Our favorite audiobooks

These are our favorite audiobooks.  We own most of these.  Most of them are at our local library.

I was going to try to list them in order of appropriate age, but decided not to because it was already taking enough time to get the post done.  Instead I listed a starting age (based on my own children), but keep in mind that we often play these in the car when our younger children are listening also.

This list does not include all our favorite books just because we have read many of our favorites without an audiobook.

Mercy Watson books by Kate DiCamillo--Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3--These are great for a young reader to read aloud, and my girls enjoy listening to them too.  The chapters are very short, and the story is quite simple, but endearing.  M (4) especially is enjoying them right now.

James Herriot's Treasury for Children--short animal stories set in England from the perspective of a veterinarian--great for any age, starting at 3 or 4.

Stories told or narrated by Jim Weiss:
Goodnight stories--very calming stories, good for bed time--age 3+
Best Loved Stories in Song and Dance--includes The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White and Rose Red--age 3+
Galileo and the Stargazers created and told by Jim Weiss--true stories about scientists from history--age 6+
Uncle Wiggly's Storybook by Howard Geiss and told by Jim Weiss--Just a small number of Geiss's short Uncle Wiggly stories, but very fun when told by Jim Weiss--age 3+
The Queen's Pirate created and told by Jim Weiss--stories told by Jim Weiss about Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake--age 6+
Shakespeare for Children as told by Jim Weiss--A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Taming of the Shrew--7+
Sherlock Holmes for Children as told by Jim Weiss--The Mazarin Stone, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Musgrave Ritual, and The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle--age 7+
King Arthur and His Knights as told by Jim Weiss--my girls find some of these stories to be pretty funny--age 6+
Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America as created and told by Jim Weiss--an overview of his life--I'd recommend this one over the Photobiography--age 7+
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and narrated by Jim Weiss--this one takes a bit of getting into, but it is a classic for a reason.  It does start picking up eventually, and the part with Mr. Toad and his motorcar escapades is pretty fun.  Our local library has it on CD.--age 7+ 
Story of the World Vol. 1, 2, 3, and 4 by Susan Wise Bauer and narrated by Jim Weiss--these four volumes have provided the overview and backdrop to our children's education in world history.  We have all learned so much from them.  We own them all, but our local library also has all four volumes.  Bauer recommends the fourth volume for upper elementary because of some of the more difficult parts of history (such as the Holocaust), but we have chosen to let our children listen to it at a younger age and discuss it with them as needed.--age 6+

Beatrix Potter stories--I think this audiobook is the same one we borrowed from the library.  The narrator does a marvelous job, and I enjoyed hearing a few Beatrix Potter stories of which I had not previously heard.--age 3+

Charlotte's Web written and narrated by E.B. White--you can't go wrong with this classic.  E.B. White has a wonderful voice and does a fine job reading his own story about Wilbur the pig's friendship with a spider named Charlotte.--age 4+
Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White--another good book by White about a swan who finds his way in the world and his "voice" through music.  The audiobook has parts with an actual trumpet playing.--age 5+

The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne--another classic--these are fun not just for the young, but for the grown-up too--narrated by Peter Dennis and authorized by Christopher Robin (A.A. Milne's son).--age 4+
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne--more Pooh stories also read by Peter Dennis.--age 4+

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond--A very fun, well-written book about the beloved bear from Darkest Peru.  M (4) likes to listen to this a lot.--age 3+

Ramona the Pest and other Ramona books by Beverly Clearly read by Stockard Channing (Rizzo from Grease)--these are laugh-out-loud funny.  I get such a kick out of Ramona's antics.--age 6+

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster read by David Hyde Pierce--Pierce does such a fantastic job reading this book.  I highly recommend it.--age 6 or 7+

Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan--a horse-lover's tale--there is a death in the book and Maya lost her parents as a young girl, so I would go with age 8+

Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, and other Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder read by Cherry Jones--I have not actually read any of these out loud because I'd rather listen to Cherry Jones read them.--starting with age 5 or 6+ with the first two books

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis--I need hardly say much about these.  I enjoy them so much.  My husband read them all to our two oldest, but they have since listened to them and read them again many times on their own.  This is not the drama theater version, but the unabridged books.--age 6 or 7+

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli--I could only find it as an audiobook through Audible.  Our local library has it on CD.  It's one we would like to own.  I enjoyed this book so much.  Brother Luke, who cares for Robin in his time of being an invalid, bestows so much quiet wisdom on his charge.  I've seen in recommended for 11-13 years, but our girls liked it a lot (7 and 9).

Librivox.org books:
Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott--a lesser known Alcott book than Little Women, this endearing book about the friendship between Jack and Jill, and their trials after an accident, is a good read.--age 8+

Heidi by Johanna Spyri--another classic and one of my favorites about a little girl named Heidi who goes up the mountain to live with her grandfather.--age 6+

The Children's Shakespeare by E. Nesbit--retellings of 12 of Shakespeare's plays.  I have this in the Kindle edition.--age 7+

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit--hands-down one of my favorite books.  I love the narrator's voice on this one.--age 6+

Please share any of your favorites in the comments.