The Pepins and Their Problems.(Audiobook Review)(Children's Review)

The Pepins and Their Problems (unabr.). 2 cassettes or 3 CDs. 2:58 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-9073-3: $23; CD, ISBN 1-4000-9490-9: $30.

Gr 4-6--Listeners play an integral role in this audio adaptation of Polly Horvath's delightfully creative tale (Farrar, 2004). The Pepins are a bumbling family who, along with their equally clueless but good-hearted neighbor, Mr. Bradshaw, find themselves in a number of scrapes (or "problems") that listeners must help solve. The author is the conduit between the potentially …