Showing 1–30 of 30 titles

• List: Notable Children's Recordings
• Award year: 2019

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  Back to the Land

  By Hot Peas 'n Butter

  Packed with energy, this family-friendly recording features a clear, full sound of rousing, folksy songs with environmental messages. Performed by Hot Peas ‘N Butter.

  • Songs
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 1124763380
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  Beanstalk Jack

  By Various artists

  Journey into a musical fractured fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk with clever lyrics, exuberant musical arrangements, and expert production quality. Performed by Tami Stronach, Greg Steinbruner, Kristin Andreassen, Jefferson Hamer, Stephanie Coleman, Robin MacMillan, Jacob Silver, Sam Reider, Mike Merenda, Julia Joseph, Jeff Cubeta, Karina Denike, Tom Ayers, & Morgan Price.

  • Folk Songs
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: B07D2Y536W
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  Before She Was Harriet

  By Lesa Cline-Ransome, Full Cast (Narrator)

  With a musical score and sound effects carefully tailored to each beautiful spread of the picture book, Sisi Aisha Johnson, January LaVoy, Lisa Renee Pitts, & Bahni Turpin take turns painting scenes from Harriet Tubman's life with their passionate, engaging reading.

  • Biography, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781430131205
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  Children of Blood and Bone

  By Tomi Adeyemi, Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

  Bahni Turpin's powerful narration, voiced through three distinct perspectives, weaves a story of grit and determination in the face of persecution in this epic fantasy.

  • Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781529015201
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  The Christmasaurus

  By Tom Fletcher, Paul Shelley (Narrator)

  Paul Shelley's whimsical narration delights with a tale of a dinosaur, a young boy in a wheelchair, and the magic of Christmas.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Middle, Younger
  • ISBN: 9781984838094
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  Du Iz Tak?

  By Carson Ellis, Eli D'Amico (Narrator), Sebastian D'Amico (Narrator), Burton Fott (Narrator), Galen Fott (Narrator), Laura Fott (Narrator), Sarah Hart (Narrator), Bella Higginbotham (Narrator), Evely

  With a multigenerational cast, sound effects, and an expressive musical accompaniment, this simple-text picture book explores the wonders of imagination and creativity in nature.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019, Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2019 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781338242980
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  Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist

  By Susan Wood, Brian Amador (Narrator)

  The roo-roo, bzzz, and zowww of instruments jump off the page as Brian Amador's lyrical narration creates a story in stereo-sound about Esquivel's innovative and creative musical career.

  • Biography, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019, Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2019 (Honor Title)
  • Middle, Younger
  • ISBN: 9781430127895
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  Falu's Bazaar

  By Falu

  A spicy trilingual (English, Hindi and Gujrati) journey to South Asia features original children's songs with a variety of traditional Indian, Bollywood, and pop instrumentation. Performed by Falu.

  • Songs
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 1032336737
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  For Every One

  By Jason Reynolds

  Reynolds performs the speech he wrote prior to his success as a writer, emotionally conveying the shared journey, struggles, and dreams of those who have faced harsh realities.

  • Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 1126210964
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  The Griffin's Feather: Dragon Rider #2

  By Cornelia Funke, Marc Thompson (Narrator)

  A fantastical soundscape layered with Marc Thompson and Cornelia Funke's theatrical narration brings listeners along on this epic adventure to save the last Pegasus.

  • Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Middle
  • ISBN: B07GJV6ZJF
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  The Journey of Little Charlie

  By Christopher Paul Curtis, Michael Crouch (Narrator)

  Talented storyteller Michael Crouch portrays the tensions of the Pre-Civil War North and South through a wide variety of character voices and tones.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780804168021
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  Keep it Real

  By Caspar Babypants

  Caspar Babypants entertains listeners of all ages with clever toe-tapping tunes of original songs mixed with remakes, performed in a variety of musical styles.

