On our weekly trek to the library, my daughter’s desired book–Saving Winslow–was not available in codex form. It wasn’t available in audio CD form either.
All the library had was an Mp3 Playaway, a tiny box the size of a back of cards. The listener can listen to an entire book with just a AAA battery and headphones. My daughter was excited. All we needed was, well, a battery and headphones.
Dollar Tree provided both for less than $3. My daughter walked around with her headphones on and the Playaway in her hands for the next few hours. She was hooked.
My daughter finished the 50-chapter book by the end of the afternoon. When I gave her an online quiz to test her recall, she correctly answered eighteen of the twenty answers.
As an audiobook-phile myself, I was ecstatic to see her take to the book. She let out a whoop when I told her that we could look for more Playaways next week. Today was a good day.
Learning Together 