Celebrating our 2023 Odyssey Honor: THE FIRST HELPING (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) Full Cast Audiobook Recording Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 2, 2023

Check your CD & digital audiobook menus… err we mean, collections! Listeners who are hungry for the best audiobooks for kids do not want to miss THE FIRST HELPING (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, read by the hilarious Kate Flannery (The Office), author Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and a Full Cast, selected as an Odyssey Honor by the 2023 Odyssey Committee for Excellence in Audiobook Production! Read more

Tagged: ALA Awards, ALA Youth Media Awards, graphic novels, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Nick Martorelli, Odyssey Award

Print the 2023 BOT Calendar for Your Workspace Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on January 12, 2023

Back by popular demand! You voted on the color! Now enjoy your “TBR Turquoise” for 2023 in a print-your-own edition of the BOT calendar strip you know and love! Read more

Tagged: 2023, Digital Calendar

Listen to our 2022 National Book Award Young People’s Literature Semi-Finalists on Audio Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 14, 2022

We are thrilled to celebrate these extraordinary books that have been recognized by the National Book Foundation (NBF)! As shared by The New Yorker: Read more

Tagged: National Book Award

Listen to an Exclusive Song Excerpt from STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER audiobook written and read by Carole Boston Weatherford Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on August 12, 2022

From poet, author & professor, Carole Boston Weatherford, a Newbery Honor Winner, New York Times bestseller, and two-time NAACP Image Award winner, comes a stunning and deeply moving audiobook based on the popular spiritual “Standing in the Need of Prayer.” The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history. Read more

Tagged: music, song, STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER