We pride ourselves on offering the very best in children’s and young adult content on audio.
Prince Frederick, MD (PRWEB) January 27, 2016
Recorded Books, Inc. is the audio publisher of this year’s Newbery and Caldecott winners. Along with partner Tantor Media, Recorded Books also had titles the company published on audio honored with numerous other awards, including Honor Books, Amazing Audiobooks, and Notable children’s recordings. The 2016 Youth Media Award winners were announced Jan. 11 by the American Library Association (ALA) during a presentation at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Boston.
2016 Award Winners with Audio Editions from Recorded Books and Tantor:
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
- Winner of the 2016 John Newbery Medal
- 2016 Randolph Caldecott Honor Book
- 2016 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick
- Winner of the 2016 Caldecott Medal
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
- 2016 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
- Winner of the 2016 Alex Award
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book
Notable Children’s Recordings:
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz, read by Rachel Botchan
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell, read by Bianca Amato
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt, read by Christopher Gebauer
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson, read by Piter Marek
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste, read by Robin Miles
Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins, read by Jessica Almasy
Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus, read by Kirby Heyborne
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose, read by Phillip Hoose and Michael Braun
Best Fiction for YA:
100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
Beastly Bones by William Ritter
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
Amazing Audiobooks:
Fiction:
100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith; read by Kirby Heyborne
Golden Son by Pierce Brown, read by Tim Gerard Reynolds
Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus, read by Kirby Heyborne
“We pride ourselves on offering the very best in children’s and young adult content on audio,” said Troy Juliar, chief content officer of Recorded Books, Inc. “It’s tremendously rewarding for our titles to receive recognition in one of the most prestigious children’s book award competitions.”
Each year the ALA honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, ALA awards guide parents, educators, librarians and others in choosing the best materials for youth. Selected by judging committees of librarians and other children’s experts, the awards encourage original and creative work.
For more information on the ALA Youth Media Awards, please visit ilovelibraries.org/yma.
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For more information or to purchase these award winners on audio, visit our website. To view a complete list of the 2016 Youth Media Award winners, visit ala.unikron.com/2016.
About Recorded Books, Inc.
Recorded Books is the largest independent publisher of unabridged audiobooks and provider of digital media to consumer, retail, professional, school, library and infotainment markets. The company owns an exclusive catalog of more than 22,000 audiobook titles narrated by professional, award-winning actors. Recorded Books provides digital audiobooks and eBooks, as well as other compelling third-party content, including digital magazines and films, through its proprietary RBdigital Gateway platform. The company operates in the United Kingdom through its W. F. Howes subsidiary and in Australia through its Wavesound subsidiary. Recorded Books, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Prince Frederick, MD, acquired both Tantor Media and HighBridge Audio in 2014. For more information, visit recordedbooks.com.
