Need help? Ask a Library staff member at any of our locations or call, text or email Ask-a-Librarian. The Tinker Station helpline at (317) 275-4500 is also available. It is staffed by device experts who can answer questions about how to read, watch, and listen on a PC, tablet or phone.
Audiobooks from OverDrive
You can borrow up to 20 titles using your Library card from OverDrive Kids. If you have never borrowed from OverDrive before Libby directions and a Libby video tutorial are available, as well as OverDrive Support.
Here are some quick shortcuts to OverDrive's audiobook collections for kids.
Audiobooks from Hoopla
You can borrow 10 Items each month from Hoopla using your Library card. You don't have to put Hoopla titles on hold, you are allowed to borrow whatever titles you want, up to 10 per month. If you have never borrowed from Hoopla before Hoopla directions are available as well as a Hoopla video tutorial.
Here are some quick short cuts to some of Hoopla's audiobook read along collections:
Audiobooks from Kanopy
Kanopy Kids has a collection of read along picture books in their Kanopy Story Time collection. Read them in a computer browser or in the Kanopy app. Videos from the Kanopy Kids section do not require any play credits to view. Feel free to watch as many videos from Kanopy Kids as you’d like without seeing a reduction in your play credits! If you have never borrowed from Kanopy before Kanopy directions and a Kanopy video tutorial are available.
Audiobooks from Tumblebooks
You can read Tumblebook read alongs in a computer browser or the Tumblebook Library app. If you have never borrowed from the Tumblebook Library before here is a Tumblebooks video tutorial to help you get started. See the full list of Tumblebook read alongs. The best thing about Tumblebooks - there are no loan limits and no waiting!
Audiobooks from LOTE4Kids
LOTE4Kids is a digital collection of picture books (e-books and e-audiobooks) in over 70 world languages with an English version available for all books. LOTE4Kids stands for "Languages Other Than English for Kids". The collection is for ages 3-8.
Audio Enabled Books for Kids
If your kids like e-book read alongs try our audio enabled book collection - print books that have an audio player permanently attached to them. Children simply push a button to listen and read. The next time you visit one of our libraries, ask where the audio enabled books for kids shelf is or browse the list of all of all our audio enabled books for kids.
Audiobooks That Don't Require a Library Card
World Book Day Free Audiobooks
World Book Day’s World of Stories audiobook collection get refreshed frequently. Audiobooks are taken down after 6 months and then are replaced with new ones so check back often for new stories.
Audible's Free Audiobook Library for Kids
Audible, Amazon's audiobook library, offers free audiobook streams on a select number of children's stories. See the Free Audible Library. The books are separated into six categories: "Littlest Listeners," "Elementary," "Tween," "Teen," "Literary Classics" and "Folk & Fairy Tales for All." Books are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Italian.
Free Video Read Alouds Online Children also shouldn't miss these outstanding opportunities to hear old classics like Where the Wild Things Are or a newer favorite like Little Jumbo, often read aloud by the book's author or a celebrity reader. It isn't library story time...but you will still hear “I want to hear it again!”