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I am a VERY proud uncle of two wonderful children, Noah and Sarah. I am also a godparent of a few children (most are teens), who call me Uncle. I love all these kids dearly; however, I find myself in an emotional tug of war with the audio selections I need to play for these teens, when I am on a car trip with them. I want to listen to tapes or CDs and be entertained by an audiobook of something more than simple ideas. Also, I want quality material that is not just fairy stories, counting tapes, Sesame Street stuff, and ABCs. So this column is devoted to parents who face the same dilemma on a daily basis. Narrator/Author Travis Edward Pike takes the young and the young at heart on a mystical audio journey in Grumpuss (two DCs, approximately 79 minutes; an audio original by Otherworld Cottage Industries). This Beowulf wanna be is great pleasure. It sounds like a cross between The Reluctant Dragon and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a game of Dungeons and Dragons thrown into the mix. Pike's imaginative narration harkens to a medieval storyteller, which REALLY makes this piece work. |