Awards & Recognition, Awards & Recognition, Featured, Featured-LL, Listening Library Celebrating the 2020 YALSA Amazing Audiobooks! Submitted by Erin Murphy on January 28, 2020

The YALSA Amazing Audiobooks list is aimed towards young adults aged 12-18 and is drawn from the previous year of spoken-word releases. Read on for the fantastic listens from BOT & Listening Library—including 4 Top Ten selections—that made the list this year! You can view the YALSA Committee’s comments and full list here. Read more

Tagged: A.S. King, ALA Awards, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Andy Weir, Arwen Elys Dayton, Chesire Crossing, Daisy Jones and the Six, David Yoon, Dig, Emily Woo Zeller, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Frankly in Love, Julie Berry, Karen M. McManus, Kat Cho, Kirby Heyborne, Kwame Onwuachi, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lovely War, Mike Chamberlain, Miranda Tapsell, Notes From a Young Black Chef, Patron Saints of Nothing, R.J. Palacio, Ramón de Ocampo, Randy Ribay, Roller Girl, Ruta Sepetys, Shout, Sophie Amoss, Stronger Faster and More Beautiful, Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Fountains of Silence, The Things She's Seen, Tonya Cornelisse, Two Can Keep a Secret, Victoria Jamieson, White Bird, Wicked Fox

Collection Development, Featured, Featured Titles, Featured Titles, Featured-LL, Guest Post, Guest Post Author Julie Berry Shares the Magic and Music of LOVELY WAR Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on March 29, 2019

Are you looking for an incredible, sweeping historical fiction title to add to your collection that both teens and adults will love? Look no further. Lovely War, written by Julie Berry and read by a tremendously talented cast of narrators, fits the bill. Read more

Tagged: Author Guest Post, Julie Berry, Lovely War

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

Awards & Recognition, Featured-LL School Library Journal’s Best Audiobooks of 2016 Submitted by Kristen Luby on November 29, 2016

Do you offer the best in children’s and teen audiobooks at your library? School Library Journal’s top picks for 2016 include a touching tale of friendship, a rocking summer road trip, a sweeping work of historical fiction, and a powerful story of love and tragedy. Read more

Tagged: Ashley Hope Perez, Benita Robledo, Best of Lists, Donna Gephart, Jayne Entwistle, Jesse Andrews, Julie Berry, LILY AND DUNKIN, Lincoln Hoppe, Michael Crouch, OUT OF DARKNESS, School Library Journal, SLJ, THE HATERS, THE PASSION OF DOLSSA

Awards & Recognition, Promotions & Events Enter to WIN Scandalously Good ALA Award-Winning Audiobooks Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 26, 2015

***Please note this contest has ended. But you can still click on the covers below to learn more about these terrific titles. Thanks for visiting our website!***
Don’t believe everything you hear, eh? Well…while we all love a good scandal, in this case, the rumors are true… Read more