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Title: The Homeless Pooch

Subtitle: Hank the Cowdog

Author: John R. Erickson

Narrator: John R. Erickson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-08

Publisher: Maverick Books, Inc

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 69 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Hank's mother says it's a good time for him to go out on his own before the dogcatcher arrives. So Hank makes his way to the Twitchell Livestock Auction. Will he join up with Slim, the cowboy he meets there? Or will the dogcatcher provide his new home?

Members Reviews:

Hear how Hank ended up at Loper's ranch

Another great story by John R. Erickson... our family loves listening to him narrate all the entertaining characters of the Hank the Cowdog series

Indescribably awesome!!!!!!!!

A very funny.I always wondered how Hank got to the ranch.I hope to get more Hank books. I love Hank

How Hank The Cow Dog came about.

Enjoyed learning the back story on how Hank came to be. interesting fact is Drover was there first.

We finally find out how hank winds up on the ranch

Would you listen to The Homeless Pooch again? Why?

yes, I love hearing the crazy thoughts of hank the cowdog

What other book might you compare The Homeless Pooch to and why?

all of hank's books, they are all just as funny and great to hear over and over

What about John R. Ericksons performance did you like?

I like how he changes his voice with each character and I love his songs.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Slim chose a homeless dog over his $25 to keep Hank from going to the pound.

Any additional comments?

no

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Title: The Case of the Tricky Trap

Subtitle: Hank the Cowdog

Author: John R. Erickson

Narrator: John R. Erickson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-08

Publisher: Maverick Books Inc

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Can Hank find a way out of this sticky situation? Or could it mean the embarrassing end for the Head of Ranch Security?

Hear Wallace the Buzzard sing "Don't Ever Step in a Trap", and Hank contemplates "The Heavy Moral Decision Song".

Members Reviews:

Soooooo good

I loved it so much better than the original version of this is great for you

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Title: The Case of the Monkey Burglar

Subtitle: Hank the Cowdog

Author: John R. Erickson

Narrator: John R. Erickson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-08

Publisher: Maverick Books Inc

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

With Sally May taking the family on a vacation, there's never a dull moment on the ranch with Hank the Cowdog around. In this adventure, Hank learns about a tool thief on the loose who uses a monkey to help him do his dirty work. And before long, Hank finds himself face-to-face with the pilfering primate! Can Hank help to stop the criminals in their tracks, or will the crooks make a monkey out of the Head of Ranch Security?

Hank answers a challenge and creates the spectacular "The Impossible Chrysanthemum Song", and Slim performs his "Nap Time on the Prairie" song for Hank and Drover.

Members Reviews:

Great storie

I heard this one when I was about 4 years old then when I was 10. Now I am 14 and it's not old yet

-Greg Evans-

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Title: The Secret Laundry Monster Files

Subtitle: Hank the Cowdog

Author: John R. Erickson

Narrator: John R. Erickson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-08

Publisher: Maverick Books Inc

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

When Hank the Cowdog hears suspicious sounds coming from near Sally May's clothesline, it leads to a midnight investigation of the ranch. Before he knows it, Hank finds himself caught up with his old friend Eddy the Rac - and face-to-face with one of a dog's greatest enemies: the dreaded Laundry Monster!

Could this mean the end of everyone's favorite Head of Ranch Security? Or is it just Eddy the Rac up to his old tricks? One thing's for sure, Hank will keep readers laughing out loud in this latest hilarious adventure.

Hear a rooster crow up the sun in "Thus Spake J.T. Cluck", and Hank sings, "Trudy, Trudy, What a Beauty!"

Members Reviews:

great children's book

I've always loved hank the cowdog. This is one of the best! 100% would reccomend

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Title: Outcast

Subtitle: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #4

Author: Michelle Paver

Narrator: Ian McKellen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-20-08

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

For two moons, Torak has hidden a terrible secret - and now it is revealed. He bears the mark of the Soul-Eater and must pay the price. Cast out from the clans, he is alone and on the run - cut off from his best friend, Renn, and his beloved pack-brother, Wolf.

In the haunted reed-beds of Lake Axehead he is hunted by the Otter Clan and taunted by the Hidden People and, as soul-sickness claims him, falls prey to an even greater menace. Tormented by secrets and broken trust, he uncovers a deception that will turn his world upside down.

Outcast is a thrilling story of friendship, survival, and the need to belong. Like all the books in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Outcast explores the complexities of an ancient world filled with good and evil.

Members Reviews:

so good

si so so so so so so so so so so so so so good, snozberry, perfluction, devidibum, squadrem

My 6-year-old and I love this series!

I think it is intended for an older audience, and is pretty scary in places, but we've had a great time with this story and all the details of day to day life in the old days - wilderness survival stuff. The reader is fantastic and that makes a lot of difference too.

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Title: Steel Trapp

Subtitle: The Challenge

Author: Ridley Pearson

Narrator: William Dufris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Steel is both blessed and cursed with a remarkable photographic memory - just one look, and whatever he sees is imprinted for keeps. Trying to be a Good Samaritan on the train, he unwittingly becomes embroiled in an ingenious plot that may have links to terrorists.

Federal agents (first seen in Pearson's adult thriller Cut and Run) track Steel and his newfound science-geek accomplice, Kaileigh Augustine, as they attempt to put together the pieces of a complex puzzle. Using Steel's science contest invention - and with the help of Cairo - Steel and Kaileigh lead listeners on an action-packed adventure as they attempt to prevent the unimaginable, before it's too late.

