S. D. Smith is one of our very favorite children’s authors, and we’ve introduced his books to E’s cousins during our rides home from school. We finished the main series (Green Ember) awhile back and moved right into The Tales of Old Natalia Series. These books take place about one hundred years before the Green Ember events and fill in a lot of background information for the main series. We’ve had a lot of “Ohhhhh!!!!” moments listening to these. By the way, all of S. D. Smith’s books have awesome narrators making listening a very enjoyable experience.