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From: Lesesne, Teri <LIS_TSL>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:29:41 -0500
I was fortunate enough to be a member of that first Odyssey Committee and I cannot tell you all how much I learned as a result of serving on a committee which, as Pam pointed out, listens critically to our assigned audios. We called it developing our Odyssey ears. Even now, as I listen to audio for the review column I do for VOYA (which I inherited from Pam, BTW), I find that my Odyssey ears pick up the tiniest flaws. For the column I do not feel the need to point out all the flaws. However, I have quit listening to an audio when the flaws mounted up and up.
As for the audio winners for 2009, I am absolutely thrilled with the selections. While I had not had the chance to listen to the read-alongs, I did know the other audiobooks well. I am listening a second time to the Alexie narration and am just struck dumb with awe at how he, and he alone, I think, brings Junior to life. ELIJAH OF BUXTON was, I admit, my personal favorite of the audiobooks. That was not an easy or simple book to voice and this narrator was simply brilliant making Curtis' rhythm and dialect totally accessible to the listener. Katie Kellgren's narration for the Bloody Jack books is simply beyond belief. She manages all sorts of accents and even sings beautifully in these books. And NATION made me laugh out loud during my morning commute (and let me tell you how strangely folks look at you alone in a car laughing and/or crying uncontrollably).
In addition to the stacks of books next to my bed, there are now stacks of audio in the car and many more to be downloaded onto my iPod. I can read with my eyes AND with my ears now.
teri
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Teri S. Lesesne, Professor of Library Science Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX doctorl at shsu.edu Author of MAKING THE MATCH and NAKED READING (Stenhouse) Winner of the 2007 ALAN Award
Blog site: http://professornana.livejournal.com Web Site: www.professornana.com
________________________________________ From: ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu [ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf
To follow up on Sylvia's information, the 2009 Odyssey Committee [the second year of the Odyssey Award] received over 350 titles which represented over 1862 hours of listening. Because of doubling up on many of the titles, committee members each listened to over 400 hours of assigned listening [I have no idea how many extra hours of listening were incurred by each member].
Sylvia mentions the critical listening, which is a truly unique experience and will forever affect the way one listens to/hears an audiobook for ever after. When you sit down with no distractions and just listen to one disc, or for one hour--whatever works best for you--taking notes as you go, you'd be amazed at the minor glitches you hear. Normally you'd skim right over these mistakes as your brain has figured out what should be there based on the context of the story, but "critical listening" enables you to hear the breathing, pages being turned, and the misconnects between "he replied icily" and the narrator speaking normally. It's an exercise I'd recommend to everyone and one that was started by the 2008 Odyssey Committee's first chair, Mary Burkey.
Pam Spencer Holley, Chair 2009 Odyssey Audiobook Award Committee
In a message dated 4/10/2009 10:39:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, SVardell at mail.twu.edu writes:
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
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 15:29:41 -0500
I was fortunate enough to be a member of that first Odyssey Committee and I cannot tell you all how much I learned as a result of serving on a committee which, as Pam pointed out, listens critically to our assigned audios. We called it developing our Odyssey ears. Even now, as I listen to audio for the review column I do for VOYA (which I inherited from Pam, BTW), I find that my Odyssey ears pick up the tiniest flaws. For the column I do not feel the need to point out all the flaws. However, I have quit listening to an audio when the flaws mounted up and up.
As for the audio winners for 2009, I am absolutely thrilled with the selections. While I had not had the chance to listen to the read-alongs, I did know the other audiobooks well. I am listening a second time to the Alexie narration and am just struck dumb with awe at how he, and he alone, I think, brings Junior to life. ELIJAH OF BUXTON was, I admit, my personal favorite of the audiobooks. That was not an easy or simple book to voice and this narrator was simply brilliant making Curtis' rhythm and dialect totally accessible to the listener. Katie Kellgren's narration for the Bloody Jack books is simply beyond belief. She manages all sorts of accents and even sings beautifully in these books. And NATION made me laugh out loud during my morning commute (and let me tell you how strangely folks look at you alone in a car laughing and/or crying uncontrollably).
In addition to the stacks of books next to my bed, there are now stacks of audio in the car and many more to be downloaded onto my iPod. I can read with my eyes AND with my ears now.
teri
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Teri S. Lesesne, Professor of Library Science Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX doctorl at shsu.edu Author of MAKING THE MATCH and NAKED READING (Stenhouse) Winner of the 2007 ALAN Award
Blog site: http://professornana.livejournal.com Web Site: www.professornana.com
________________________________________ From: ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu [ccbc-net-bounces at lists.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf
To follow up on Sylvia's information, the 2009 Odyssey Committee [the second year of the Odyssey Award] received over 350 titles which represented over 1862 hours of listening. Because of doubling up on many of the titles, committee members each listened to over 400 hours of assigned listening [I have no idea how many extra hours of listening were incurred by each member].
Sylvia mentions the critical listening, which is a truly unique experience and will forever affect the way one listens to/hears an audiobook for ever after. When you sit down with no distractions and just listen to one disc, or for one hour--whatever works best for you--taking notes as you go, you'd be amazed at the minor glitches you hear. Normally you'd skim right over these mistakes as your brain has figured out what should be there based on the context of the story, but "critical listening" enables you to hear the breathing, pages being turned, and the misconnects between "he replied icily" and the narrator speaking normally. It's an exercise I'd recommend to everyone and one that was started by the 2008 Odyssey Committee's first chair, Mary Burkey.
Pam Spencer Holley, Chair 2009 Odyssey Audiobook Award Committee
In a message dated 4/10/2009 10:39:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, SVardell at mail.twu.edu writes:
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
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
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