In an effort to help kids (and adults) stay stimulated during the pandemic Audible.com is giving away 250 audiobooks for free. By giving away, we mean, you can stream the books for free online. No account and no subscription is needed. All of the books can be streamed for free from stories.audible.com.
Roughly 55 of the books in the collection are also available in 5 other languages–Italian, French, Spanish, German and Japanese. Audible says that the offer will last as long as schools are closed, but it will likely last longer, as it’s a rough road for content services to take back the things they have made free.
What free audiobooks are available in English?
This free collection including the following categories of books:
Littlest Listeners (Featuring such titles as Winnie-the-Pooh, Peter Rabbit, The Wheels on the Bus and Stone Soup.)
Elementary (Alice in Wonderland, Kid Normal, House of Teeth and Anne Green Gables)
Tween (Harry Potter Book 1, The Jungle Book, White Fang and Wizard for Hire)
Teen (Hallow City, The Bone Witch, Liars and titles by CS Lewis)
Literary Classics (Moby Dick, Romeo & Juliet, Brave New World, Call of the Wild, and Paradise Lost)
Folk & Fairy Tales for All (Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Cinderella, Aesop’s Fables, and Little Mermaid)
Free Audio Books in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese
You can find the free books in 5 languages other than English in the links below:
À écouter en français
Auf Deutsch hören
Para escuchar en español
Titoli in italiano
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No Audible or Amazon Account Needed
As mentioned, Audible doesn’t require an account, login or registration to listen to this collection. The Audible Stories FAQ page claims that no strings are attached.
How can you listen to the free stories?
To listen, you’ll need to access this page from a browser. Any newer browser will work, and you can hit the page from your PC, phone or tablet. But avoid Safari on iPad as Audible acknowledges some issues with this device/browser pairing. And lastly…sorry you can’t download these titles for free listen to them on the Audible app.