Audiobooks
We are excited to share a special collection of audiobooks in partnership with Bolinda BorrowBox.
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Our audiobook collection offers an enticing invitation to enter different worlds, cultures and experiences. So plug in to your phone, laptop, ipad or desktop and enjoy this amazing collection.
Spooky House
Written by: Sally Rippin
Narrated by: Eloise Mignon
Recommended for 6+
The fabulous Billie and her pals in the Secret Mystery Club solve neighbourhood whodunits in their own special way! Read by Eloise Mignon.
Billie and her friends dare each other to explore the spooky house at the end of the street. They are sure it's haunted. Sooo scary! But if anyone can handle ghosts, it's Billie B Brown!
Listen Here
You can listen to the full audiobook via the BorrowBox app or website. All you need to do is:
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Join your local library. It’s free.
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Download the BorrowBox app. Select your library and activate your account.
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Search for this month’s feature title under audiobooks. Enjoy!
Sally's Spotlight
It's the Sound of the Thing
Written by: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Narrated by: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Recommended for 10+
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This extraordinary collection celebrates the joy of language and features enticing and relatable poems about everyday life – the sounds of the block, the boredom of detention and the happenings in the schoolyard. Poems about candy, peanut butter and pets. Poems about a big brother’s messy room, a grandfather’s fading memory and a grandmother’s garden magic.
Through haiku, sonnets, narrative verse, rhyming couplets, limericks, free verse, tongue-twisters and more, Maxine Beneba Clarke invites listeners to fall in love with the wonder that is poetry.
Why Sally chose this book
Poetry is best read aloud, and this collection is read beautifully by the author, full of rhythm and music, conjuring up scenes of inner-city life. Lots of kids are under the impression that poetry is not for them, but this collection offers something for everyone, introducing everything from Haiku and sonnets to limericks and tongue-twisters. In fact, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this collection inspired some of the young people in your life to try their hand at creating poems themselves, once they have heard how playful poetry can be.
Bolinda is a world-leading audiobook and technology company. Entrepreneurial by nature, their mission is to serve the world and
inspire people to live their best lives through the power of storytelling. BorrowBox is a digital library experience that gives readers and listeners access to thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks for free, with nothing more than a quick download and the details on their library card.