68 audiobooks · 399 hours of listening

Children's Classics audiobooks

For children, and the adults reading along.

The books that generations grew up on: Kenneth Grahame's riverbank, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit's magic-touched families, Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, Rudyard Kipling and the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and Andrew Lang. Listening with the words on screen makes these a natural fit for reading together — or for revisiting a favourite you haven't opened since childhood.

  • First chapter free, no account
  • Full text on screen as you listen
  • 7-day trial, then $4.99/month or $49/year

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The best-known children's classics titles in the library
  1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll · 2h 23m
  2. Grimms' Fairy Tales Jacob Grimm · 8h 22m
  3. The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame · 5h 24m
  4. The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett · 7h 20m
  5. Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll · 2h 41m
  6. Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy J. M. Barrie · 4h 20m

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Are these children's classics audiobooks free?

The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 68 children's classics titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.

Can I read along while I listen?

Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.

What's the shortest and longest children's classics audiobook here?

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is the shortest at 5 min; The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 is the longest at 15 hr 40 min. The whole collection runs about 399 hours.

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