Audio books

I would have never considered myself a fan. I love to read and used to be able to devour a good book in a short amount of time. I was actually quite a speed reader and I loved traveling with the plots and characters in my imagination as a great escape from the trials of the work day. It was so much better than TV ever could be. I picked up a book and read for pure pleasure every day.

Hmmm.... until about 11 yrs ago and then I would read on weekends etc.... then 3 yrs ago, that turned into about once a month. I would pick a good book to read each month. Then when Sera joined the family and I discovered the joy of reading blogs.... Well, I have had three books I had planned to read over my summer break. Only one is read!!

Aubri had a vision convergence issue in 2nd and 3rd grade and she had needed to read while listening to the book to help keep from getting headaches. She has continued with her love of audio books and loves to read this way when we are in the car or waiting in offices etc. It makes her look cooler with the ear buds in her ears, I guess. She is a good reader, but she says that she enjoys the drama a good reader gives the texts. She is a drama fan, so that made sense to me.

This summer we have been listening to many kids audio books in the car and at bedtime to help Andy with his vocabulary and sentence structure. He will say things the ODDEST way! I have actually enjoyed listening along with them!

Then I realized that I can listen to my own audio books while I read online!! WOW!! The best of two worlds!



My favorite has been one I read about, recommended by another parent, and I just have to share it.

Delivered From Distraction-Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Defecit Disorder.



I had been actually reading The Gift OF ADHD while in airports and hospitals etc..to help figure out my sweet and very busy little boy and while it helped some, the above book written about adults helped more!

Here is the one Aubri has loved most this summer .

Andy has loved the Magic Tree House Series the most.

Sera loves..... can you guess???

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Fancy Nancy of course!!!!

Oh, and a lot of the kids favorites and my choices are on our state online library!! Check out for 2 weeks!! Perfect!

I am a fan now!