Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in The Conversation. It’s not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact ...

Children, being natural learners, easily connect with audiobooks due to their innate curiosity and openness to sounds. A survey conducted by the Library Journal / School Library Journal also ...

The Literacy Trust in the United Kingdom and Audible have just issued a new report on how young people are listening to audiobooks. The survey of 8 to 18-year-olds showed almost half (48.7%) of ...

Audiobooks can offer a new or different way to experience the world through books. As adults, we know that audiobooks are a great way to pass the time while commuting to work or during a long road ...

At last week’s Bologna Book Fair, Michelle Cobb, executive director of the American Audio Publishers Association, opened the panel discussion about audiobooks, offering insight into research about the ...

Amazon’s Audible, the world’s largest digital audiobook distributor, launched a new service that offers free audiobooks for children and teenagers who are staying at home to avoid exposure to the new ...

One of the worst parts of being a member of the working class is the commute. Either you’re stuck in calamitous traffic, or you’re shoulder-to-shoulder on the subway breathing recycled cough-air, or ...

Audiobook streaming and the widespread adoption of smart speakers have made audiobooks "more available" to children, helping reluctant readers overcome literacy barriers, suggested Georgia Holmes at ...

There are so many entertainment offerings for children and their parents, it can be hard to choose. We look at podcasts and audiobooks for children. It is a good time for the spoken word. There's a ...

Audible announced today the launch of Audible Stories, a new service through which the company will be providing free audiobooks for small children and teens for the duration of the coronavirus (COVID ...

It’s not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact, 80% of parents with children 11 or younger say their kids watch YouTube videos, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center poll.