Audio

Requiem, the final title in Lauren Oliver’s “Delirium” trilogy features Sarah Drew’s fantastic narration that vividly captures all the characters’ emotions. Check out the starred review of the audiobook.

Findaway World launches the Playaway Bookpack program, which features preloaded audiobooks and their print versions. There are currently more than 200 titles available for preschool through young adult readers. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is now accepting nominations for the 2014 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Book Foundation’s Up All Night online exhibit showcases National Book Award Winners and Finalists in Young People’s Literature. Educators interested in integrating educational games into the K-12 curriculum are invited to attend a one-day workshop on August 19 during the Serious Play Conference.

Serious themes such as anti-bullying and gay rights are skillfully woven into Tim Tharp’s Mojo, featuring Jessie Bernstein’s stellar narration. Read the starred review of this audiobook featuring wildly careening plot twists, fabulous characters, and madcap antics.

In Fox Forever, the satisfying conclusion to Mary Pearson’s “Jenna Fox Chronicles,” Matthew Brown’s narration brilliantly captures the emotions of the characters. Check out the starred review.

Fun Foundations for Handwriting (The TV Teacher) is a creative and entertaining production that will help improve youngsters’ motor skills and handwriting. Be sure to check out the starred review.

The audiobook version of Ann Bausum’s Marching to the Mountaintop, which explores the connection between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, would be a great resource for students studying the Civil Rights Movement.

Paul Spring brilliantly uses storytelling in each of his songs to take listeners on a journey beyond the surface music in his latest album, Home of Song. Read the starred review.

Erica S. Perl’s When Life Gives You OJ receives stellar treatment in the audiobook version narrated by Abigail Revasch. Read the starred review of this delightful story.

Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy by Emily Bazelon. Random House 2013. Random House Audio 2013. Reviewed from borrowed copy of audiobook. Making this part of my “vacation reads” series, figuring most of my readers who work in schools are on vacation now or soon [...]