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Letter Town Detective

By: Darren Farrell
Narrated by: Chris Phillips, Margaret Ying Drake, Cynthia Darlow, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Fred Berman, Jim Foronda, Kevin T. Collins, Marc Thompson, Kevin Pariseau, Elizabeth Evans, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Piper Goodeve
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  • Letter Town Detective - Trailer

    Letter Town Detective - Trailer
    Dec 14 2023

    Calling all junior detectives! A mysterious person has just been spotted in Letter Town! Mysteries abound and only you can help keep Letter Town safe and sound.

    Dive into the silly world of Letter Town, where all the people are letters, but not always what you expect! Join Detective D and Little D, the dynamic duo solving mysteries like who is taking all the rotting vegetables from Letter Town? And who is demolishing that house? And WHY? Will you help find Robber R? Will you lock up Bad B for good? Or will you uncover someone else entirely?

    Put on your thinking caps, bust out your magnifying glasses and join Detective D as he solves a new alphabet mystery in each episode. Perfect for young sleuths on-the-go or at home, these short audio mysteries captivate young ones and parents alike with silly brain-teasing fun, based on the picture book Letter Town by Darren Farrell.

    Now available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.
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    4 mins
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  • Case 1: The Mystery of the Funky G

    Case 1: The Mystery of the Funky G
    Dec 14 2023
    Ew, what is that smell? Follow the funky clues!
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    20 mins
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  • Case 2: The Mystery of the Mad V

    Case 2: The Mystery of the Mad V
    Dec 14 2023
    OMG! What is happening to Letter Town's pets?
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About the Creator

Darren Farrell is an award-winning author and illustrator of books for children, including Dandelion Magic, a 2022 Imagination Library pick and 2024 NC Children’s Book Award nominee; Thank You, Octopus, an NPR Best Book of the Year; and Letter Town, the book upon which this show is based.
Mr. Farrell would like to thank Juan Carlos Gutierrez, Russell Hicks, and Heather Alexander for breathing joy and life into this project from beginning to end.

Margaret Ying Drake
Jim Foronda
Chris Phillips

About the Performer

Margaret Ying Drake discovered a passion for voice-over early in her acting career, specializing in children's voices. Her work includes voicing Butterbean in Nick Jr.'s Butterbean's Café, various characters in Nickelodeon animations, toys, and games for Scholastic and PBS, and radio commercials. Drake studied theater at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs and has worked in theater, dance, commercials, and film, most notably appearing in the award-winning They Look Like People and starring in The Siren.

About the Performer

Jim Foronda is a Texas-based voice actor. A former ad copywriter, Jim began voice acting while writing commercials for Hasbro Toys, occasionally being tasked with voicing characters like Optimus Prime and Mr. Potato Head in toy ads. Since then, he’s been all manner of person, monster, robot, and … well, anything … in anime like in My Hero Academia, BLUELOCK, Trapped in a Dating Sim, Spy×Family, Fairy Tail, One Piece, The Apothecary Diaries, Hell’s Paradise, If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan I Would Die, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Fullmetal Alchemist, and much, much more. Also, he voiced Ultraman Taro in the English dub of Ultraman Z, which still kind of blows his mind to this day. Game-wise, he can be heard all over the Borderlands franchise (including Claptrap in Borderlands 3 and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands) as well as titles like Fortnite, Battleborn, SMITE, Paladins, NBA 2K21, Orcs Must Die 3, Hero Academy, and Dungeon Boss.
In his spare time, Jim enjoys photography, games of the video and tabletop variety, occasional trips to Japan, building LEGO stuff, and working on a novel that he will probably never, ever finish. He loves his wife, Karin, and their four cats Takkyubin, Momiji, Ikaruga, and Minobu. Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when he was 8 years old, Jim wears an insulin pump. By medical definition that totally makes him an actual, for real cyborg. He has yet to jump over a house or lift an automobile with his bare hands.
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About the Performer

