Whether your patrons have been following these writers for years or are discovering their work for the first time, be ready to recommend these eight short story and essay collections written or curated by bestselling, award-winning, and debut black authors. Read more
Padma Venkatraman’s middle-grade debut, The Bridge Home, is a powerful story about four homeless children in India. Touching on sisterhood, friendship, homelessness, poverty, and, most importantly, hope, this story should be in every middle-grade collection. Read more
As big Rick Riordan fans, we’re always looking for another audiobook that will be full of humor, adventure, and a little magic. (Have you listened to all of his books? Not sure? Take a look and see.)
Luckily for us (and you!), there are plenty of fantastical new listens from Rick Riordan Presents; these fun middle-grade stories are based on mythology from around the world that listeners may or may not be familiar with. Read more
The Audie Award Finalists are in! Read more
We have some amazing award-winning titles for you to pass on to the little audiobook listeners in your life, straight from this year’s ALA Midwinter meeting in Seattle! Read more
There’s a new adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Big Nate series: Max and the Midknights. It’s an illustrated novel, peppered with graphic novel panels throughout, so the audiobook production was exciting to adapt and create. Read more