Collection Development, Collection Development, Featured, Featured-LL, Promotions & Events, Promotions & Events NCTE 2020: Recommended Audiobook Collections for Educators Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on November 13, 2020

Educators & Librarians,
Welcome to the BOT & Listening Library website!

Whether you’ve visited us before, or you’ve been introduced to us thanks to the Penguin Random House NCTE virtual booth, anyone can download the curated classroom collections below and listen to audiobook clips by clicking on the header or images. Plus, be sure to view our NEW audiobook buzz with the Listening Library editorial team to hear about some fall favorites! Read more

Tagged: ALAN, Assembly on Literature of Adolescents of NCTE, Collection Development, Educators, National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE, Teachers

Collection Development, Featured Listening Ahead: Six Staff Picks for September 2020 Submitted by Sydney Czech on July 1, 2020

Start looking forward to these six spectacular books (easy add-to-cart collection where you can create an Excel of ISBNs here) coming this fall that your patrons will also love on audio! From magical schools to magical realism, literary fiction to southern mysteries, there is something for everyone in this fabulous round-up of fall listens. Read more

Tagged: Collection Development, September 2020, Staff Picks

Collection Development, Featured, Featured-LL March is Crafting Month: Listen to Audiobooks While You Make Stuff! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on March 10, 2020

No matter their creative outlets of choice, productive patrons can keep their hands free for crafting while hearing the latest listens from their local library. Short stories can be “sew perfect” to get a little done each day; sparkly listens from favorite authors can entertain ears behind an easel; delicious listens add spice to kitchen creativity; and narrative nonfiction can act as the glue that keeps readers riveted to any crafting project for hours on end. Read more

Tagged: art, Collection Development, crafting

Collection Development, Featured Listeners’ (Heat) Advisory: The Hottest August Audiobooks Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on July 15, 2019

There’s so much to love on audio this August, patrons will be too busy listening to notice how quickly summer is passing us by! From beach listens to business inspiration, to a beloved TV star’s audio debut, a captivating series finale, and SO much more…now is the time to dive in to your audio collection to check your holds for these standout listens coming soon! Read more

Tagged: Collection Development, hot titles, listener advisory