Celebrate ALA Award Winners with Listening Library

Awards & Recognition Celebrate ALA Award Winners with Listening Library

Submitted by Kristen Luby on January 27, 2014

We’re so excited to announce our many ALA award winners on audiobook! Winners were announced Monday, January 27 in Philadelphia. Share these remarkable listens with your young patrons.

Odyssey Award
Learn more about our Odyssey Award winners here.

SCOWLER by Daniel Kraus
Read by Kirby Heyborne

Odyssey Honor

ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
Read by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra

From Penguin Audio:
MATILDA by Roald Dahl
Read by Kate Winslet

John Newbery Medal

FLORA & ULYSSES by Kate DiCamillo
Read by Tara Sands

John Newbery Honor

PAPERBOY by Vince Vawter
Read by Lincoln Hoppe

ONE CAME HOME by Amy Timberlake
Read by Tara Sands

DOLL BONES by Holly Black
Read by Nick Podehl

Michael L. Printz Award

MIDWINTERBLOOD by Marcus Sedgwick
Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

Michael L. Printz Honor

NAVIGATING EARLY by Clare Vanderpool
Read by Robbie Daymond, with Mark Bramhall and Cassandra Campbell

ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
Read by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra

Stonewall Honor Book

TWO BOYS KISSING by David Levithan
Read by the Author

ALSC Notable Children’s Recordings

FLORA & ULYSSES by Kate DiCamillo
Read by Tara Sands

THE KNIGHTS’ TALES COLLECTION by Gerald Morris
Read by Steve West

PAPERBOY by Vince Vawter
Read by Lincoln Hoppe

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU O.J. by Erica Perl
Read by Abigail Revasch

ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN by Paolo Bacigalupi
Read by Sunil Malhotra

YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
See YALSA’s full list here.

Top Ten
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S STAR WARS by Ian Doescher
Read by Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy and Marc Thompson

Top Ten
SCOWLER by Daniel Kraus
Read by Kirby Heyborne

Top Ten
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
Read by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra

Top Ten
ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN by Paolo Bacigalupi
Read by Sunil Malhotra

FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
Read by Rebecca Lowman and Maxwell Caulfield

TEAM HUMAN by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan
Read by Julia Whelan

HATTIE EVER AFTER by Kirby Larson
Read by Kirsten Potter and the Author

SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES by Alan Bradley
Read by Jayne Entwistle

PAPERBOY by Vince Vawter
Read by Lincoln Hoppe

LOCKWOOD & CO.: THE SCREAMING STAIRCASE by Jonathan Stroud
Read by Miranda Raison

From Penguin Audio:

JUST ONE DAY by Gayle Forman
Read by Kathleen McInerney

TARNISH by Katherine Longshore
Read by Leslie Bellair

OUT OF THE EASY by Ruta Sepetys
Read by Lauren Fortgang

Margaret A. Edwards Award
Markus Zusak has won the Margaret A. Edwards award for his “significant and lasting contribution to Young Adult literature,” including:

THE BOOK THIEF
Read by Allan Corduner