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Audiobooks by Arab Authors to Add to Your Playlist April 22, 2021

From intimate memoirs to dystopian fiction to inspiring stories of self-discovery for kids and teens, check out these must-listens by Arab authors. READ MORE

Tags: Arab Heritage Month, bookclub

Celebrating Excellence in Children’s Audiobooks:When Stars Are Scattered and Fighting Words Receive Odyssey Honors January 25, 2021

The American Library Association’s Odyssey Award committee has named two Listening Library titles as Odyssey Honor audiobooks: Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, produced by Karen Dziekonski and narrated by Bahni Turpin; and When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed, produced by Julie Wilson and Kelly Gildea and narrated by Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Abdi, and a full cast. READ MORE

Tags: awards, Family Listening, Fighting Words, Odyssey Award, When Stars Are Scattered

Get Cozy with Double-the-Vegetables Pot Roast and Full Cast Audiobooks October 23, 2020

This week in our Listen and Cook series we’re not only doubling the veggies in our pot roast with chef Sarah Copeland, we’re also doubling, tripling, and quadrupling the number of narrators in our audiobooks and serving up recommendations for listens as richly packed with talent as your stew will be with potatoes. READ MORE

Tags: chef, cook, crafter, Family Listening, Full Cast, Full Cast Recording, gardener-cook, Listen and Cook, recipe

Listen to National Book Award Finalists on Audio October 13, 2020

The 2020 National Book Award finalists have been announced, and Penguin Random House Audio is thrilled to publish the audiobook editions of 6 of the contenders. READ MORE

Tags: book club, Candice Iloh, Charles Yu, Family Listening, Gavriel Savit, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, national book award, national book awards, Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson, Yu Miri

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Total Narrative Immersion, Audio-Style July 21, 2020

Pop quiz for audio fans: have you ever listened to an audiobook read by three or more narrators? How about over 100 narrators? READ MORE

Tags: book club, Family Listening, Full Cast, Full Cast Recording, Ways to Listen

Meet the Cast: When Stars are Scattered April 27, 2020

Heartbreak and hope exist together in When Stars Are Scattered. This remarkable graphic novel on audio is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by Somali refugee Omar Mohamed to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl, Victoria Jamieson. Listen on to meet a selection of the talented cast members that bring this intimate, important, unforgettable story to life. READ MORE

Tags: Bahni Turpin, Barkhad Abdi, Christine Avila, Dominic Hoffman, Family Listening, Faysal Ahmed, Hakeemshady Mohamed, Ifrah Mansour, JD Jackson, Meet the Cast, Omar Mohamed, Robin Miles, Sadeeq Ali, Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered