Awards & Recognition, Featured, Featured-LL Celebrating our 2023 Odyssey Honor: THE FIRST HELPING (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) Full Cast Audiobook Recording Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 2, 2023

Check your CD & digital audiobook menus… err we mean, collections! Listeners who are hungry for the best audiobooks for kids do not want to miss THE FIRST HELPING (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, read by the hilarious Kate Flannery (The Office), author Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and a Full Cast, selected as an Odyssey Honor by the 2023 Odyssey Committee for Excellence in Audiobook Production! Read more

Tagged: ALA Awards, ALA Youth Media Awards, graphic novels, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Nick Martorelli, Odyssey Award

Awards & Recognition, Featured-LL, Video 2020 Odyssey Awards Speech: Nick Martorelli, audiobook producer of WE’RE NOT FROM HERE Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on June 23, 2020

By Nick Martorelli, producer of 2020 Odyssey Honor WE’RE NOT FROM HERE. Watch this year’s Virtual Ceremony on ALA’s YouTube page now! It premiered June 28th at 4:30 pm ET!

I am a huge fan of science fiction, of stories that transport us to new worlds and far-flung futures, yet always understand that – wrapped in starships and laser guns – those novels are addressing the concerns of the here and now. Read more

Tagged: ALA Annual, Nick Martorelli, Odyssey Awards, We're Not From Here

Featured-LL, Guest Post NYXIA author Scott Reintgen shares why audiobooks are a teacher’s best friend Submitted by Kristen Luby on November 3, 2017

“I’m really not sure what I would have done without great audiobooks,” says Scott Reintgen. Learn why listening to audiobooks is his go-to classroom strategy. Plus, the audiobook producer and narrator share behind-the-scenes details from the recording of this action-packed Hear Diversity pick. Read more

Tagged: Guest Post, Hear Diversity, Nick Martorelli, NYXIA, Scott Reintgen, Sullivan Jones, Teachers