Rediscover your favourite fantasy worlds in these two unmissable titles
What was the fantasy series you couldn’t get enough of when you were young? Many of today’s parents grew up in the heyday of fantasy, when series like His Dark Materials and Harry Potter were coming out, along with dozens of titles that remain fan favorites.
One of the fun things about parenthood is sharing stories you grew up loving with your own children. There's a special delight in listening along with someone you love as they experience your favourite stories for the first time.
Audible is home to some of the classic fantasy titles you grew up with as well as new ground-breaking audiobooks. Featuring full casts and exceptional production, they’re the perfect way to pass on your love for stories.
The Wizarding World
The Harry Potter series has enchanted millions of fans young and old. If you fell in love with Hogwarts growing up and can’t wait to share the magic of the Wizarding World with your own children, then you’re in the right place to listen all over again with them.
And now, there’s another Wizarding World treat for your ears. Written in 2007 by J.K. Rowling to raise money for the children’s charity Lumos, is straight from the Hogwarts library. This collection of five fairy tales that every young witch and wizard hears growing up is accompanied by wise and whimsical notes from Albus Dumbledore himself and is now available in audio for the very first time.
Bringing together an all-star cast featuring some of the most beloved Harry Potter actors from film and stage, the audiobook edition features five actors from the Harry Potter films: Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Sally Mortemore (Madam Pince), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) and Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick). Noma Dumezweni, who played a grownup Hermione Granger in the Broadway and West End runs of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, narrates “The Tale of the Three Brothers,” which you may recognise from . Jude Law, who plays Professor Albus Dumbledore in the new Fantastic Beasts films, narrates Dumbledore’s annotations and commentary on each tale.
Check out the trailer to find out more about what you can expect from this much-anticipated title.
As your , we can’t wait to share this incredible audiobook edition with you and the next generation of fans. Now, through the power of listening, you can be there as your own children experience that delight for the first time.
A percentage of the proceeds from The Tales of Beedle the Bard go to Lumos, an international organization founded by Rowling whose mission is to move children worldwide out of orphanages and other institutions and into loving family care by 2050.
The Golden Compass
