Good audiobook suggestions for boys?

[Shari]

My 10yo and 7yo boys love listening to audiobooks. (I admit it -- We do this instead of reading aloud -- Bad Mom! Bad Mom!) We've already worked our way through the library's resources on Boxcar Children, Homer Price, the Narnia books, Peter & the Starcatchers trilogy, Classical Kids, and various Your Story Hour selections. We are currently finishing James & the Giant Peach (big hit!), and Treasure Island is on hold. An attempt at The Hobbit was unsuccessful :(

Can anyone make any further suggestions?

TIA

[LG Gone Wild]

My kids loved the Odyssey by Odds Bodkin. He does all the sound effects himself and so you think you are listening to it over the radio.

[Alice]

My son is younger but the audiobooks we've listened to were definitely for older kids and he still seemed interested.

He loved The Tale of Despereaux, Because of Winn-Dixie, and Shiloh (my husband actually loved that one even more.)

We're listening to Redwall now...although I think this one is too old for him. He picked it out at the library but hasn't been too interested. I think it's good but just a little too old.

[Verena]

My 10yo and 7yo boys love listening to audiobooks. (I admit it -- We do this instead of reading aloud -- Bad Mom! Bad Mom!) We've already worked our way through the library's resources on Boxcar Children, Homer Price, the Narnia books, Peter & the Starcatchers trilogy, Classical Kids, and various Your Story Hour selections. We are currently finishing James & the Giant Peach (big hit!), and Treasure Island is on hold. An attempt at The Hobbit was unsuccessful :(

Can anyone make any further suggestions?

TIA

Old Yeller with Fred Gipson
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Yeller-Fred-Gipson/dp/155927347X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204039660&sr=8-1

The Cricket in Times Square
http://www.amazon.com/Cricket-Times-Square-George-Selden/dp/0807204757/ref=ed_oe_a

The Incredible Journey
http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Journey-Sheila-Burnford/dp/0307284026/ref=ed_oe_a

Another hit around here are the "Father Gilbert Mysteries":
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/002-5313837-9459202?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Father+Gilbert

HTH!

[BusyBee]

My boys have enjoyed Johnny Tremain, Chronicles of Narnia, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Just So Stories and about anything else I get. They just love audiobooks.We want to get Peter Pan and the Jungle Book next.

[frankcassiesmom]

We love audiobooks! If you are interested in stories my 8yo son loves the Sugar Creek Gang stories.

[mcconnellboys]

We listened to Nory's Song and Maggie's Door this year and absolutely loved the voices of both narrators! Maggie's Door is the sequal to the other one. They're both about an Irish family's plight during the potato famine.

Regena

[angela in ohio]

The Sugar Creek Gang!! You can get the audiobooks through Beloved Books (http://www.belovedbooks.com/page/page/1567473.htm).

[magpiegirl]

We've enjoyed:

Harry Potter books through number 4 (waiting on the others until DS6.5 is a little older!)
Peter Pan
My Side Of The Mountain
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (read by Harlan Ellison)
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Wizard of Oz
Chronicles of Narnia series

We have Journey to the Center of the Earth from audible that we haven't listened to yet. We also enjoy the "Science Friday" podcast from NPR. Itunes has some other free podcasts such as Mr. Wizard that we like.

Melisa

[Beth in Central TX]

My boys like the Chronicles of Narnia series by Focus on the Family on audio too. Another favorite is The Hobbit.

[Adrianne]

The Adventures in Odyssey radio dramas (focus on the family)
The Indian in the Cupboard series
Magic Tree House
Tales of Uncle Remus
The Mouse and Motorcycle series
Hardy Boys series
Oliver
The Wind and The Willows
Battle for The Castle series
Castle Corona
Any Jim Weiss CD (Greathall productions)
SOTW CDs


Adrianne

[Lorna]

Our ten year old son has enjoyed:
The libravox recording of Swiss Family Robinson
Sherlock Holmes - which he went onto read
Harry Potter
Paddington Bear
Alice in Wonderland
Comet In Moominland
He also enjoys listening to Big Toe Books (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/kids/bigtoe/) on BBC 7 (free online)

[Lenora in MD]

Little House on the Prairie series, especially Farmer Boy
Narnia Books
Rosemary Suttcliff books, such as The Golden Branch, Outcast, maybe Black Ships Before Troy
Titanic Crossing, by Barbara Williams
My Side of the Mountain, Far Side of the Mountain, Frightful's Mountain
Sign of the Beaver

[King Alfred Academy]

My boys enjoy...
Tales of Beatrix Potter (they love the language)
Boys of Grit (recorded by Jim Hodges)
Robin Hood (DK had a cd/book combination we got at B&N)
Check out kiddierecords.com (I have downloaded several of these stories and they love listening to them)
D'Aulaire's book of Greek Myth
Tales of the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne (I love this!)
Librivox.com also has some great stories

I know there is more, but that's all I can think of right now.

SSSSHHHH...I am one of "those" moms who uses audio books a lot instead of reading aloud too! :p

[Alana in Canada]

Yes. Librivox had a wonderful reader do North American Indian Folktales.

You know about Lit2Go? Short tales and poetry, well recorded. Available free for download.

Horrible Histories by Terry Deary are very popular here.

And my son recently listened to Mr. Popper's Pengiuns by Atwater.

[kaylk in tx]

they're read by the author and are excellently done. not top notch literary gems, but amusing stories. :D

kay

[ThelmaLou]

In addition to several that others have listed:

My Father's Dragon trilogy
Hank the Cowdog
Adventures of Tom Sawyer

[clerkofkirk]

Jonathan Park - my son can't get enough of them! www.jonathanpark.com
Excellently done!
Susie in SWVA

[tiffany k]

We just finished DragonRider, by Cornelia Funke. It was great. My ds7 wants to buy it and listen to it again on vacation.

http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Rider-Cornelia-Funke/dp/1400098688/ref=ed_oe_a