Audiobooks for Life’s Spring

Ahhhhhh, the newness of it all, as we begin Life’s journey and start learning our lessons. It is fresh; it is new, but it’s not without its many challenges. 

Here are some audiobooks of innocence going forth and meeting the world. We live, we learn.

Drop me a line at Gillian@AudiobookAccomplice.com and share your favorites for this time of life.

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Irish Authors
Summer of My German Soldier
WWII, Summer, Life's Spring, Jewish Heritage Month
Summer of My German Soldier
WWII, Summer, Life's Spring, Jewish Heritage Month

Series: Summer of My German Soldier, Book 1

By: Bette Greene / Narrated By: Dale Dickey

Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins

Better than the TV flick… sweet… devastating… sweet… devastating

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WWII, Summer, Life's Spring, Jewish Heritage Month
The One-in-a-Million Boy
Life's Spring, Life's Summer, Life's Winter, Father's Day, Favorite, Grief, Chris Andrew Ciulla
The One-in-a-Million Boy
Life's Spring, Life's Summer, Life's Winter, Father's Day, Favorite, Grief, Chris Andrew Ciulla

By: Monica Wood / Narrated By: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins

Well done! Quite simply oh so well done!

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Life's Spring, Life's Summer, Life's Winter, Father's Day, Favorite, Grief, Chris Andrew Ciulla
Solimar
Commuting, Hispanic Heritage, Women's History, Life's Spring
Solimar
Commuting, Hispanic Heritage, Women's History, Life's Spring

The Sword of Monarchs

By: Pam Munoz Ryan / Narrated By: Franchesca Agramonte

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Liked this from the first Listen!

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Commuting, Hispanic Heritage, Women's History, Life's Spring
A Summer to Die
Commuting, Summer, Life's Spring, Grief, Lois Lowry, Andi Arndt
A Summer to Die
Commuting, Summer, Life's Spring, Grief, Lois Lowry, Andi Arndt

By: Lois Lowry / Narrated By: Andi Arndt

Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins

Soooo short I didn’t wind up crying—

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Commuting, Summer, Life's Spring, Grief, Lois Lowry, Andi Arndt
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Commuting, Favorite, Grief, Life's Spring, Accomplices Faves, David Tennant
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Commuting, Favorite, Grief, Life's Spring, Accomplices Faves, David Tennant

By: Annabel Pitcher / Narrated By: David Tennant

Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins

Okay, finished this, like, ages ago… When can I stop crying…?!

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Commuting, Favorite, Grief, Life's Spring, Accomplices Faves, David Tennant
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
Commuting, Favorite, Lifesaver, Life's Spring
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
Commuting, Favorite, Lifesaver, Life's Spring

By: Kathi Appelt / Narrated By: Lyle Lovett

Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins

Nosotros somos paisanos sayeth the Sugar Man

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Commuting, Favorite, Lifesaver, Life's Spring
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Commuting, Life's Spring, Syria
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Commuting, Life's Spring, Syria

By: Onjali Q. Raúf / Narrated By: Jennifer Jill Araya

Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins

Simplistic yet necessary. Wait! Please remember that this is a 55-year old woman listening to a Kids audiobook, so booooo to me for being so heavy-handed…

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Commuting, Life's Spring, Syria
Where the Watermelons Grow
Commuting, Summer, Life's Spring, Sisi Aisha Johnson
Where the Watermelons Grow
Commuting, Summer, Life's Spring, Sisi Aisha Johnson

By: Cindy Baldwin / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

Danged near wrecked me with a roller-coaster ride of emotions

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Commuting, Summer, Life's Spring, Sisi Aisha Johnson
The Secret Garden
Gratitude, Life's Spring
The Secret Garden
Gratitude, Life's Spring

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett / Narrated By: Josephine Bailey

Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins

This has GOT to be the Best Audio Production of the many, maaaany versions available!

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Gratitude, Life's Spring
Spare Parts
Hispanic Heritage, Independence Day, New Years, Life's Spring
Spare Parts
Hispanic Heritage, Independence Day, New Years, Life's Spring

Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream

By: Joshua Davis / Narrated By: Will Damron

Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins

And the battle goes on and on. And on… So very WOW-ish!

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Hispanic Heritage, Independence Day, New Years, Life's Spring
Brown Girl Dreaming
Commuting, Women's History, Black History, Life's Spring
Brown Girl Dreaming
Commuting, Women's History, Black History, Life's Spring

Written and Narrated By: Jacqueline Woodson

Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins

Beautiful sense of time, of place, of being scared, of being proud

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Commuting, Women's History, Black History, Life's Spring
The Happy Mind
Commuting, New Years, Life's Spring
The Happy Mind
Commuting, New Years, Life's Spring

A Simple Guide to Living a Happier Life Starting Today

By: Louis Fourie, Kevin Horsley / Narrated By: Dan Culhane

Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins

As long as you’re not expecting brain science, this is a great little audiobook

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Commuting, New Years, Life's Spring
Mexican WhiteBoy
Hispanic Heritage, Summer, Life's Spring, Favorite, Henry Leyva
Mexican WhiteBoy
Hispanic Heritage, Summer, Life's Spring, Favorite, Henry Leyva

By: Matt de la Peña / Narrated By: Henry Leyva

Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins

Passionate without being all “Fraught-with-Angst”

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Hispanic Heritage, Summer, Life's Spring, Favorite, Henry Leyva
Esperanza Rising
Commuting, Hispanic Heritage, Life's Spring
Esperanza Rising
Commuting, Hispanic Heritage, Life's Spring

By: Pam Munoz Ryan / Narrated By: Trini Alvarado

Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins

First listen? Not so much. Second listen? Holy Cow, I almost missed a great story!

