"Fairy tales tell, as their labels imply, Stories of magic, of creatures that fly, With giants and dragons and ogres and elves, And inanimate objects that speak for themselves, There's romance and danger and plotting of schemes, There's good guys and bad guys and some guys in-between, A fairy tale also reveals some sort of truth, The perils of choices we make in our youth."
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Ella Enchanted

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Sunday, November 4, 2007

#22 Audio Books

I must start by saying, I am not much of a reader but I do love books. I am a person who loves to do craft works. So Audiobooks & e-books are a thing for me.

From experience of watching my own children when they were younger, how their faces lit up when a story was red to them and the enjoyment they got from them was just priceless. When they were still to young to read a book themselves they had audiobooks (that came with a book) that played a sound when to turn the page. We also red to them every night before they went to bed. They are both teenagers now and they still love their books and are great readers.

Audiobooks are a great way to start introducing books to the younger children, check out these sites:

Magic Keys - free stories to read
Clifford the big red dog stories
Free Classic Audio Books

Like I said earlier I am not much of a reader, when I am cooking, doing housework, scrapbooking or doing any craft I like something going in the background therefor an audiobook is great because not only do I do what I have to do but I also get to read (listen) a book

While playing around I found Free Downloadable Audiobooks this site seems to have lots to choose from in both fiction and non-fiction. I registered with them and downloaded "Anne of Green Gables". When you go to download it gives you 5 different options from free with bearable quality to very good quality. The first option is free, the next 4 options have a fee to pay. Here is a sample of the quality of the free option.


AUDIOBOOKS RULE!

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