SYNC Audiobooks for Teens: Listen All Summer Long! Submitted by Sydney Czech on April 14, 2021

Get ready for summer with FREE audiobooks! Read more

Tagged: Listening Library, Summer 2021, SYNC, Sync Audiobooks

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

Banned Books Week: Listen to Judy Blume Talk About Censorship Submitted by BOT Contributor on September 22, 2019

When Judy Blume began writing 50 years ago, she didn’t realize she would become one of the most banned writers in America, and that many of her books, including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret would be censored by schools and libraries. Read more

Tagged: #BannedBooksWeek, ARE YOU THERE, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET., Banned Books Week, BLUBBER, Censorship, DEENIE, Emma Galvin, Halley Feiffer, Judy Blume, Laura Hamilton, TIGER EYES

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