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Stella Batts Needs a New Name
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Stella Batts: Audiobooks in Order
Not every audiobook needs twenty hours to earn its keep. Courtney Sheinmel’s Stella Batts stories, each well under two hours, are proof that small can be mighty. Written for young listeners taking their first steps beyond picture books, the two instalments here, Pardon Me and Broken Birthday, hold a lovely 4.7 average across several hundred family ratings. Stella herself is the draw: a heroine whose everyday dramas feel enormous in exactly the way childhood ones do.
- 9 audiobooks
- 14 hours of listening
- 4.6/5 average (1,670 ratings)
- narrated by Cassandra Morris
- Children & Family
The Stella Batts audiobooks in order
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Series at a glance
| # | Title | Length | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stella Batts Needs a New Name | 1 hour and 36 minutes | 4.5/5 (289) |
| 2 | Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow | 1 hour and 30 minutes | 4.5/5 (184) |
| 3 | Pardon Me | 1 hour and 37 minutes | 4.6/5 (193) |
| 4 | A Case of the Meanies | 1 hour and 51 minutes | 4.5/5 (240) |
| 6 | Something Blue | 2 hours and 2 minutes | 4.5/5 (197) |
| 7 | None of Your Beeswax | 2 hours and 2 minutes | – |
| 8 | Superstar | – | 4.6/5 (197) |
| 9 | Scaredy Cat | 1 hour and 56 minutes | 4.5/5 (188) |
| 10 | Broken Birthday | 1 hour and 49 minutes | 4.7/5 (182) |
Why listen to Stella Batts?
Audio is arguably the ideal format for this series. At around an hour and a half per book, a Stella Batts story fits neatly into a car journey, a rainy afternoon or a week of bedtimes, and children who are not yet reading fluently can enjoy chapter-book storytelling without any struggle on the page.There is no need to be precious about order. Pardon Me is book three and Broken Birthday is book ten, and either works perfectly well as a first taste; the latter carries the marginally higher rating at 4.7. I would suggest these for listeners of roughly five to eight, and for parents who want gentle, funny, real-world stories rather than another franchise of wizards and monsters.
Clara’s verdict
★★★★★ 4.5/5
I came to Stella Batts expecting something slight and found something quietly well made. Families clearly agree: Broken Birthday edges it at 4.7 stars, with Pardon Me just behind on 4.6, and nearly four hundred ratings say the quality holds from book three all the way to book ten. My only real caveat is appetite; at ninety-odd minutes each, a keen child will devour one per sitting and demand the next. As problems go, that is a rather good one.
Clara Whitmore, Founder & Literary Critic
Frequently asked questions
How many audiobooks are in the Stella Batts series?
Our catalogue lists 9 Stella Batts audiobooks, adding up to around 14 hours of listening.
Which Stella Batts audiobook should I start with?
Listeners rate Broken Birthday highest (4.7/5 across 182 ratings), but reading order usually starts with book 1.
Who narrates the Stella Batts audiobooks?
Most of the series is narrated by Cassandra Morris.
Are the Stella Batts audiobooks worth listening to?
Across the series, listeners average 4.6/5 from 1,670 ratings on Audible and Amazon.
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