Children's Stories on Video

Between the heat (although it's not as bad as it used to be:) and the bad air quality from all the fires, the kids are wanting to stay inside a lot lately. And this usually means hearing "Can we play on the computer?" repeatdly thoughout the day. Not so fun for me. So while searching for something new for them to do, I found this neat site.

StoryLineOnline doesn't have audio books, at least not really. But they are so neat that I had to share. The site has 20 different children's stories read by actors and actresses presented to you in streaming video format. And all for free.

So today's post is video books rather than audio books. But still neat! And fun too!

Happy Listening! And Watching!

Burn

Here in Montana, we've been suffering through a particularly harsh fire season. Fortunately for me and my family, the worst we've had to endure is smoke-filled skies.

Here is a free audio book titled Burn. It is a science fiction novella about some planetary colonists having to deal with fires. Burn won the Nubela Award for Best Novella in 2007. It is provided free by the author at JimKelly.net. Scroll down the page a bit to find the links to download the audio book in four parts.

Happy Listening!

PS Thank you to all the firefighters who are working so hard this summer.

Free Audio Book for the Whole Family

Its offically the Dog Days of Summer around here. Everyone seems hot and tired of the same ol' thing, but not very motivated to find something better to do. So here is an audio book for the whole family to liven things up and even stars a dog!

Rockford's Rock Opera is a free audio book that is described as an "amazing musical adventure for humans of all ages." Rockford's Rock Opera is the story of a boy and his dog who arrive on the mystical island of Infinity. Infinity is home to millions of strange creatures, but only one of each. What's going on? Why are they there? Why does the Registrar have to check them in? And why has this boy been chosen to save the world?

Find out what is going on at Rockford's Rock Opera. You can listen online or download it free.

Happy Listening!