Reading
Axis360
Through the Brownsville Public Library's app Axis360, you can access audiobooks and ebooks available from our local library and listen and read them online. Because every library purchases a different selection of books, the children’s books you can find will vary depending on where you live. Also, you’ll need to have a library card to access Axis360.
PBS Kids
If your little one loves picture books, they’ll be delighted by Read-Along with PBS Kids! This playlist features children’s books read by the author or a notable person, including former first lady Michelle Obama and US poet laureate Joy Harjo.
Source: https://www.waterford.org/resources/free-audiobooks-for-kids/
Spotify
Through Spotify, you can access tons of free audiobooks in the public domain, such as:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Fredrick Douglass
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Beyond these beloved classics, Spotify also has a whole Spoken Word section dedicated to audiobooks, poems, and other non-musical resources. You will need to create a free Spotify account to access any of these items.
Source: https://www.waterford.org/resources/free-audiobooks-for-kids/
Harper Kids
The Harper Kids YouTube channel features author read-alongs of popular picture books in their Storytime Read Aloud playlist. Older children who are ready for chapter books may enjoy The Graveyard Book, read by the author Neil Gaiman.
LivbriVox
LibriVox has created thousands of free classic audiobooks read by volunteers. Like Spotify, all books available on LibriVox are open to the public domain, so you won’t find some of the more modern stories that are still under copyright.
While not all of these audiobooks are suitable for a younger child’s listening comprehension level, LibriVox has many books by authors who are taught in elementary and middle school, including:
Beatrix Potter | Louisa May Alcott | L.M. Montgomery | Hans Christian Andersen | Lewis Carroll | Mark Twain
Charles Dickens | Edgar Allan Poe | Jane Austen | William Shakespeare
Source: https://www.waterford.org/resources/free-audiobooks-for-kids/