Last spring, I went to the library searching for some audiobooks to play for my children in the car while we're driving in the car. I found a few recordings that we loved... The Railway Children , The Mercy Watson Series , and the early books of The Magic Treehouse Series . But, as I continued to look, I struggled to find stories that were age appropriate, interesting, and entertaining for all three of my children. I tried a few different series, but my children didn't enjoy them. They were scared of Adventures in Odyssey (I have very sensitive children) and they weren't able to follow the recording we listened to of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . When I was looking for something for us to listen to, a friend offered to lend me the Story of the World on CD, recorded by Jim Weiss. I never got around to borrowing it, but the idea stuck in my head. A month ago, I discovered that Jim Weiss has recorded so much more than the Story of the World series. ...