"The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children."   — Commission on Reading: Becoming a Nation of Readers

For the past 50 years, Listening Library has been the premier publisher of top-quality audiobooks for young listeners. Our dedication to the format has sprung from a commitment to literacy and an understanding that in order to learn to read one must first be read to. We also understand that few parents have as much time as they would like to spend reading aloud to their children. Audiobooks help supplement the time a parent or caregiver has available to them to read aloud with the child they care for and directly benefit young readers by:

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"If the primary goal of reading is understanding, audiobooks help kids to better understand what they read. I know this from my experience as the father of a struggling child."   — Henry Winkler, actor, producer, director, and author of the critically acclaimed children's book series, Hank Zipzer