Chris has been regularly heard on promos for Nick Jr. He has voiced promos for CBS, TV Land, VH1, MTV, and Nick at Nite. He has also been the voice of Comedy Central, Nicktoons Network, Cartoon Network, and MTV. Chris can currently be heard doing multiple voices for the animated shows Pinkalicious on PBS as well as Bubble Guppies on Nick Jr. He’s had regular characters on the shows Brand Spanking New Doug (ABC), PB & J Otter (Disney), Umi Zoomi (Nickelodeon), Butterbean’s Café (Nick Jr), Generation Jets (CBS), Between the Lions (PBS), Beavis & Butthead (MTV), and the character "Face" on Nick Jr., for which he won three awards. His voice has been in numerous "TV Funhouse" episodes for Saturday Night Live.
Animated film credits include the Felix the Cat movie as The Professor, various voices in Osmosis Jones, directed by Bobby & Peter Farrelly, and Doug’s 1st Movie as Roger Klotz and various character voices.
His voice has appeared on TV and radio commercials for Comcast, eBay, Trix, Rolaids, Scotch Tape, Arby’s, Cocoa Puffs, Miller Lite, Honey Nut Cheerios, NY Lottery, Cingular, Fed Ex, Pizza Hut, and Walmart, to name a few..
Chris’s on-camera credits include Rescue Me as State Rep. Gerard (FX), The Ref as Old Baybrook Officer (Touchstone Pictures), Contest Searchlight as Comedy Central Exec., Merry F#%$in’ Christmas as Chris (Comedy Central), Split the Difference as Ralph (pilot), The Lovers as Chris (short film).
Chris produced and wrote music for the Denis Leary TV show Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll for the FX network. Chris collaborates with Denis as a songwriter and has produced or co-produced all of Denis's CDs. He has earned both gold and platinum records for "No Cure for Cancer" and the single "Asshole." He also wrote for, performed in, and co-produced Denis’s Christmas Special for Comedy Central. Chris and Denis co-authored the book Merry F#%$in’ Christmas for Running Press Publishing.
Chris has written and produced music for American Motors Cars and Ethan Allen Furniture commercials. He co-wrote and performed the theme for Shorties Watchin’ Shorties for Comedy Central. Chris and his band The Enablers are the backup band for Leary. They released a CD titled Everest.

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Creative and addictive!

My son loves this and checks daily to look for the remaining letters. It’s so creative and silly- a great way to encourage a love of sounds and letters. We need the rest of the alphabet!!

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So Fun

My six year old loves this! He’s listened to all of them and looking forward to more :)

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C is for Clever!!

The production is fantastic which is so important in audio books. the multiple voices from different actors really brings the story alive enough to hold the attention of my 5 year old nephew. fun to listen to together! great story which seems it could go happily into more episodes and adventures. thank you, Audible and Mr. Farrell!!

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educational and fun

my 7 yr old loves it! he asks to listen to it whenever we are in the car together. wish there were more episodes

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Big Hit in our House

We are loving this podcast and can't wait for more episodes! I love the reinforcement of phonics and critical thinking skills exercise.

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An absolutely GREAT listen for kids!

A GREAT way to get kids actively engaged & thinking! “+1 Critical thinking skills for every episode” haha
My kiddo loves listening. I get asked weekly if any new episodes have been uploaded and I sadly reply no.
100% family friendly.
No hidden themes or exhausted rhetoric. Pure, classic fun for kids.
It hasn’t even been a year, but we are excitedly awaiting the rest of the alphabet and we hope for maybe more after that!

There are no other shows like this, perfect for young kids up to even 10+ (although after a certain age, the mystery’s may be a little easy to solve-) still very fun, silly & engaging!

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We love this podcast

My daughter loves to listen to the silliness of the nonsensical detective D, and the clever detective d. She has listened to almost all of these and we hope the rest of the alphabet will be done! Please make more!!

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We listen on the way to school

My kindergartener loves this. The episodes are a great length; not too long and has plenty to keep her mind busy trying to solve the mystery on our car ride to school. The character voices are easy to follow. Best of all it is tolerable to listen to as a parent. We hope 2024 brings more episodes!

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Fantastic and so silly!

This show is so silly and unique, a real breath of fresh air for kids. The detective is bumbling, but maybe not how you expect. and the letters they are following are so funny! Really fun show.

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Super cute

My 9 & 6 year old love the interactive stories and silliness! I would definitely recommend to a young family.

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