Collection Development, Collection Development, Featured, Featured-LL Meryl Streep narrates a new CHARLOTTE’S WEB audiobook (along with a fab full cast!) Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on October 21, 2019

Some audiobook!
Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep narrates a new audiobook edition of CHARLOTTE’S WEB alongside some of your favorite narrators! Listeners of all ages will fall in love with this timeless classic all over again when this beautiful new recording goes on sale October 29th! Read more

Tagged: Classics, e.b. white, Full Cast Recording, Meryl Streep

Featured-LL, Listening Library 9 Classics to Listen to During Children’s Book Week Submitted by Erin Murphy on May 1, 2018

From The Hundred Acre Wood to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, children’s books have been transporting us to incredible places for decades. Read more

Tagged: AA Milne, blueberries for sal, charlie and the chocolate factory, charlotte's web, children's book week, Classics, corduroy, don freeman, douglas hodge, Dr. Seuss, e.b. white, finola hughes, francess hodgson burnett, J.M. Barrie, Jacqueline Woodson, Jim Dale, judi dench, kelsey grammar, lynne thigpen, Melba Sibrel, Michael Williams, Mildred D. Taylor, Peter Pan, Roald Dahl, robert mcloskey, ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY, Stephen Fry, THE CAT IN THE HAT, the secret garden

Collection Development, Featured, Featured Titles Toni Morrison narrates two new recordings of her beloved classics Submitted by Kristen Luby on September 27, 2017

Award-winning author Toni Morrison returned to the studio to record never-before-available unabridged editions of SONG OF SOLOMON and PARADISE. Her brilliant readings add another level of musicality and magic to her already-poetic written words. AudioFile raves, “Morrison sets the gold standard for a writer narrating her own work.” Read more

Tagged: author-read, Classics, Fall '17, PARADISE, SONG OF SOLOMON, Toni Morrison

Collection Development, Featured-LL Staff Picks: Beloved Classics and Backlist Gems available on audio this fall Submitted by Kristen Luby on September 13, 2017

Build your library’s audio collection with these award-winning bestsellers and listener favorites, now available from BOT/Listening Library. Including listens from bestselling authors Jon Scieszka, Brian Jacques, Mildred D. Taylor, and more!

Seventeen beloved classics are available this fall, including these outstanding listens that belong in every library’s collection: Read more

Tagged: Backlist Gems, Brian Jacques, Classics, Ellen Raskin, Jean Craighead George, Jon Scieszka, Logan Family Saga, Mildred D. Taylor, MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, REDWALL, Staff Picks, THE STINKY CHEESE MAN, THE WELL, THE WESTING GAME

Marketing Tips Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of THE OUTSIDERS Submitted by Kristen Luby on August 30, 2016

“Fortunately, ‘Nothing gold can stay’ doesn’t apply to great literature,” says Entertainment Weekly. We couldn’t agree more! April 24, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of THE OUTSIDERS’ first publication. Introduce a new generation of listeners to this classic story of friendship and belonging. Read more

Tagged: Anniversary, Classics, Common Core, S.E. Hinton, THE OUTSIDERS

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