  • Songs
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 1048419803
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  Lu

  By Jason Reynolds, Guy Lockard (Narrator)

  Guy Lockard brings Lu's competitive nature, attitude, and ego off the page through quick wit, expert pacing, and engaging interpretations of the friends and adults in Lu's life.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781508246176
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  Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

  By Pablo Cartaya

  Seamlessly shifting between Spanish and English, Cartaya reads his own novel about entrepreneurial Marcus Vega searching for his father in his homeland of Puerto Rico with emotion and understanding.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780525625575
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  Monstrous Devices

  By Damien Love, Allan Corduner (Narrator)

  With great aplomb and distinct accents, Allan Corduner throws listeners, along with the main character Alex, into a world in which robots are alive, ancient magical powers can come to life, and Alex's grandfather eats too many sweets.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Middle, Older
  • ISBN: 9780525638629
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  Nanette's Baguette

  By Mo Willems, Trixie Willems (Narrator), Cher Willems (Narrator)

  Trixie Willems, along with Mo and Cher Willems, exuberantly perform the rhyming trials and tribulations of Nanette trying to get a baguette home to her mother.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781338243321
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  Nate Expectations

  By Tim Federle

  Federle's narration of his own character's return to his small town nails the deadpan humor and sarcasm of Nate's first-person voice.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781508261124
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  The Night Diary

  By Veera Hiranandani, Priya Ayyar (Narrator)

  Priya Ayyar lends her voice talent to Nisha and other characters in this moving story of a young girl's search for home, identity, and a hopeful future in a tumultuous partitioning of India.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Middle, Older
  • ISBN: 9780525530442
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  On Bird Hill

  By Jane Yolen

  Jane Yolen's narration conveys a sense of exploration, while gentle music and sound effects add to the feeling of wonder in her sparse picture book.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781430127987
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  The Parker Inheritance

  By Varian Johnson, Cherise Boothe (Narrator)

  In pursuit of the mysterious Parker inheritance, author Varian Johnson takes readers down a trail of clues spanning three generations of fear and discrimination in the American South. Narrator Cherise Boothe evokes an appropriate sense of time and place with her compelling cast of characters and authentic range of emotions.

  • Fiction, Mystery, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019, Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2019 (Honor Title)
  • Middle, Older
  • ISBN: 9781338279948
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  The Poet X

  By Elizabeth Acevedo

  Elizabeth Acevedo performs her original slam poetry novel with expert pacing, nuanced emotion, and a natural blend of English and Spanish to share Xiomara's struggle to discover her place in the world.

  • Poetry, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019, Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2019 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780062822482
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  Quidditch through the Ages

  By J.K. Rowling, Andrew Lincoln (Narrator)

  With timely sound effects and Andrew Lincoln's variety of accents and light tone, even non-Harry Potter fans will be drawn into this humorous “textbook” about a fictional sport.

  • Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781526603029
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  Rebound

  By Kwame Alexander, Ron Butler (Narrator)

  With rhythmic narration, Ron Butler relates Charlie's emotional journey from sullen to happy as he processes his father's death with help from his grandparents and basketball.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781980003922
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  Spin: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical

  By Neil Fishman, Harvey Edelman, Full Cast (Narrator)

  This delightful written-for-audio children's musical combines Jim Dale's grandfatherly narration and a full cast of singing performers to draw the listener into a witty re-imagining of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale.

  • Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780062851734
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  Sunny

  By Jason Reynolds, Guy Lockard (Narrator)

  Through deft use of pacing and tone, Guy Lockard captures Sunny's frenetic energy and wika-wika wordplay.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781508246145
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  They All Saw a Cat

  By Brendan Wenzel, John Lithgow (Narrator)

  John Lithgow's gentle propulsive narration and a distinct musical accompaniment ferret out the major characteristics of each animal encountered by a cat as it strolls and surveys the world.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781338230406
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  Tight

  By Torrey Maldonado

  Torrey Maldonado's dynamic Brooklyn accent perfectly suits his story of Bryan, as he struggles with finding the right friends, set against the backdrop of the city streets and projects.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780525638810
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  We Found a Hat

  By Jon Klassen, Johnny Heller (Narrator), Christopher Curry (Narrator)

  Ambient sounds and gently strummed guitar music pull listeners into the dry, western, desert setting, while Johnny Heller and Christopher Curry voice two old tortoise friends.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781338243086
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  Whichwood

  By Tahereh Mafi, Bronson Pinchot (Narrator)

  Bronson Pinchot's wry and familiar narration breaks the fourth wall, bringing readers into this darkly humorous fantasy about a young, overworked Mordeshoor (caretaker of the dead).

  • Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780525493594
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  The Wild Robot Escapes

  By Peter Brown, Kathleen McInerney (Narrator)

  A plethora of sound effects and Kathleen McInerney's “mechanical” narration set the scene for Roz the robot's episodic odyssey to find her son, Brightbill.

  • Fiction, Audiobook
  • Notable Children's Recordings 2019
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781478996651