Audio

Odyssey Award

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The Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production is an annual award conferred by the American Library Association upon the publisher of “the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States”.

HONOR AUDIOBOOKS

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

WINNER

Kent State by Deborah Wiles

Mandela’s Favorite Folktales

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To celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday, there is a new audio book of his favorite African folktales.  Featured on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning, you can hear tempting fragments of songs and the voices of popular American actors reading the tales.  The collection sounds like a great way to bring African folktales into libraries and homes.  The audiobooks raise funds for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Artists for a New South Africa.  The official website is here with more story excerpts to sample.