Playaways - The best of audio enjoyment

What are Playaways? They are our newest offering; digital audio books, preloaded for your convenience. Just check out a book, pull out the unit, press PLAY, and you're on your way to a great story. You can bookmark, pause, even change the speed of the reading.

Check them out from the Children's Room for 3 weeks. They come with batteries, and disposable headphones.

What titles are available?

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Lionboy by Zizou Corder
Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
The Kite Rider by Geraldin McCaughrean
Ravenmaster's Secret by Elmira Woodruff
Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright
Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fairy Tales
Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fables
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
School's Out -- Forever by James Patterson
Kidz Bop to Go #1
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Railway Children by E. Nesbit
Little Women by Louise M. Alcott
Story of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane

All the ones you see on this page, plus more coming soon. Stop by the Children's desk for more information.