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

SYNC Audiobooks for Teens: Free Summer Listening is Back! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on April 23, 2020

Get ready for summer with FREE audiobooks!

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+. Returning April 30th and continuing 13 weeks until July 29, SYNC gives participants two thematically paired audiobooks a week. Read more

Tagged: Free audiobook, Summer Listening, SYNC

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

Celebrate Roald Dahl Day! Submitted by Kristen Luby on September 9, 2019

On September 13, celebrate the birthday of one of the world’s most beloved authors. Plus, go inside the audiobook studio in an exclusive video about the making-of these gloriumptious audiobooks! Read more

Tagged: MATILDA, Roald Dahl