Audiobooks by Ryan Aoto

Alien Alert

"In this original science fiction story, Captain D. Emerald, and her sister Assistant W. Ruby, are on a research mission in deep space, when they come across their old nemesis, the Croncrods."

Elizabeth Aoto, Ryan Aoto (Author), Ryan Aoto (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El mono y el cangrejo

"En este fábula japonesa, un mono codicioso engaña a un cangrejo a intercambiar su golosina deliciosa por una semilla de persimiono. Pero, ¿quién tendrá la recompensa más grande al final?"

Ryan Aoto (Author), Daniel Fernando (Narrator)

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Hansel and Gretel

"Molly wants her grandpa to tell her a bedtime story. Grandpa tells her one of his favorites: Hansel and Gretel, a classic story from the Brother’s Grimm about siblings lost in the forest who encounter a witch and a house made of candy. But Molly has questions about some of the cliches and tropes in his story, and she challenges her Grandfather on things he’d taken for granted."

Ryan Aoto (Author), Unknown (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - La hormiga y el saltamontes

"En esta versión reimaginada de la fábula popular de Esopo, una hormiga apoya la música de un saltamontes. Pero, ¿podrá convencer a su colonia trabajadora que la música es tan importante como recolectar comida?"

Ryan Aoto (Author), Daniel Fernando (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - La última noche de verano

"En la última noche de verano, Jaiden se da cuenta de que sus vacaciones de Verano fueron simples pero muy divertidas."

Ryan Aoto (Author), Daniel Fernando (Narrator)

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Only an Oni

"Haruo is taking out the trash when he discovers that an Oni—a creature of Japanese legends—has made a mess in his driveway. Haruo and his dad decide to take the creature back to its home in the mountains, and they meet some other magical creatures along the way."

Ryan Aoto (Author), Ryan Aoto (Narrator)

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The Other Little Red Hen

"In this playful reimagining of the traditional fable “The Little Red Hen', a hen discovers just how fragile the bonds of her community can be, and how rapidly her support network can disappear when people become too selfish. Though it doesn’t exactly contradict the moral of the original tale—that lazy people should not expect handouts—this story’s moral is a bit more nuanced: the handouts we ourselves receive are sometimes invisible to us … until they disappear."

Ryan Aoto (Author), Ryan Aoto (Narrator)

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Classic Fables

"A treasury of timeless stories for kids “The Crow and the Pitcher” by AesopA thirsty crow finds a pitcher, but can’t reach the water at the bottom. How will the clever bird quench its thirst? “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” by AesopA shepherd boy lies about a wolf threatening his sheep. What will happen when the wolf actually appears? “The Lion and the Mouse” by AesopIn this short Aesop fable, a tiny mouse helps a great, big lion. “The Fox and the Stork” by AesopFox plays an insensitive trick on his friend Stork while they eat dinner together. “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” by AesopTwo mice with very different lives highlight the value of simplicity. “The Little Red Hen” adapted by LibraryCallThe little red hen asks her barnyard companions for help as she works to plant and harvest wheat, make flour, and bake some bread. But no one else does any of the work—and so no one else gets any of the reward. This classic story has been told and retold countless times. “The Bear and the Bees” adapted by Arezo MayaarIn this traditional Afghan folk tale, all the animals wait in line to buy delicious honey from the bees. Everything is harmonious until a bullying bear begins to cut in line and take honey without paying. “The Three Little Pigs” adapted by LibraryCallIn this classic children’s fable, three little pigs each builds a house to stay safe—one of straw, the second of sticks, and the third a house of bricks. When the Big Bad Wolf arrives to huff and puff and blow their houses down, which pig will be safe? “The Kind Elephant” adapted by Arezo MayaarA kind but lonely elephant seeks friendship among the other animals of the forest, yet one by one, they reject him. One day, a lion enters the forest, and all the other animals flee in terror. The elephant alone can protect the smaller animals, but why bother when they were all so cruel to him? “The Ant and the Grasshopper” by Aesop, adapted by Ryan AotoIn this reimagining of Aesop’s well known fable, a lone ant finds beauty in the grasshopper’s music, and inspires her entire colony to take up percussion. Yet she has trouble convincing her fellow ants that the grasshopper deserves their help when winter comes."

Arezo Mayaar, Ryan Aoto (Author), Lorena Romero, Madeline Walton-Hadlock, Molly Milazzo (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Problemas de pirata

"El Capitán Colerico es enojón, pesimista, sarcástico y malo. Y estar atrapado en una isla desierta, con un barco que necesita ser arreglado, no ha mejorado su mal genio. Pero al fin del día, es un buen capitán y le importan sus hombres, aunque a veces se tarda un poquito en recordarlo. // Captain Cross is short-tempered, pessimistic, sarcastic, and mean. And being stuck on a deserted island, with a ship that needs repairs, has not improved his mood. But at the end of the day, he’s a good captain and he cares about his crew, even if it does take him a while to remember that sometimes."

Ryan Aoto (Author), Daniel Fernando (Narrator)

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Pirate Problems

"Captain Cross is short-tempered, pessimistic, sarcastic, and mean. And being stuck on a deserted island, with a ship that needs repairs, has not improved his mood. But at the end of the day, he’s a good captain and he cares about his crew, even if it does take him a while to remember that sometimes."

Ryan Aoto (Author), Ryan Aoto (Narrator)

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The Monkey and the Crab

"A greedy monkey tricks a crab into trading her yummy omusubi rice snack for a single persimmon seed. But who will end up with the bigger reward in the end? This children’s story by Ryan Aoto is based on the traditional Japanese folktale “The Monkey-Crab Battle.”"

Ryan Aoto (Author), Ryan Aoto (Narrator)

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The Ant and the Grasshopper

"In this reimagining of Aesop’s well known fable, a lone ant finds beauty in the grasshopper’s music, and inspires her entire colony to take up percussion. Yet in spite of the richness that music brings to their lives, she has trouble convincing her fellow ants that the grasshopper’s dedication to his art still counts as a work, or that he deserves their help when winter comes."

Ryan Aoto (Author), Ryan Aoto (Narrator)

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