The LiboFM Kids Audiobook Sale

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 Sale going on with hundreds of audiobooks on sale for under $5 with some 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!

Favorite Picks from the LibroFm 99 Cent Sale

Coral Reefs: A Journey Through an Aquatic World Full of Wonder by Jason Chin – $0.99
21 minutes
Jason Chin does some pretty wonderful nonfiction picture books and in this one, a young girl finds herself transported to a world filled with coral and sea creatures. There are several other nonfiction picture books of his on sale too!

Slacker by Gordon Korman – $3.99
5 hours 33 minutes
I’ve read Gordon Korman’s book, Swindle, and loved it for its adventure and wide appeal for my elementary schoolers when I was a librarian. This one is different from Swindle, but still filled with a lot of adventure. Cameron Boxer is the ultimate slacker and hates to do anything but play video games and spend time with his friends. Because of an unpleasant mishap, Cameron ends up being an accidental overachiever. (And this one by the same author is on sale for $3.99 too!)

The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (Book #2) by Karina Yan Glaser – $4.99
5 hours 31 minutes
This is the second installment of The Vanderbeekers series and in this one, the five Vanderbeeker siblings are determined to build the best most healing garden for one of their neighbors. (Other books in the series are also on sale!)

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown – $4.99 4 hours 14 minutes
The girls and I listened to this fun audiobook a few years ago and I’ve heard from SO MANY families that have loved this one too. And now with the movie out, it’s a great one to read the book and watch the movie!

The Vanderbeekers by Karina Yan Glaser – $3.99 5 hours 39 minutes
We just finished this one in the car last week, and it was such a 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. The second book in the series is also on sale!

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter – $0.99 8 hours 40 minutes
All the love for Peter Rabbit and company at our house. This collection has 5 of Beatrix Potter’s most beloved little animal tales, so it’ll keep you in stories for a nice long time.

Henry Huggins Collection by Beverly Cleary – $4.99 15 hours 26 minutes
In our family, the Beverly Cleary books definitely in our top 5 (especially on audio). We’ve read many of them together, and my girls love reading and listening on their own. And I just love Henry Huggins.

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary – $4.99 6 hours 40 minutes
This collection includes all three Ralph S. Mouse books in order (The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ralph S. Mouse) and it’s just SO good. My girls have listened to this series, and Bart and I enjoy listening to them as much as they do.

Dasher Can’t Wait for Christmas by Matt Tavares – $0.99 11 minutes
I love this sequel to Dasher, just as much as the original. Dasher, a little reindeer, loves Christmas, and as she is out enjoying the festivities she gets lost. No longer able to find her way using the North Star, will Dasher be able to make it home in time to help Santa?

Dasher by Matt Tavares – $0.99 26 minutes
This picture book feels like such fresh-take on the classic reindeer Christmas tale. It’s about Dasher, a little reindeer who lives in sad circumstances with her family and dreams of visiting the north where her mother is from. A perfect children’s Christmas books to read throughout the years.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott – $1.99 19 hours 11 minutes
In 1994, when the Winona Ryder and Christian Bale version of Little Women came out, my mom told me that if I read the book, she’d take me to see the movie. I read the book in a few days and loved every second of it (I went on to read Little Men and Jo’s Boys a bunch of times too). An all-time classic, it’s just so good!

Mac B. Kid Spy: The Impossible Crime by Mac Barnett – $0.99 1 hour 43 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. (The other books in the series: Top Secret Smackdown, Mac Cracks the Code, The Sound of Danger, Saves the World are also on sale!)

The Secret Garden Abridged – $0.99 32 minutes
This classic has been a huge hit with several of my girls – it’s one they listen to on repeat. We have the Yoto card version, but with this sale, turning it into a Yoto card is a total no-brainer.

Ada Twist and the Disappearing Dog – $0.99 1 hour 20 minutes
You may know Andrea Beaty’s picture books but have you checked out her chapter book series featuring the same characters? They’re under two hours long and read by a FABULOUS narrator.

Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty – $0.99 10 minutes
I’m pretty sure this book (and the others in the series) are the #1 books on any list that talks about persevering through our mistakes. And for good reason – every family should read these!

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson – $4.99 6 hours 54 minutes
This is one of those books I meant to read for years, and I’m so glad I finally did! Alcatraz is an unhappy foster kid shuffled from house to house. He has a troublesome habit of leaving things around him completely destroyed. His previously unknown grandfather shows up and tells him the world isn’t what it seems and that it is actually controlled by a group of evil librarians. This is a quick read with a fun sense of humor and great characters. This is the first of a five book series. (Full review here)

Top Elf by Caleb Zane Huett – $0.99 8 hours 35 minutes
This is the Christmas chapter book I read to my girls a few years ago and we did a combo of reading aloud and listening to the audiobook, which was very fun.  Santa is looking for a successor and he’s opening the position to anyone who wants to apply. But the contest is NOT for the weak of heart!

Gustavo, the Shy Ghost by Flavia Drago – $0.99 7 minutes
Gustavo is great at being a ghost – he glows in the dark and floats through walls and makes objects levitate. But the thing he loves most is making beautiful violin music and he wants to share that with the monsters around him. But when he’s invisible, that’s a tricky prospect. Is he destined to be lonely forever?

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary – $4.99 2 hours 21 minutes
I might have had to disown Ella if she didn’t love these books. She blazed through every one of the Ramona books, recounting Ramona’s antics to me (she especially loved when Ramona invited everyone over for a birthday party without telling her mom). She had way less interest in the Henry Huggins books, sadly.

Leila, the Perfect Witch by Flavia Drago – $0.99 6 minutes
The same author/illustrator as Gustavo, the Shy Ghost has another fun story about Leila Wayward, a little witch is who is excellent at…everything. That is, until she tries to enter a bake off and realizes she’s not so perfect in the kitchen. Fortunately, she has three magical sisters who are more than happy to help her with her recipe.

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale – $4.99 7 hours 30 minutes
I read this book on paper, then Bart and I listened to it when we moved to Boston and had days of driving a U-Haul together, and the girls and I just listened to a few years ago. Don’t let the title fool you – this book isn’t just for girls. All six of us are huge fans, especially because of the full-cast audio with original music. (Full review here)

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson – $1.99 2 hours 51 minutes
This one has been compared a million times to the Ramona books and it’s an accurate comparison. We all LOVED this delightful novel about a little girl and her family in Portland, Oregon.  It’s not terribly long either, so it’s great for younger listeners or if you want a book you can fly through in a week or so.

The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley – $4.99 6 hours 12 minutes
Ella blazed through this series! 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?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney – $3.99 1 hour 58 minutes
This beloved graphic novel by many a kid tells and illustrates all the struggles of being a kid. With more than 250 copies sold, it’s no surprise that there are a LOT of Diary of a Wimpy Kid lovers out there. These books are full of hijinks and school settings, plus fun combinations of text and art. (The Last Straw, book #3 in the series is also on sale.)

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!

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