| The ever popular children's genre has been around for | | | | anymore - they can be extremely valuable teaching |
| a long time, and is extremely popular with children from | | | | tools too. If you're child is learning to read, then making |
| all age groups and from all over the world. Even those | | | | use of children's audio books alongside a printed book |
| children that cannot read, can still enjoy stories via | | | | will allow them to follow the words as they are |
| children's audio books. In any case, narrated stories | | | | narrated - helping them make the connection between |
| have always been a popular past time for growing | | | | spoken and written words. But it doesn't stop there. |
| children, and children's audio books allows them that | | | | Children will be much more likely to gain important |
| experience in the comfort of their own home, or even | | | | knowledge from audio books, simply because the |
| on the road! The early history of children's audio books | | | | audio books are more stimulating than a typical |
| saw them produced strictly on cassette tapes. As our | | | | classroom setting. And don't worry, the narrative |
| technology advanced, the cassette tapes soon gave | | | | quality of professionally published audio books are |
| rise to the ever popular compact disc (CD). But, what | | | | outstanding. We're not talking computer synthesized |
| really gave children's audio books a real push forward | | | | voices here, but actual human narrators, some of |
| was the introduction of digital audio books - those that | | | | which have won awards for their ability to draw a |
| could be downloaded from the Internet, to a favorite | | | | reader in with his or her story telling abilities. Some |
| MP3 player, such as iPod. The selection of mediums | | | | popular narrators include: Ron McLarty, Scott Brick, |
| (cassettes, CD, digital download) gives children the | | | | George Guidall, Frank Muller, and even Stephen King |
| ability to enjoy a range of children's audio books more | | | | himself. This is just a small list of the talented voices |
| than ever before. Now that children's audio books | | | | used in narrating a story. And believe me when I say |
| have grown in popularity, we're starting to see an | | | | that the narrator can make or break a story, based on |
| increase in available titles, published alongside regular | | | | his or her talents! Can you possibly think of some other |
| paperback and hardcover editions. In most cases, you | | | | ways that your child might enjoy, or benefit, from |
| can expect to find many popular children's audio books, | | | | listening to children's audio books? There are numerous |
| such as the Harry Potter series, in major books stores | | | | applications, but let's not forget one very important one: |
| and retailers. But fret not - even if a particular item isn't | | | | listening simply for the sheer enjoyment of it all! |
| available in stores, simply hop online to an audio book | | | | provides visitors with free audio book downloads, |
| site like AudioBookGeek.com, and download a limitless | | | | including children's audio books, from various sources |
| selection of children's audio books to your child's MP3 | | | | on the Internet. They also list frequent specials and |
| player! Selections can be downloaded to an MP3 | | | | discounts, so that you can enjoy your audio books |
| player (or your computer) in a matter of minutes. | | | | while taking it easy on your bank account! |
| Children's audio books aren't simply for entertainment | | | | |