Audio Books - excellent for dyslexics

[amumtothree]

I'm a bit of a lurker on here, I've managed to use some of the great advice and take solace from some of the positive stories. As such I thought I would post about something that's helped my son.

He's 8 with severe dyslexia, among other things, and he's really been down about not being able to go to the library and enjoy the books. I've recently stumbled across www.listening-books.org.uk which is a charity set up for children and adults who can't access printed boks for a variety of reasons. It's £20 a year to download up to 2 books a week (they also offer some memberships for free for people who can't afford it). They have a good variety of fiction and non fiction (including the Harry Potter Books - which my son loves). It's really helped to increase his self confidence with books and give hime back some independence - to choose and listen to his book by himself.

I hope this might help some other people.

oooh ta velly muchly for this.

Ds is now after more sophisticated stuff than on storynory.com (free audio book site!) & wants to read the same stuff as his friends - except he can't without mahoosive stress. The library choice is limited.

also cailbre for a similar setup

Boc & Kat - tthat's 2 I hadn't heard of.

Boc my son loves the fact that if he choses wisely from the school library van he can now borrow the audio book and listen to it then join in the talk about the book at school. He's despirate to try to do the same things that other kids do.