Audio Books

Sources

• • Physical: Playaways and CDs

  • Playaways via Follett Titlewave

  • Playaways via Recorded Books

  • Online

  • Audible

    • iTunes

      • Most of the audio books on iTunes come via Audible - see this information from Audible

      • Children's podcasts, such as,

        • Ford Galaxy of Stories (available via iTunes)

        • Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:

          • Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,

          • Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,

          • View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,

          • Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.

          • All books play immediately in Windows Media Player but can be downloaded to Itunes.

          • e.g., try Aesop's Fables

      • Adult podcasts, such as,

        • New Yorker Fiction (monthly - a reading and interview with author-reader)

        • Public Radio International: Selected Shorts (weekly - usually 2 short stories read by actor)

Other links to audiobook sources - both free and paid [Delicious links]

Case Studies

circulating audiobooks in school libraries

• • Andrea Walker - Renaissance College (HK)

  • Cris Laytham - Morris Academy (Taiwan)

Miscellaneous

• • Audiobook Builder tool (not free) -- to help you manage audiobooks on your MP3 player

  • Great blog for audio book reviews

• Storyphones

Blurb from their website: <<StoryPhones is a ground breaking digital audio system for children in primary schools and nurseries. Each headset is an individual MP3 player and the whole system is completely free of wires. This means listening activities can be delivered in different areas of the classroom, throughout the school or nursery, and even for outdoor learning.>>