the author, these are just SO delightful. I love every single one of these sweet stories and my girls have listened to the whole collection a million times.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri – $3.99
5 hours 48 minutes
This is a true classic! Heidi, a Swiss orphan, is heartbroken about leaving her home and grandfather to go to school and care for a sick girl in the city.
American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar – $0.99
5 hours 56 minutes
Lekha is a quiet Indian American teen who feels torn between two worlds. She has her Indian traditions at home and with her Indian friends in Detroit, but she also has a desire to fit in with her classmates at school, and the girls from her swim team. Will Lekha be able to balance the two?
The Last Last Day of Summer by Lamar Giles – $4.99
6 hrs and 47 min
Back in January 2020, Ella and I went to our library’s “Best Books” night where the librarians shared their favorite books from 2019. This was one of their recommendations, and Ella immediately came home and devoured this unique book about two boys who love solving mysteries but are stumped when a mysterious man arrives that can freeze time.
Ragweed by Avi – $4.99
4 hours 37 minutes
Avi is one of those authors that just writes great books. This is the prequel to his popular book Poppy. It is about a mouse named Ragweed who leaves his country home and ends up in the big city facing cats, skateboards, and lots of people!
Libby Loves Science by Kimberly Derting & Shelli R. Johannes – $0.99
20 minutes
Great for readers who loved Ada Twist, Scientist, Libby and her friends use creativity and ingenuity to show everyone that science is for everyone.
The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit – $4.99
7 hours 40 minutes
I loved Five Children and It by the same author and have meant to read this one for years. This fantasy book is about four English children finding a world of magic through an enchanted wishing ring.
The Fairy-Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley – $4.99
6 hours and 11 minutes
Two orphaned sisters are sent to live with their grandmother (who they didn’t even know existed) in a strange little town called Ferryport Landing. When they arrive they soon learn that they have descended from the Brothers Grimm and the book of fairy tales those brothers wrote? Is actually history. And as one fairy tale mystery after another pops up in their town, it’s up to the sisters to solve the mysteries. This series is just DANG fun, with all the characters from every fairy tale you know popping up. The question is, who can they trust and who is trying to take them down?
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder – $5.07
3 hours 41 minutes
I grew up on these books (I lived in Wisconsin until I was almost 7 and we went to the rebuilt Little House in the Big Woods which I still remember very clearly) and waited my whole life to have children of my own to read them to. When Ella was in kindergarten, we read the first four books together and my girls have listened to the audio dozens of times since then.
The Green Ember by S. D. Smith – $3.99
7 hours 54 minutes
This series takes a fun spin on a fantastical story with lead characters Heather and Picket rabbit. They make their way through a land filled with kingdoms, tyrants, and ultimately prove that good conquers evil in the end. This is the first book in a great series!
The Vanderbeekers on 41st Street by Karina Yan Glaser – $4.99
5 hours 39 minutes
We love this fun story about five siblings who are about to lose their beloved brownstone home in Harlem, thanks to a cantankerous (and mysterious) landlord who refuses to budge.
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Stephan Pastis – $4.99
2 hours 43 minutes
Timmy Failure exudes confidence and he is not afraid to boast that he is the CEO of the best detective agency in town. And did I mention that his business partner is a polar bear named Total? This series is laugh out loud funny as Total Failure Inc. tries to solve each whodunit.
Let me know if you grab any of them! And if you have questions about making your own Yoto cards or Libro.FM, I’m happy to help!
Love this! I ended up getting A Ben of all Trades, Princess Academy, Love in the Library, Chasing Helicity and Stranded. I may end up with a few more too!😉
Grabbed 40!! Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for these suggestions! I bought Princess Academy (and several others)—do you have any tips on how to put it on a MYO yoto card since it has so many tracks?
I’m testing out some file combiners – that one is so wonky with SO many tracks!
I always love your suggestions and took advantage of last years sale! Any recs in these for rising first graders?
It totally depends on your child, their audiobook listening level, and their topics and genres of choice!
I have an everand subscription and most of these are available there, in case anyone else is in the same boat. We don’t have a yoto player, although it might be nice to let my son listen to henry huggins in the car without me…