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Free Audiobook Downloads
The Australian Children's Laureate Foundation (ACLF) has a partnership with Bolinda BorrowBox (online library services) to bring you a very special collection of free audiobooks. Every month, they feature a new author and audiobook on their website, showcasing the incredible diversity of talent in Australian children's literature. When the featured book is appropriate for primary-aged children, we will provide details of it here in our whole-school newsletter. Here are two audiobooks for May - one by the 2024-25 Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin.
May free audio book: "Mary Has the Best Pet"
You shouldn’t bring a pet to school. But Mary’s pet is super cool! You're not supposed to bring your pet to the School of Monsters if you haven't fed them yet. But Mary loves her little pet! Surely it will be ok to sneak him inside her hat just for the morning.
Written by: Sally Rippin
Narrated by: Gareth Prosser
Suitable for 7+
May free audio book: "Tashi and the Baba Yaga"
A big storm rocks the village where Tashi lives. Tashi goes walking in the forest the next day and notices a house that wasn’t there before. His curiosity gets the better of him and Tashi goes inside where he is captured by the terrible Baba Yaga, who decides to make Boy-Baked-In-Pie! Will Tashi escape her evil clutches?
Written by: Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg
Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
Suitable for 6+
About The Australian Children's Laureate Foundation
The Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) is a not-for-profit organisation with representation from across the field of children's and young adult literature. Founded in 2008 as the Australian Children's Literature Alliance (ACLA), the name was changed to ACLF in 2018 to clarify the focus of the organisation's work.
The ACLF's vision is to enrich the lives of young Australians through the power of story.
The ACLF’s mission is:
- to promote the value and importance of reading
- to raise the profile of books in the lives of Australian children and young adults
- to respond to identified needs and issues in the children's & youth literature national landscape
- to champion the cause of young australians' reading in a consultative, collegial and inclusive way within a cultural framework that showcases the best of Australian Literature for young people, and
- to undertake selected national projects that will promote these objects nationally.
The ACLF’s primary activity is the development and management of the Australian Children’s Laureate program.
About Bolinda BorrowBox
Bolinda BorrowBox is a digital library experience that gives readers and listeners access to thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks for free, with nothing more than a quick download and the details on their library card.
To access the many hundreds of thousands of ebooks, audiobooks and other resources available through BorrowBox (including the ACLF's special download each month), follow these steps:
- Join your local library. It’s free!
- Download the BorrowBox app. Select your library and activate your account.
- Start exploring your next reading adventure.
- Search for this month’s ACLF feature title under audiobooks. Enjoy!
ALISON LANCASHIRE
Library Coordinator