• The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020 - ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat by Raúl the Third, narrated by Gary Tiedemann
  • The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020 - Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James Ransome, narrated by Shayna Small and Dion Graham
  • The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020 - When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson, narrated by Faysal Ahmed (and full cast)
  • The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020 - Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson, narrated by Guy Lockard
  • The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020 - King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender, narrated by Ron Butler

The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020, recommended by Emily Connelly

Whether you’re on a car journey or sitting on the sofa together at home, listening to audiobooks with kids can be an incredible experience. Some will make you laugh, some will make you weep. Many will help us develop empathy for other human beings in the world around us. Here Emily Connelly, Assistant Editor at AudioFile, talks us through the magazine’s choices of the best audiobooks for kids of 2020.

  • The 2020 Audie Awards: Best Audiobooks for Young Adults - Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka
  • The 2020 Audie Awards: Best Audiobooks for Young Adults - Lovely War by Julie Berry
  • The 2020 Audie Awards: Best Audiobooks for Young Adults - On The Come Up by Angie Thomas & Bahni Turpin (narrator)
  • The 2020 Audie Awards: Best Audiobooks for Young Adults - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • The 2020 Audie Awards: Best Audiobooks for Young Adults - Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

The 2020 Audie Awards: Best Audiobooks for Young Adults, recommended by Mary Burkey & Robin Whitten

Audiobooks are a great way to keep teenagers entertained and informed. Mary Burkey, an expert on kids’ audiobooks, and Robin Whitten, editor and founder of AudioFile magazine, talk us through the wonderful titles that were finalists in this year’s Audie Awards in the ‘Young Adult’ category.