NCTE 2020: Recommended Audiobook Collections for Educators Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on November 13, 2020

Educators & Librarians,
Welcome to the BOT & Listening Library website!

Whether you’ve visited us before, or you’ve been introduced to us thanks to the Penguin Random House NCTE virtual booth, anyone can download the curated classroom collections below and listen to audiobook clips by clicking on the header or images. Plus, be sure to view our NEW audiobook buzz with the Listening Library editorial team to hear about some fall favorites! Read more

Tagged: ALAN, Assembly on Literature of Adolescents of NCTE, Collection Development, Educators, National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE, Teachers

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month with This is the Author podcast featuring Eddie Glaude, Conor Knighton, and more! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 14, 2020

Check out another This is the Author episode celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month! We are celebrating the magic of libraries and the work that YOU, the librarians, do by sharing some of your favorite authors’ fondest memories and stories about why the library means so much to them. Share the second special new episode this month of PRH Audio’s This is the Author podcast with your patrons to encourage them to take part in the celebration with #LibraryCardSignUpMonth. Read more

Tagged: Library Card, Library Card Sign-Up Month, podcast, This is the Author

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month with This is the Author podcast featuring Erik Larson, Anne Applebaum, and more! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 1, 2020

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! We are celebrating the magic of libraries and the work that YOU, the librarians, do by sharing some of your favorite authors’ fondest memories and stories about why the library means so much to them. Share this special episode of This is the Author podcast with patrons to encourage them to take part in the celebration with #LibraryCardSignUpMonth. Read more

Tagged: Library Card, Library Card Sign-Up Month, podcast, This is the Author

ALA Midwinter 2020: FREE audiobook signings & events with your favorite authors & narrators Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on January 10, 2020

We look forward to celebrating audiobooks, books, and libraries in Philadelphia from January 24-27! Stop by Penguin Random House Booth #1440 &1441 to find the newest titles in all formats, great giveaways, and exciting author and narrator signings. And be sure to mark your calendars for these events: Read more

Tagged: ALA Midwinter