Little House on the Prairie Audiobooks
The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, narrated by the amazing and talented Cherry Jones, is now available on Audible.
We can all agree that these books make up what is possibly the best children’s series ever written, right?
Here’s the thing, though…. I don’t really enjoy reading them aloud. I think it might have something to do with the first time I tried reading them to my girls.
They were all of about 5 and 3 at the time, and as I’ve said before– you’ve got to ease into longer narrative with little ones.
Then I heard Cherry Jones read the entire series.
These are truly some of the very best audiobooks I’ve ever heard- our family has listened to Cherry Jones read the entire series multiple times. (Even my husband loves listening, and he’s not into audiobooks.)
Until now, the Little House books have only been available on CD. But not anymore! Now you can get them all on Audible, which makes them so much more accessible and convenient.
These books are excellent for all ages. I know that sounds audacious, but just try one and see! Your 3- and 4-year olds will likely listen as rapturously as your teens! It’s kind of miraculous.
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No Audible Subscription Necessary
You do know you can get books a la carte from Audible even without an Audible subscription, right?
All you need to do is purchase the audiobooks one-by-one on Amazon. Then you can listen to them anywhere using the free Audible app.
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Audiobooks are the best way I know to get more reading in myself when I’m distracted by the myriad duties of motherhood. They’re also a fabulous way to get more read-aloud time in for my kids.
Finding the best audiobook deals on Audible is kinda my thing– I spend time most every day scouring Audible to find them for you.
Whenever I find them, I share the deals on Instagram and Facebook. If you aren’t following the Read-Aloud Revival there, make sure you do, and I’ll keep you posted on the best audiobook deals on the web.
My daughter listens to these over and over again. I don’t enjoy reading the books aloud, and she isn’t a proficient reader yet, so these are wonderful! I was just about to purchase them all on CD as we are tired of taking them out of the library all the time… but purchasing the download might be a great option as well!
The Audible editions have already been in high rotation at our house!
I read the first book out loud to my then 3rd grade girl. I was actually glad that I read them with her b/c I was shocked by some of the racial references. It gave us a chance to talk about the times back then and about respect today.
I’m sure you could do the same with the audible books —- we are big fans of the site — but these books really do have some need-to-talk-about topics.
We agree, Louise–there are definitely things that need to be talked through in some of the Little House books. Sometimes those conversations are uncomfortable, but still needed. And books give us a safe place to have the conversation.
Thank you for this information! I have several Audible credits built up,. Yay!
I recently finished reading this entire series at bedtime to my now 11 and 13 year old. I am not sure how long it took us…….two years maybe? Anyway, I love these books, and I loved reading them as a child. I am looking forward to listening to them in the car!
It is possible to get a deal on your individual audible purchases but buying the kindle version first. Modern Mrs. Darcy just posted an excellent article on how it works – http://modernmrsdarcy.com/audible-audiobooks-guide/ . Essentially sometimes the add on audible price is cheaper than just buying the audible version.
When I click on it to buy with one click, it changes the price from 10.49 to 14.95, anyone know the reason why?
Carrie H
I think you only get the Audible deal if you’ve already purchased the Kindle version. =(
Do you think the prices will go down? I’d love to buy them all, but that would get expensive! Love her narration of these!
There is also a Canadian lady on YouTube who reads them if you can’t afford Audible it is a good option.
We must be the only people on the planet who don’t like these audio books! We didn’t enjoy her voice at all, and when she sang? My kids actually started laughing out loud. Maybe we should try again…ours is obviously the minority opinion! :-)
This is fabulous news! I purchased Little House in the Big Woods and Little House on the Prairie. We’ve listened to those before. This is a series I really struggle with whether I should read or listen to them with my kids first or have them read them independently. I fell in love with these books in the third grade as I was able to check out each one from the school library and then get another one when done. I still remember Sr. Maria asking me to read aloud a sample before I was allowed to check the first one out so she knew I was able to read them. I’d love to have my children fall in love with them on their own, but I also want to share them. Does this make sense? My third grade son understands this as he’s read a few of them independently, too. He agrees to not have the whole family listen to all of them together and save some of them for my daughters to read when they are able. So, for now, I think we’ll continue to listen to the first 2 or 3 over and over together as a family, and then my children can read the rest independently.
Finally!!! Thank you for letting me know. I’m giddy!
Oh Happy Day!!
Thanks so much for the heads up and I’m happy to use your links! Just FYI–Amazon lists Prairie as Book 3 and Farmer Boy as book 2…opposite of what you have listed. Yours are correct, right? (It’s been awhile since I read them!)
I’m so confused too! I always thought Farmer Boy was book 3 but now everywhere I look, I am seeing that it is book 2. I just looked at the copyright dates in my books and Farmer Boy was 1933, whereas Little House on the Prairie was 1935. Interesting!
It reminds me of when they switched around the order of Chronicles of Narnia. I read it one way as a little girl and now it’s all different!
Farmer Boy was published as the stand along counterpart to Little House in the Big Woods. Both books follow the cycle of the year–one with a girl as the main character, one with a boy. After the roaring success of these books, Laura continued her family’s story in Little House on the Prairie and the rest of the series.
I haven’t used Audible before, we have always just listened to books on cd. I am curious though… what is a good price for these books in audio form? When I look on Amazon book one audio is still $9.18. It’s only discounted $1.31. I would love to build an audio library in addition to our physical library, but that could quickly become really expensive .
I did not know that I could get books a la carte from Audible!!! I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what is included for the membership price and had decided to give up on it. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thank you so very much for letting us know. I’ve checked for the audio books online so many times. This is exciting!
We have some great memories with these books! When my oldest gave up nap time at 3 1/2, I had a newborn and an 18-month-old. Desperate for some mid-day downtime, I started reading these to him. He’s always loved to read, but even then I had to push him a bit. The first day he almost made it through the first chapter, so I pushed him to listen just a little bit longer. We started reading a chapter a day. By the end of a year we finished all of the books! When we were reading the last book, he was begging ME for just one more chapter! At the very, very end of the book we read for 2 1/2 hours in one sitting (he’s a very motivated kid)! The rest of my kids don’t quite sit still for that long, but those are some of the sweetest read-aloud memories. My oldest is now 9… It’s probably time to read them all again!
I think you have books #2 and #3 switched. #2 should be Farmer Boy I believe, and #3 is Little House on the Prairie. When I went to buy them it’s #1 and #3 that are on sale today. Just FYI!
I grew up reading these and my 8 year old loves these books to!!
I’m trying to buy these and it’s not giving me an option to buy, just wish list :/
Hmmm… I wonder why. :( Are you in the U.S.? Maybe it’s not an international offer? I think they have limited terms of use for international buyers.
This is exciting! I’ve wanted these for a long time. I have several Audible credits built up so I know what I’m using them for today!
Thanks for the wonderful info. Just curious though if you might consider notifying of audible deals in an additional way like through email? Maybe that’s not possible, and if so I understand…. I just do not check Facebook on a daily basis, nor am I on instagram. Thanks for considering.
Mary
Great suggestion, Mary!
And it’s her birthday today! Happy news indeed!
I know! In our family we always celebrate her birthday!