If you love the world of Ramona Quimby and the other inhabitants of Klickitat Street, you’ll love this book about another ordinary family living in Portland and dealing with the ordinary issues of growing up. The first book in the series is The Amulet of Samarkand. The story about a magician’s young apprentice who, hoping to get revenge on a magician who humiliated him, summons a djinni he cannot even BEGIN to really control, is gripping, the narration is INSANELY good, and I can’t wait to listen to it with our girls in the next year or two. Since it included the word “Bart,” my husband naturally picked it up and the trilogy became one of our all-time favorites.

This series was a complete lucky accident – Bart and I were heading on a road trip in our childless days and looking through the adult audiobooks and this one had been mis-shelved. Also there are also five books in the series, so you won’t be running out of listening material anytime soon. The story isn’t very similar (it’s a Peter Pan story, brilliantly and hilariously reimagined), but it’s full of magic AND it’s narrated by Jim Dale, who reads the Harry Potter audiobooks. Whenever someone tells me they just finished listening to Harry Potter, I always recommend this audiobook.

Peter and the Star Catchers by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson If you want your kids to be better at listening to audiobooks, try keeping their hands busy! Pop in your email and I’ll send you a list of 20+ ideas your kids can do while listening to an audiobook!Ģ0+ Best Audiobooks for Family Road Trips If you’re headed out on a long trip, want to keep your kids from going nuts while you’re running errands around town, or need something to entertain them during quiet time, all of these are books you can’t miss with.Īnd if you’re new to Audible, you can grab a free month here and download one of these books for free (and you’ll own it forever, even if you cancel your subscription after the free month). The season of family road trips must be upon us because I’m getting LOTS of emails and messages asking for recommendations for the best audiobooks for family road trips.įortunately, I’ve been preparing for this post for years without even knowing it.

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