Members Reviews:

It's Great

I've listened to this book like 4 times. It's great.

The narrator really captures the nerd in Steel Trapp.

It's a great book for all ages.

I recommend getting this one and the sequel book.

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Title: The Summer of the Swans

Author: Betsy Byars

Narrator: Alyson Silverman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-08

Publisher: Penguin Group USA and Audible

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 41 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Sara's life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sara is forced to see her life in a whole new way.

©1970 Betsy Byars (P)2008 Penguin

Members Reviews:

Read well, chapter confusion

Would you try another book from Betsy Byars and/or Alyson Silverman?

Yes

Any additional comments?

I did not like the chapters did not match the book and that made it hard for me to find where I was in the middle of book.

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Title: Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy

Author: Wendelin Van Drannen

Narrator: Tara Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-08

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

When Sammy's mother dumped her with Grams to go to Hollywood and become a star, Sammy dealt with it. But when she discovers that Lady Lana has changed her name, dyed her hair, and shaved 10 years off her age, Sammy hops a bus to Hollywood and finds her mom in deeper trouble than she expected. One of Lana's biggest competitors is found dead in the room next door. Is Sammy's mother the next victim...or the prime suspect?

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Critic Reviews:

"Tara Sands skillfully takes the characters beyond the mundane through her impressive ability to speak in many voices - supercilious, sarcastic, and sincere. While delivering nonstop action, she underscores the notion that strength and beauty of character are more than skin deep." (AudioFile)

"Van Draanen injects some weighty social commentary into the plot's clever suspense, creating well-rounded secondary characters while she develops Sammy into an intelligent, gutsy, flawed, and utterly likable heroine." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

fantastic thriller

Would you listen to Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy again? Why?

Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy is a fantastic thriller for children - my daughter recommends this book to any child who loves good mysteries. This book is a tense, edge of the seat kind of story - intact she insists it is one of the best books she's ever listened to.

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Title: Runemarks

Author: Joanne Harris

Narrator: Sile Bermingham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-08

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 87 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Seven o'clock on a Monday morning, 500 years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again....Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith's world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, fairies, goblins, magic, glamours: all of these were supposedly vanquished centuries ago. But Maddy knows that a small bit of magic has survived. The "ruinmark" she was born with on her palm proves it - and makes the other villagers fearful that she is a witch (though helpful in dealing with the goblins-in-the-cellar problem). But the mysterious traveler One-Eye sees Maddy's mark not as a defect, but as a destiny. And Maddy will need every scrap of forbidden magic One-Eye can teach her if she is to survive that destiny.

©2008 Joanne Harris; (P)2008 Random House, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"[Harris] creates a glorious and complex world replete with rune-based magical spells, bickering gods, exciting adventures and difficult moral issues." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Beautifully Narrated

Any additional comments?

What lisp! indeed. There is no lisping and no mispronunciation in this narration. She reads the book beautifully and i like her so well that I plan to look for other books she has narrated. As for her Irish accent, I looked her up on Google and her accent is just as it should be for a native Dubliner - Irish.

Not yet finished the book but so far I love it and it only makes me want to hear more. Love Joanne Harris!

classic

Amazing, Runemarks has been a bedtime favourite for my children and I for years. This recording has brought our love for this tale to a whole other level.

Outstanding

Excellent performance. I loved her voice variations for different characters. Outstanding story. Well developed. A pleasure to listen to. Masterfully done.

great book with interesting story.

I loved this book start to finish & the lady that voiced it was great.

Absolutely loved the book

the book is beautifully narrated and captivating , I will definitely get the sequel as well

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Title: The Aurora County All-Stars

Author: Deborah Wiles

Narrator: Kate Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-07

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Twelve-year-old House Jackson, star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars, has been sidelined for a whole sorry year with a broken elbow. He's finally ready to play - but wouldn't you know, the team's only game of the year has been scheduled for the exact same time as the town's 200th-anniversary pageant. Now House must face the pageant's director, full-of-herself Frances Shotz (his nemesis and perpetrator of the elbow break), and get his team out of this mess. There's also the matter of a mysterious old recluse who has died and left House a wheezy old dog named Eudora Welty and a puzzling book of poetry by someone named Walt Whitman.

©2007 Deborah Wiles; (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic Reviews:

"A home run for Wiles." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

A well-written book for young chapter-book readers or for adults to read aloud.

I bought it for my 3rd grader but read it through for age relevancy. He is not quite ready for it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a complex book and beautifully written book. The writer is well educated in Southern literature, and she creates a delightful cast of young characters, especially a little girl who falls heir to an elderly pug when her owner dies. The dog is named Eudora (for Southern writer Eudora Welty), and the child thinks "You-doggy" is a great name for her new pet.. It is a story of young children, their baseball team, racial and gender bias, and a mystery. It is also very funny. Adults will enjoy reading this to children.

Wonderful Book

My 8 year old granddaughter read this book this summer and she could not put it down! It is so nice to see her so entertained without the iPad

A perfect read to match her other two books from Aurora ...

A perfect read to match her other two books from Aurora County. It is always fun to read Wiles work.

Five Stars

Excellent book!

Aurora County All Stars Review

While I enjoyed reliving my youth, I wonder how this book would capture the interest of today's kids. It was a sweet story to read aloud to children third grade or below. Happy ending too.