Collection Development, Featured Titles Hear Tom Brokaw’s Inspiring Story About Beating Cancer in This Summer Drop-In Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on March 16, 2015

Don’t miss this new Summer CD drop-in from American television journalist and award-winning author of The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw. Read more

Tagged: A LONG WAY FROM HOME, A LUCKY LIFE INTERRUPTED, BOOM!, Drop-Ins, Memoir, THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS, THE TIME OF OUR LIVES, Tom Brokaw

Collection Development, Featured Titles Too Big to Miss: Spring and Summer 2015 Large Print Drop-Ins Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on March 11, 2015

Don’t miss these BIG blockbuster titles, recently dropped in to our Spring and Summer 2015 lists. Read more

Tagged: A LUCKY LIFE INTERRUPTED, Alex Kershaw, Annie Barrows, AVENUE OF SPIES, BLOOD ON SNOW, CIRCLING THE SUN, Drop-Ins, Haruki Murakami, Janet Evanovich, Jo Nesbo, Large Print, Paula McLain, THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US, Tom Brokaw, WICKED CHARMS, WIND/PINBALL

Collection Development, Promotions & Events Sound Learning Toolkit: Discover How Audio Promotes Literacy Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on March 9, 2015

Have you Heard about the Sound Learning Toolkit?

Brought to you by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) and created by industry experts Mary Burkey, Sharon Grover, Liz Hannegan, and Dr. Rose Brock, this easy-to-navigate new website provides valuable and practical resources to help teachers, librarians, and parents discover the power of audiobooks for use in the classroom, or any learning program. Read more

Tagged: Audio Publishers Association (APA), Literacy, Rose Brock, Sound Learning, webinar

Featured Titles Staff Pick: GET IN TROUBLE, Kelly Link’s New Collection of Short Stories on Audio Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on February 19, 2015

We love Kelly Link here on the 5th floor of the Penguin Random House building, and we’re excited to share our favorite short stories from her new audiobook collection, GET IN TROUBLE! (Although, truth be told, we love them all.) Read more

Tagged: GET IN TROUBLE, Karen Russell, Kelly Link, MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Staff Picks, STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN

Awards & Recognition AudioFile Magazine’s Best Audiobooks for Children and Teens: 2014 Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on January 28, 2015

AudioFile Magazine’s reviewers share their top listens of 2014! These are AudioFile’s favorite children’s and teen listens of the year that celebrate “the alchemy of writing and performance…[and] the talent and hard work that goes in to creating audiobooks.” Read more

Tagged: AudioFile, Best of Lists

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