From: Sally Miller <derbymiller>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:13:14 -0500

It was a complete surprise to me when I discovered there was an audio book of my picture book, "The Wacky Substitute," put out by Scholastic Audio and narrated by Jeff Brooks. I put it into my CD player with trepidation and was delighted to find "the enjoyment of letting go" that Angela speaks of. Listening to the story with the fun of added sound effects and music I could hardly believe that all this began the day I broke my glasses. It's wonderful to think of all the people who have worked together to make another offering to children. Frankly, I had no idea at the time that picture books were sometimes made into audio books; I had assumed it was only novels. And now a whole new world has opened up to me. Thanks to all of you for this discussion. Sally Derby

("No Mush Today" will be out this fall from Lee & Low with amazing illustrations by Nicole Tadgell)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Leeper" <angela.leeper at earthlink.net> To: <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Hear These Words: Audio Books


>I love audio books for the same reasons Merri mentions below. I know many
> people who are hesitant to try them because they don't want to "let go" of
> the story. They want to give their own voices and nuances to the
> characters. I had these same feelings before trying audio books several
> years ago. Now I often keep in mind that all storytelling began as an
> oral
> tradition, and relish the enjoyment of "letting go" and allowing a skilled
> narrator to bring the story to me.
> Angela
> Odyssey '09
>
> Angela Leeper
> Educational Consultant
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> Wake Forest, NC 27587
> 919-556-1184
> angela.leeper at earthlink.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
> [mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Merri
> Lindgren
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:04 PM
> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Hear These Words: Audio Books
>
> Thanks, Anne, for launching the new discussion topic for the first half
> of March: "Hear These Words: Audio Books." All of the recent posts on
> reading aloud are the perfect lead-in to a conversation about audio
> books for children and teens.
>
> I had the pleasure of serving on the first Odyssey Award committee over
> the past year, and during the course of that time I learned about the
> many ways an audio book can augment a written text, or detract from it.
> As the committee listened to audio books for everyone from preschoolers
> through older teens, I experienced a whole range of reactions; at times
> thrilled with a technically outstanding production, and at other times
> disappointed with a lackluster performance. An obsessive reader, I
> found that listening to audio books increased my ability to critically
> analyze a book -- the pace kept me from my usual "speed-reading" and
> made me hear every word. A quality narration added new angles and
> shading to the book's interpretation, and thoughtful embellishments of
> music and sound effects enhanced settings and mood.
>
> Are you an audio book addict, or are you skeptical of the format? Do
> you use audio books with young listeners, and if so, what works and what
> doesn't?
>
> Merri Lindgren
>
> --
> Merri Lindgren, Librarian
> Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
> School of Education, UW-Madison
> 608-263-3930
> mlindgren at education.wisc.edu
>
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