Awards & Recognition, Collection Development Hear ye! Hear ye! Are these 2017 ALA Award Winners on your audio shelves? Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 9, 2017

We were thrilled to join librarians at ALA Midwinter in Atlanta in January to celebrate the year’s best in books and audiobooks! View our photo album on Facebook here. We are excited to share our new 2017 Odyssey Award Winner with you! Plus, be sure to offer young patrons these other fabulous award winners in the audio format. Find audio clips, reviews, and more fun content to share below. Read more

Tagged: Adam Gidwitz, Adam Lazarre-White, Adenrele Ojo, ALA Awards, Allan Corduner, ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN, Ariadne Meyers, Bahni Turpin, Benjamin Bagby, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Dion Graham, Dominic Hoffman, Emily Rankin, Erin Tripp, Ethan Sawyer, Fiona Hardingham, Frankie Faison, Gavriel Savit, IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY, Jayne Entwistle, JD Jackson, Jeff Zentner, Jorjeana Marie, Julie Berry, Karissa Vacker, Keith David, Kenneth C. Davis, Kieran Culkin, Lauren Wolk, MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD: THE HAMMER OF THOR, Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Newbery Honor, Nicola Yoon, Odyssey Award, Orli Moscowitz, Printz Honor, Raymond Lee, Rick Riordan, Robbie Daymond, THE INQUISITOR'S TALE, THE PASSION OF DOLSSA, THE SERPENT KING, THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES, THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, UPROOTED, WOLF HOLLOW

Featured-LL, Guest Post “It was an unbelievable collaboration from the word go.”—Author Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock on THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES audiobook Submitted by Kristen Luby on February 22, 2016

Being a teenager in Alaska isn’t like growing up anywhere else. Transport listeners to America’s Last Frontier in this unique and spellbinding YA debut, perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, and Sherman Alexie. Read by Alaskan Native Erin Tripp and a full cast, the audio delivers an authentic representation of a young Inupiaq girl’s life—a perfect addition to your audio diversity shelf. Find out how this special production was cast and hear a clip from an audiobook that the author called “a first of its kind collaboration.” Read more

Tagged: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Erin Tripp, Guest Post, Hear Diversity, Jorjeana Marie, Karissa Vacker, Robbie Daymond, THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES

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