Making the Most of Our Time in the Car or Why I Love Audio Books

We fell in love with audio books while on a road trip last year. I believe the first audio book we ever listened to was, The Hundred Dresses. I'm not really a huge fan of popular music anymore, and while I do enjoy Christian radio I'm not overly fond of a lot of popular Christian music. (With the exception of The David Crowder Band*.) So audio books are a good alternative to the radio for us.

So far this school year we've listened to:

• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• The Magic Treehouse #4 by Mary Pope Osborne
• The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laure Ingalls Wilder

All of that in just 2 months.

Because I read aloud to my children almost everyday for Bible, history and sometimes science, audio books are great for making sure that literature (that is above their reading level) is a part of their day too.

By the way for those who may wonder, I mostly choose literature books that are recommended by Veritas Press.