Archive for June, 2008

Grumpy Grandad - The Hole in the Fish Pond

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Another BookVoices review for talking books you can listen using your MP3 player or iPod. Free Talking Books are available at our Talking Book Store. - “Maurice is back raging havoc in Grumpy Grandad’s Garden. The capers continue - but will Grumpy Grandad be able to keep his calm? "Another fast-moving heart-warmingly funny story."“

Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for audio books you can listen using your iPod or MP3 player. Discounted Audio Books are available at Talking Books Direct. - Here are some of the most enchanting fairy stones of all time. The Brothers Grimm conjure up a world of fantasy, hope and good fortune where the princess meets […]

Golden Fleece And The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, The

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for audio books you can listen using your iPod(R) or MP3 player. Discounted Audio Books are available at our Audio Book Store. - Williamss voice is a fine match with the text, which is written in a style that is eloquent but that may seem archaic to the contemporary listener. His […]

Ghost Ship

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for audio books you can listen using your iPod(R) or MP3 player. Discounted Audio Books are available at our Audio Book Store. - “””Part high-seas adventure, part mystery, the storymakes for some page-turning reading. [Listeners] will root for this underdog heroine and Peter, the vacationing boy she befriends, as they set […]

Get Rich Quick Club, The

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for talking books you can listen using your iPod or MP3 player. Free Talking Books are available at Talking Books Direct. - We, the members of the Get Rich Quick Club, in order to form a more perfect summer, vow we will figure out a way to make a Million Dollars […]

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for audio books you can listen using your iPod or MP3 player. See Talking Books Direct for more reviews. - George’s grumpy grandma needs something stronger than her usual medicine to cure her grouchiness. A special medicine, a remedy for everything. George knows just what to put in it, and he’s […]

Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, The

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for talking books you can listen using your iPod(R) or MP3 player. See Talking Books Direct for additional updates. - Jack Prelutsky is the undisputed master of hilarious verse for the youngest child. Here are poems about people and animals, set in such far-flung places as Minot, Minneapolis, Tuscaloosa, Tucumcari, and […]

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, The

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for talking books you can listen using your iPod or MP3 player. Free Talking Books are available at our Talking Book Store. - “””One of the seminal books of American children’s fiction.Grace Conlin brings flair and passion to the task and does a superb job.””AudioFile
The Five Little Peppers are an adorable […]

Elsie’s Girlhood

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for talking books you can listen using your iPod or MP3 player. Free Talking Books are available at our Talking Book Store. - As Elsie Dinsmore grows up and becomes a young woman, her family undergoes major changes. Her father, Horace Dinsmore, falls in love and marries sweet Rose Allison, whom […]

Ellen Tebbits

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Another BookVoices review for talking books you can listen using your iPod or MP3 player. Free Talking Books are available at our Talking Book Store. - Ellen Tebbits is convinced she’ll die of embarrassment if any of the girls at school discover her secret. But then she meets Austine Allen, a new girl in […]