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From: Vardell, Sylvia <SVardell>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:39:18 -0500
Ginny, I'm sure Merri will weigh in, as may other Odyssey committee members, but I was lucky enough to serve on the first committee and wrote about it in a brief article for BOOKLIST which is available online:
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2806010
Our committee evaluated 379 audiobooks, including approximately 70 picture-book read-alongs.... The initial listening total was nearly 2,000 hours, with each member listening nonstop for more than five full-time workweeks. Add to that our ?critical listening? of the final nominees, and the total was increased by 130 hours. We did indeed get input from a variety of people-- including kids, colleagues, and spouses (!)-- and would love to hear more from people who have had the chance to listen to our chosen titles, too.
2008 Award winner: Jazz, by Walter Dean Myers, narrated by James "D-Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas, produced by Live Oak Media.
Honor Audiobooks: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, produced by Listen & Live Audio Dooby Dooby Moo, by Doreen Cronin, narrated by Randy Travis, produced by Weston Woods/Scholastic Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale, produced by Listening Library Skulduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy, narrated by Rupert Degas, produced by HarpherChildren's Audio Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrated by Alfred Molina, produced by Listening Library
In the year since the first award was announced, we have heard that sales for these titles have increased which paved the way for audio recordings of the NEXT books in the BLOODY JACK and SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series-- which pleases us so much.
Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D. Professor Texas Woman's University School of Library & Information Studies P O Box 425438 Denton TX 76204-5438 940-898-2616 svardell at twu.edu http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/ Co-Editor, BOOKBIRD, the journal of international children's literature (http://www.ibby.org)
Author of: POETRY ALOUD HERE! SHARING POETRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY (ALA, 2006) POETRY PEOPLE; A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETS (Libraries Unlimited, 2007) CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ACTION; A LIBRARIAN'S GUIDE (Libraries Unlimited, 2008) BOOK LINKS columnist: Everyday Poetry
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Ginny Moore Kruse Sent: Thu 4/9/2009 12:29 PM To: CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: [CCBC-Net] Questions about the Odyssey Award
I haven't had a chance to listen to any of these audiobooks, and that might be why others aren't chiming in - yet - with comments either. However, now that the topic is on the virtual table, it occurs to me to ask how the ALSC/YALSA Odyssey Award Committee does its work. Merri, you were a member of that committee a couple of years ago. Did anyone on the committee have a chance to get feedback from kids who had heard the audiobooks under consideration for the award? I'm also wondering approximately how many recorded books were eligible for the Odyssey Award when you were a member of the committee? What can you tell us about the process?
Best, Ginny
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:39:18 -0500
Ginny, I'm sure Merri will weigh in, as may other Odyssey committee members, but I was lucky enough to serve on the first committee and wrote about it in a brief article for BOOKLIST which is available online:
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2806010
Our committee evaluated 379 audiobooks, including approximately 70 picture-book read-alongs.... The initial listening total was nearly 2,000 hours, with each member listening nonstop for more than five full-time workweeks. Add to that our ?critical listening? of the final nominees, and the total was increased by 130 hours. We did indeed get input from a variety of people-- including kids, colleagues, and spouses (!)-- and would love to hear more from people who have had the chance to listen to our chosen titles, too.
2008 Award winner: Jazz, by Walter Dean Myers, narrated by James "D-Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas, produced by Live Oak Media.
Honor Audiobooks: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, produced by Listen & Live Audio Dooby Dooby Moo, by Doreen Cronin, narrated by Randy Travis, produced by Weston Woods/Scholastic Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale, produced by Listening Library Skulduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy, narrated by Rupert Degas, produced by HarpherChildren's Audio Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrated by Alfred Molina, produced by Listening Library
In the year since the first award was announced, we have heard that sales for these titles have increased which paved the way for audio recordings of the NEXT books in the BLOODY JACK and SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series-- which pleases us so much.
Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D. Professor Texas Woman's University School of Library & Information Studies P O Box 425438 Denton TX 76204-5438 940-898-2616 svardell at twu.edu http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/ Co-Editor, BOOKBIRD, the journal of international children's literature (http://www.ibby.org)
Author of: POETRY ALOUD HERE! SHARING POETRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY (ALA, 2006) POETRY PEOPLE; A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETS (Libraries Unlimited, 2007) CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ACTION; A LIBRARIAN'S GUIDE (Libraries Unlimited, 2008) BOOK LINKS columnist: Everyday Poetry
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Ginny Moore Kruse Sent: Thu 4/9/2009 12:29 PM To: CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: [CCBC-Net] Questions about the Odyssey Award
I haven't had a chance to listen to any of these audiobooks, and that might be why others aren't chiming in - yet - with comments either. However, now that the topic is on the virtual table, it occurs to me to ask how the ALSC/YALSA Odyssey Award Committee does its work. Merri, you were a member of that committee a couple of years ago. Did anyone on the committee have a chance to get feedback from kids who had heard the audiobooks under consideration for the award? I'm also wondering approximately how many recorded books were eligible for the Odyssey Award when you were a member of the committee? What can you tell us about the process?
Best, Ginny
-- Ginny Moore Kruse Emerita Director Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) gmkruse at wisc.edu phone: 608.238.9225 _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at lists.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://lists.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-netReceived on Fri 10 Apr 2009 09:39:18 AM CDT
