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'Twas the Night Before Pride

By: Joanna McClintick
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 7 minutes

On the night before Pride, families everywhere are preparing to partake. As one family packs snacks and makes signs, an older sibling shares the importance of the march with the newest member of the family. Reflecting on the day, the siblings agree that the best thing about Pride is getting to be yourself. This joyful homage to a day of... Read more

Areli Is a Dreamer

A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient

By: Areli Morales
Narrated by: Areli Morales
Length: 14 minutes

In the first picture book written by a DACA Dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story.

When Areli was just a baby, her mama and papa moved from Mexico to New York with her brother, Alex, to make a better life for the family--and when she was in kindergarten, they sent for her, too.
 
Everything in New York was... Read more

Ambitious Girl

By: Meena Harris
Narrated by: Meena Harris
Length: 8 minutes

Anyone who's ever been underestimated or overshadowed will find inspiration in this empowering new book from Meena Harris, New York Times-bestselling author of Kamala and Maya's Big Idea, which is based on a true story about her aunt, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her mother, Maya Harris.  When a young girl sees a strong woman on TV... Read more

Big Feelings (An All Are Welcome Book)

All Are Welcome

By: Alexandra Penfold
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 4 minutes

The newest picture book from the creators of All Are Welcome to help children navigate BIG FEELINGS!

In their bestselling picture book All Are Welcome, Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman celebrate kindness, inclusivity, and diversity. Now with Big Feelings, they help children navigate the emotional challenges they face in their daily lives.... Read more

Bright Star

By: Yuyi Morales
Narrated by: Yuyi Morales
Length: 11 minutes

Child, you are awake! You are alive! You are a bright star, Inside our hearts. Told with a combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous and complex imagery that is typical of Yuyi Morales's work, this is the story of a fawn making her way through a border landscape teeming with flora and fauna native to the region. A gentle but... Read more

Calvin

By: JR Ford & Vanessa Ford
Narrated by: Vittorio Wyatt Gray
Length: 9 minutes

Calvin has always been a boy, even if the world sees him as a girl. He knows who he is in his heart and in his mind, but he hasn't yet told his family. Finally, he can wait no longer: I'm not a girl, he tells his family. I'm a boy?—a boy in my heart and in my brain. Quick to support him, his loving family takes Calvin shopping for the swim... Read more

Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?

By: Junauda Petrus
Narrated by: Junauda Petrus
Length: 7 minutes

Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut—adapted for audio—imagines a radically positive future where police aren’t in charge of public safety and community well-being.

Petrus first published and performed this poem after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. With every... Read more

Can You Hear The Trees Talking?

Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest

By: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Blair Stainton
Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

WINNER OF THE AAAS/SUBARU PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE BOOKS

BASED ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES 

This interactive and illustrated book for kids aged 8-10 introduces the wonderful science of the forest through outdoor activities, quizzes, fun facts, photographs, and more!

Discover the secret life of trees with this... Read more

A Garden in My Hands

By: Meera Sriram
Narrated by: Mayuri Bhandari
Length: 10 minutes

There's a wedding tomorrow! And one little girl sits patiently while her mother tenderly applies intricate, delicate henna designs on her hands. As she does, she shares family stories—about weddings, monsoons, and ancestors long gone. The little girl must be careful to protect her hands as the henna dries—one smudge could ruin a story! After a... Read more

Mushroom Rain

By: Laura K. Zimmermann
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 15 minutes

What can smell like bubblegum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by humans, and even help create rain? The answer is mushrooms! From their hidden networks underground to the fruiting body above, mushrooms can do incredible things. But don't call them plants—mushrooms are fungi. They're more closely related to animals... Read more

Magnolia Flower

By: Zora Neale Hurston & Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Length: 14 minutes

From beloved African American folklorist Zora Neale Hurston comes a moving adaptation by National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi. Magnolia Flower follows a young Afro Indigenous girl who longs for freedom.Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of... Read more

The ABCs of Black History

The ABCs of History

By: Rio Cortez
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 55 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“In rhyming couplets, Cortez leads readers on a journey through Black life that acknowledges pain and struggle while building confidence with examples of triumph. It’s a tricky maneuver when writing for children, but Cortez pulls it off.” – The New York Times"A uniquely crafted ABC book that portrays some of the most... Read more

Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire

World of Gustavo: Book #3

By: Flavia Z. Drago
Narrated by: Marisa Blake
Length: 6 minutes

Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that—gasp!—make him look abysmally alive. But being the fabulous vampire that he is (and hoping to avoid rejection), he hides his rosy complexion behind elaborate vampire outfits in traditional black. That is, he does until he finds out that his best friend has a pink secret of her... Read more

Remember Us

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

“A pitch perfect realistic fiction chapter book for grades 4-8, Remember Us is a joyous celebration of community and friendship. It's the summer before 7th grade in the 1970s, and Sage is the best basketball player in her Brooklyn neighborhood (and the only girl playing). Jacqueline Woodson tackles tough issues with grace and beauty, showing... Read more

Something, Someday

By: Amanda Gorman
Narrated by: Amanda Gorman
Length: 4 minutes

The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman—adapted for audio

You’re told that
This won’t work,
But how will you know
If you never try?

Presidential inaugural poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author Amanda Gorman has created a timeless message of hope.

Sometimes the world feels broken. And problems seem too big to... Read more

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renée Watson
Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Length: 23 minutes

The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse, adapted for audio, chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson.


A young student receives a family tree assignment in... Read more

The Day You Begin

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
Length: 5 minutes

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson has created a poignant, yet heartening audiobook about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.

There will be times when you walk into a room
and no one there is... Read more

Here We Are

Notes for Living on Planet Earth

By: Oliver Jeffers
Narrated by: Oliver Jeffers
Length: 5 minutes

#1 New York Times bestseller
A TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year
A NPR Best Book of 2017
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2017

"Moments of human intimacy jostle with scenes that inspire cosmic awe, and the broad diversity of Jeffers's candy-colored humans...underscores the twin messages that 'You're never alone on Earth' and that we're all in this... Read more

Last Stop on Market Street

By: Matt De La Pena
Narrated by: Lizan Mitchell
Length: 7 minutes

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the... Read more

Julián Is a Mermaid

Julián: Book #1

By: Jessica Love
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 6 minutes

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he’s seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in... Read more