Just like their print counterparts, audiobooks play many roles in the home. This week we looked at some different ways audiobooks accompany families — at bedtime during road trips, and really any time (or, Rachael Stein's case, all the time). Here's a roundup of our mini-celebration.

At Family Reading on Monday, Kitty Flynn shared her thoughts on Rachael Stein’s moving 2013 web article "Books in the Home: The Penderwicks on Hayward Street." Kitty also recommended Suzanne Nelson's October 12th Family Reading post "Surviving Road Trips with Audiobooks." On Wednesday, Kristy Pasquariello's "Go to sleep, my little darling" discussed the ways audiobooks make bedtime go a little more smoothly in her home. And yesterday, Katie Bircher's companion post, "Audio bedtime stories…for grownups," at OOTB proposed that audiobooks can help send adults off to sweet slumber, too.

How do you use audiobooks with your children or students — or in your own reading life? Share the audiobook love in the comments!

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