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

Promotions & Events Download free audiobooks all summer long via SYNC Submitted by Kristen Luby on August 1, 2017

Encourage summer listening at your library! SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens 13+ (and adult listeners, too!). From April 27 through August 16, 2017, SYNC will give away two complete audiobook downloads each week, including four outstanding Listening Library titles! Visit www.audiobooksync.com each week for two new audio offerings. Once downloaded, these audios are yours to keep—but hurry, each title is available for one week only! Read more

Tagged: BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY, Douglas Adams, FEED, Free audiobook, Free download, IN MY HANDS, Irene Gut Opdyke, M.T. Anderson, Ruta Sepetys, Stephen Fry, Summer Listening, SYNC, THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

Collection Development Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remember Their Stories Submitted by Jodie Cohen on May 4, 2016

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah the world comes together to commemorate and share vital stories of hope and courage, faith and triumph in the darkest of days.

Tagged: Anne Frank, ANNE FRANK: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL, ANNE FRANK’S TALES FROM THE SECRET ANNEX, Holocaust Remembrance Day, IN MY HANDS, Irene Gut Opdyke, Jennifer Armstrong, John Boyne, Lois Lowry, Markus Zusak, NUMBER THE STARS, Ruta Sepetys, SALT TO THE SEA, THE BOOK THIEF

Awards & Recognition, Featured Hear a little-known chapter in World War II history in #1 February LibraryReads pick SALT TO THE SEA Submitted by Kristen Luby on February 17, 2016

LibraryReads’ February 2016 picks include two epic works of historical fiction, one stunning debut, and an uplifting listen from fan favorite Debbie Macomber. Hear clips to find out why these LibraryReads make great listens. Read more

Tagged: A GIRL'S GUIDE TO MOVING ON, Ariel Lawhon, BLACK RABBIT HALL, Debbie Macomber, EVE CHASE, FLIGHT OF DREAMS, Library Reads, Ruta Sepetys, SALT TO THE SEA, YA Crossover

BOT