Measuring Up

Released: August 12, 2026
Length: 5 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Simmons ENterprises LLC

"Measuring Up" follows Sam Baker, a boy who often feels overshadowed by his classmates' abilities, sparking questions about comparison and self-acceptance. As he navigates moments of achievement and setbacks, Sam learns to reevaluate what it means to be "good enough" without easy solutions or lectures. This warm, honest early reader offers young children and their grown-ups a relatable story about understanding personal progress and worth.

childrens general

RecentAudiobook tracks Papa J and over 141,000 other authors for new releases.

Follow the authors you love and hear about every new audiobook the day it lands.

Get started Browse authors

The Two Houses

Papa J

Sam and the Mistake Machine

Papa J

Whatever Is Left

Jeffrey Simmons

The Anne of Green Gables Collection

Lucy Maud Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, L. M. Montgomery, Samantha Newman - adaptor

The Big Book of Christmas

Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nikolai Gogol, Lucy Maud Montgomery, John Milton, L.M. Montgomery, William Dean Howells, L. M. Montgomery, Elizabeth Harrison, Hans Christian Andersen

12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow Up

Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Jack London, J. M. Barrie, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Eleanor H. Porter, Margery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco, J.M. Barrie, Lyman Frank Baum, J M Barrie, Lewis Carrol, Robert L Stevenson, Frances Hodgson-Burnett, Jules Scott Verne