Playing audio books on the iPad using just Siri (for a blind person)

I'm trying to help an 87 year old friend whose eyesight is rapidly degrading enjoy audio books easily. Lately what we've been doing is downloading books from audible.com. They will get put in this iTunes "books" section. From there he has been able to locate the book icon and tap it to play.
But this is quickly becoming impossible because he can't even see the icon to tap it. And he just can't get the hang of assistive touch features.
He can play music on his iPad by just using the Siri "Play...." voice command. I'm thinking if I can get audio books into his Music library somehow he can do the same thing.
I tried with the Audible app though, and they just end up in the Audible player, which is no use, because the Audible player has no Siri interface because Apple doesn't allow 3rd party apps to use Siri.
If I can sync books from iTunes on his iMac to his iPad, where do they end up? I don't have any audio books myself. Are they in a section in the Music app on his iPad if present?
I'm looking on my own iPad right now and see "Radio, Playlists, Artists, Songs, Albums, Genres, Compilations and Composers."
But I don't see a section for "Audiobooks" like in iTunes on my MacBook Pro.
Are audio books on the iPad played with a different app, which can be used by Siri?
Lets say this is possible, what are the other voice commands he can use in addition to "Play ...". Is there a pause or stop command as well?
I'd like to make this as easy for him as possible.
Thanks for any advice you can give.
doug

If you press and hold the fast forward or rewind button, it will scan forward through the current track. That at least will let you get where you want to be quicker, without having to reconnect to itunes.
Also, check this application out for some audiobook handling nirvana:
http://www.splasm.com/audiobookbuilder/
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