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Commuting, Hispanic Heritage, Life's Spring
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
LGBTQIA, Hispanic Heritage, Life's Spring, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
LGBTQIA, Hispanic Heritage, Life's Spring, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benjamin Alire Saenz

By: Benjamin Alire Saenz / Narrated By: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins

And they discover the secrets in El Paso, no less!

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LGBTQIA, Hispanic Heritage, Life's Spring, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
Hurricane Katrina, Life's Spring, Favorite, Robin Miles, Julie T. Lamana
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
Hurricane Katrina, Life's Spring, Favorite, Robin Miles, Julie T. Lamana

By: Julie T. Lamana / Narrated By: Robin Miles

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

For middle-grade fiction, Armani’s story is pretty hard-hitting... Sooo good!

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Hurricane Katrina, Life's Spring, Favorite, Robin Miles, Julie T. Lamana
Wish
Commuting, Life's Spring
Wish
Commuting, Life's Spring

By: Barbara O'Connor / Narrated by: Suzy Jackson

Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins

Truly a delightful audiobook. And the reservations I have are all because I’m a total jerk… It’s me, I tell you: NOT the book!

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Commuting, Life's Spring
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Life's Spring, Big Sis 5
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Life's Spring, Big Sis 5

Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

By: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer / Narrated By: Chike Johnson

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

What a wonderful boy! What a wonderful audiobook!!!

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Life's Spring, Big Sis 5
Greyhound
Life's Spring, Nick Podehl, Steffan Piper, Big Sis 5, Favorite
Greyhound
Life's Spring, Nick Podehl, Steffan Piper, Big Sis 5, Favorite

By: Steffan Piper / Narrated By: Nick Podehl

Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins

Cowards & Men. Nick Podehl makes this one of my favorites!

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Life's Spring, Nick Podehl, Steffan Piper, Big Sis 5, Favorite
The Unbreakable Boy
Father's Day, Life's Spring, Lloyd James
The Unbreakable Boy
Father's Day, Life's Spring, Lloyd James

A Father's Fear, a Son's Courage, and a Story of Unconditional Love

By: Scott Michael LeRette / Narrated By: Lloyd James

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

What a refreshing, what a LOVING look at fatherhood!

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Father's Day, Life's Spring, Lloyd James
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Mother's Day, Maman, Women's History, Life's Spring, Fairy Tales, Kelly Barnhill, Christina Moore
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Mother's Day, Maman, Women's History, Life's Spring, Fairy Tales, Kelly Barnhill, Christina Moore

By: Kelly Barnhill / Narrated By: Christina Moore

Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins

Because the Moon tastes better than Starlight! Gosh, what a book!

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Mother's Day, Maman, Women's History, Life's Spring, Fairy Tales, Kelly Barnhill, Christina Moore
The Pigman
Commuting, Life's Spring
The Pigman
Commuting, Life's Spring

Series: Pigman, Book 1

By: Paul Zindel / Narrated By: Eden Riegel, Charlie McWade

Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins

AHHHHHH!!! There’s a reason this wonderful book is a Classic!!!

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Commuting, Life's Spring
The Magician’s Nephew
Saint Patrick's Day, Commuting, Life's Spring, C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, Kenneth Branagh
The Magician’s Nephew
Saint Patrick's Day, Commuting, Life's Spring, C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, Kenneth Branagh

The Chronicles of Narnia

Series: The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6 (Publication order), Book 1 (Author’s preferred order)

By: C.S. Lewis / Narrated By: Kenneth Branagh

Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins

Kenneth Branagh makes this a real treat!

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Saint Patrick's Day, Commuting, Life's Spring, C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, Kenneth Branagh
Ghetto Cowboy
Pet Day and Month, Father's Day, Commuting, Black History, Life's Spring, Cowboy Culture, JD Jackson
Ghetto Cowboy
Pet Day and Month, Father's Day, Commuting, Black History, Life's Spring, Cowboy Culture, JD Jackson

By: G. Neri / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins

EVERYthing you could ever hope for in a book for Teens!

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Pet Day and Month, Father's Day, Commuting, Black History, Life's Spring, Cowboy Culture, JD Jackson
Warriors Don’t Cry
Independence Day, Black History, Life's Spring
Warriors Don’t Cry
Independence Day, Black History, Life's Spring

A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High

By: Melba Pattillo Beals / Narrated By: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins

Unbelievable! Filled with rage, violence. Filled with love, innocence.

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Independence Day, Black History, Life's Spring
Speak
Commuting, Women's History, Life's Spring
Speak
Commuting, Women's History, Life's Spring

By: Laurie Halse Anderson / Narrated By: Mandy Siegfried

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Sadly, this is a MUST-listen for teens and even ‘tween girls

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Commuting, Women's History, Life's Spring
 

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