Are you looking for book options for your child? Do they enjoy audiobooks and listening to stories? Here are some places to get FREE audiobooks for kids:

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The good thing about audiobooks is that they allow your child to enjoy great stories while also developing their language skills. Characters, accents, voices and humour in audiobooks makes listening for kids even more fun.

For children who struggle to read due to comprehension, concentration or literacy ability, they are still able to enjoy a great story. Battling over each word while trying to read your way through a book can take the enjoyment out of them for children with these difficulties.

Audiobooks are also a great way for children to enjoy stories that would otherwise be above their reading level, and helps them acquire new vocabulary.

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Places To Get Free Audiobooks For Kids

BorrowBox

Bolinda’s BorrowBox offers a large range of junior audiobooks. Simply register with your library card number and PIN.

Alternatively, download the BorrowBox app from your app store (iOs or Android) to enjoy audiobooks and eBooks on the go with your mobile or tablet.

Audible

Kids can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories and audio books on Audible, including

• Folk and fairy tales from around the world;
• Childhood favourites like Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter;
• Literary classics such as The Jungle Book, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, and Wuthering Heights.

Currently all stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.

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Loyal Books

Loyal Books offers free public domain audiobooks with eBook downloads so your child can listen and read along at the same time. On there you’ll find lots of classic kids stories including The Velveteen Rabbit and The Railway Children.

Storynory

Storynory offers free audio stories with most stories on the website aimed at an age group around 7 to 11 years. They do have nursery stories and rhymes for preschool, and some more sophisticated stories as well. They aim to choose stories that showcase imagination, good writing, and also with great narrations.

Audiobooks.com

You can listen to free audiobooks for kids on Audiobooks.com, for example they have Pollyanna and The Princess and the Goblin available. You can also take a free trial with them which allows you three free audiobooks. On the paid option, there are authors such as David Walliams and Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid).

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LibriVox

LibriVox is a free service that offers audiobooks from the public domain, read by volunteers. Books are available to stream online or download. Some of the books include an entire cast, acting out dramatisations, while others feature a single read.

You’ll find lovely kids books like Anne of Green Gables, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Secret Garden.

There’s also a free LibriVox app that you can download for iOS and Android.

Spotify

There are lots of free audiobooks on Spotify, they are just a bit tricky to find, so the best thing is to go to some playlists like these ones:

• Beatrix Potter and other stories
• Dr Seuss books
• Cinderella, Lion King and other stories
• DBS Audiobooks has a lot of the classics like Robinson Crusoe and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

If you have a Premium Family membership you can also download Spotify Kids, a standalone app available exclusively for Premium Family subscribers. It’s available for iOS and Android.

The app, suitable for kids ages 3+, offers a composite of playlists, which makes it easy for kids to find stories and music.

Lit2Go

Lit2Go offers a free online collection of stories and poems in audiobook format. Many of the stories can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along. You’ll find lots of classic kids books and stories such as Gulliver’s Travels and A Little Princess.

Vooks.com

Vooks.com is a kid-safe, ad-free streaming library of read-aloud animated storybooks. The library of storybooks can be streamed on all your favourite devices: TV, iOS, Android, Computer, and more. The first month is free, then you have to pay a monthly subscription.

Amazon Storytime

Amazon Storytime is a free Alexa skill for kids ages 5-12 with a collection of more than 100 short stories featuring lively full-cast recordings.

Kids can choose from story categories including bedtime, silly, family, friends, and more. Or spin the magic story wheel for a surprise set of stories.

Check out super fun original stories from LEGO®, or go on an interactive story adventure with Ripley’s Believe It or Not.

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Have you found any other places to get free audiobooks for kids? Leave a comment below and let us know – we’d love to hear from you!