Good books on CD for car trip?

My2CrazyGirls

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What are some good books on CD for 6 and 8 year old girls? I have never gotten a book on tape before! I guess I want some that are not excessively long. It's a 15 hour car ride but they may not want to listen to a long book.
 
For kids our favorites are:
The Ramona books read by Stockard Channing.
The Little House books read by Cherry Jones.
The Focus on the Family presentation of the Narnia books.
 
I think we have listened to every "Magic Treehouse" book on tape. My DS is 7 and loves them.
 

Great suggestions! I think it is hard because my 8 year old likes Harry Potter but my 6 year old likes little kid stuff. So maybe Ramona would be a good compromise?
 
I think we have listened to every "Magic Treehouse" book on tape. My DS is 7 and loves them.
I was going to recommend magic tree house as well!

I think they still have boxcar kids out as well. My kids also like Junie B. jones.

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I'd also recommend using Audible.com versus actually buying the CDs. That way you can have the App on your phone, iPad, whatever device, sync it and listen to it in multiple locations.

I travel a lot and sometimes I am in my personal car, sometimes in a company car or rental car. This way I always have the book with me. Plus on a lot of cars you can listen through the car stereo.
 
I'd also recommend using Audible.com versus actually buying the CDs. That way you can have the App on your phone, iPad, whatever device, sync it and listen to it in multiple locations.

I travel a lot and sometimes I am in my personal car, sometimes in a company car or rental car. This way I always have the book with me. Plus on a lot of cars you can listen through the car stereo.

That makes sense but the only way they can both listen would be to put a cd in the car. It's a 2005....don't think we can listen through the strereo without the d :(
 
That makes sense but the only way they can both listen would be to put a cd in the car. It's a 2005....don't think we can listen through the strereo without the d :(

There are adapters that can run the sound through the airwaves and you listen to it on your radio.
 
I play my books through my cell and it plays through a speaker on my visor! Everyone in the car can enjoy it! It also pauses when I get a call and gives me the option to answer or not. It was only $20 on Groupon and I've had it for about a year! WORTH EVERY PENNY!
 
Also, we were able to get ours at our local library - they loan them out for 4 weeks at a time which gave us plenty of room to take them on our trip & return them on time. Just thought I'd mention it!
 
As to tape, did you really mean cassette tape, or did you mean CD? Most hardcopy audiobooks are on CD these days unless they are very old, and you'll only find those at your library.

The gadget mentioned is an FM adaptor, and I don't recommend them unless you are dealing with an actual cassette player-shaped one; the ones that plug into the cigarette lighter tend to fade in and out if you can get the signal at all.

You can play other devices via your car radio if you have an AUX jack on it; the cord you would need is a male/male aux cord; it looks like a headphone jack at both ends. You can get them anywhere that has headphones, and it will cost ~$3

My recommendation is the Kingdom Keepers books, they are set at WDW, so they make for great anticipation builders. They are YA, but don't contain anything that a 6 yo shouldn't hear, so they work for all ages. If you want something younger, I'd go with Peter and the Starcatchers, again, Disney-themed.

If you get CD's and are going when it is very hot in Florida, I recommend taking a small insulated lunch box to store the CD's in. CD's (and audio tapes, should you find those) will warp in very hot situations, and you don't want to ruin borrowed items.
 
As to tape, did you really mean cassette tape, or did you mean CD? Most hardcopy audiobooks are on CD these days unless they are very old, and you'll only find those at your library.

The gadget mentioned is an FM adaptor, and I don't recommend them unless you are dealing with an actual cassette player-shaped one; the ones that plug into the cigarette lighter tend to fade in and out if you can get the signal at all.

You can play other devices via your car radio if you have an AUX jack on it; the cord you would need is a male/male aux cord; it looks like a headphone jack at both ends. You can get them anywhere that has headphones, and it will cost ~$3

My recommendation is the Kingdom Keepers books, they are set at WDW, so they make for great anticipation builders. They are YA, but don't contain anything that a 6 yo shouldn't hear, so they work for all ages. If you want something younger, I'd go with Peter and the Starcatchers, again, Disney-themed.

If you get CD's and are going when it is very hot in Florida, I recommend taking a small insulated lunch box to store the CD's in. CD's (and audio tapes, should you find those) will warp in very hot situations, and you don't want to ruin borrowed items.

YES, CD not actual tape....sorry. I just changed that in my post.

I will look into Kingdom Keepers, thanks!
 





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