Awards & Recognition, Featured, Featured-LL Celebrating our 2022 Odyssey Honor Audiobooks: PERFECTLY PARVIN and EMMANUEL’S DREAM Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on January 24, 2022

Have you heard? The American Library Association’s Odyssey Award committee has named two Listening Library titles as 2022 Odyssey Honors, recognizing excellence in children’s and young adult audiobooks: PERFECTLY PARVIN by Olivia Abtahi, narrated by Mitra Jouhari and EMMANUEL’S DREAM: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson, read by Adjoa Andoh! Read more

Tagged: 2022 ALA Awards, ALA Awards, LibLearnX, Odyssey Award, Odyssey Awards

Awards & Recognition, Collection Development, Featured Titles, Featured-LL Congratulations to our 2021 Odyssey Honorees Fighting Words and When Stars Are Scattered Submitted by Sydney Czech on January 25, 2021

The American Library Association has announced the winners of the 2021 Odyssey Award and Honors, including Odyssey Honors for Fighting Words and When Stars Are Scattered! Read more

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Collection Development, Featured-LL Odyssey Award-Winning Authors Return with Powerful New Audiobooks Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on December 3, 2020

Two recent Odyssey Award-winning authors are back on Listening Library’s list this fall with already-acclaimed new audiobooks. One reunites the previous winning duo of author & narrator; the other newly pairs the author with a beloved two-time Odyssey Award-winning narrator. Don’t miss adding these powerful productions to your collections! Listen to clips and check out the rave reviews below. Read more

Tagged: Allan Corduner, ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN, Bahni Turpin, FIGHTING WORDS, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, National Book Award finalist, Odyssey Award, Odyssey Awards, THE WAY BACK

Awards & Recognition, Featured-LL, Video 2020 Odyssey Awards Speech: Aaron Blank, audiobook producer of SONG FOR A WHALE Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on June 23, 2020

By Aaron Blank, producer of 2020 Odyssey Honor SONG FOR A WHALE. Watch this year’s Virtual Ceremony on ALA’s YouTube page now! It premiered June 28th at 4:30 pm ET!

Books that I have a connection to and resonate with me are the most meaningful to produce. SONG FOR A WHALE is just that sort of book. Read more

Tagged: Aaron Blank, Odyssey Awards, SONG FOR A WHALE