Let’s talk audiobooks (and the apps to listen to them).
Firstly, your local library and/or school may provide certain audio book apps for free, so where you can take advantage of that! We all love a good saving on the road 
In order of preference (based on free ones we had available to us), here are the apps we used and what we thought of each of them:
ePlatform (Wheelers): this is our fav app as it works perfectly when you are offline. You can easily download books to listen to when out of service. Only catch is your school (for example our distance Ed provider) has to subscribe and the books available depend on your school’s selection.
BorrowBox: this one has a pretty good selection of books but can be a pain offline. You can download books like ePlatform, but the app itself needs some connection to start which is annoying. We only use it when we can’t use the one above. Pros – most local libraries have a subscription, which is great.
Libby: so far we haven’t found the books we want on this one so we haven’t used it much at all. We only check after ePlatform though so try it for yourself if that’s the one you have access to
For a paid service, Audible is great. We like this for the longer books such as the Harry Potter or Jack and Harry series. It’s not worth it for the shorter kids’ books though.
Ok now for our recommendations on books.
It’s probably worth noting we listen as a family while driving. It keeps everyone’s eyes up and looking out at our amazing country.
Harry Potter series: The whole family loved these – they have been a highlight of the trip.
Jack and Harry series: The adults of the family loved these, the kids not so much at the start but they have sucked Emily in. There’s something about hearing places we have visited described so well that make us relive the visits all over again.
David Walliams: highlights have been Ice Monster, the two Gansta Granny books and Grandpa’s Great Escape. The Kids liked Worlds Worst children (we found it a bit Meh). Awful Aunty was worth it but tough to start with. What we really likes about these books (not the “World’s Worst” series but the others) is that they tackled some really tricky subjects with humour and empathy and without glossing over the facts. Seriously impressed.
Polly and Buster series: these stories are so sweet and great for those kids who don’t always wear their heart on their sleeve.
Roald Dhal: we’ve been through lots of them. They are short and easy listening. We particularly liked the two Charlie and the Chocolate factory ones.
Oh and for a change – the Are We There Yet? Podcast is great.
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