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Listen In | Catch A Wave: Get kids listening and beat the summer wipeout
As the days of summer approach, thoughts turn away from structured routines and toward opportunities for fun. Unfortunately, research continues to indicate that extended learning breaks contribute to...
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SLJ Audiobooks in the Classroom
SPONSORED BY: AudioGO, Listening Library, and School Library Journal. EVENT DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET/11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT This archive is no longer available....
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News Bites: Celebrate Librarian’s Day
Let the festivities begin!: To celebrate their annual Librarian’s Day, AudioGO is inviting librarians to visit their offices in North Kingston, RI, on Friday, September 28 from 9:45 am to 2 pm. U.S....
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Pick of the Day: Seraphina (CD)
Seraphina. By Rachel Hartman. 11 CDs. 13:30 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2012. ISBN 978-0-307-96894-4. $50 Gr 7 Up–In the decades since the peace treaty...
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News Bites: Apply for Hurricane Sandy Recovery Grants
Recovery grants: Many of New York State’s organizations with cultural programming, including public libraries, sustained extensive damage to buildings and collections in the aftermath of superstorm...
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Multimedia Reviews | March 2013
Hootenanny (CDBaby.com) Sky Color. DVD. 6 min. with tchr’s. guide. Weston Woods. 2012. ISBN 978-0-545-52331-8. $59.95; CD, ISBN 978-0-545-52330-1: $12.95; CD with hardcover book, ISBN...
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Fact and Fiction: Pairing Stories and Informational Audiobooks | Listen In
The power of audiobooks is demonstrated this month by fiction and nonfiction works on the same topic. From penguins to the arts to history, these effective productions offer young people a wealth of...
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SYNC Offers Free YA Audiobooks All Summer
SYNC is back in session again this year, offering two free complete YA audiobook downloads every week from May 30 to August 21. This is the third year for the program in which a contemporary young...
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Audio Artist: Up Close with Katherine Kellgren
“Audio is a great doorway to a love of literature,” says Katherine Kellgren, award-winning young adult audiobook narrator, lifelong audiobook listener, and supporter of the SYNC program, which offers...
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A Classic Summer: Pair Audiobooks and Films to Spark Discussion and Writing |...
Teachers, librarians, and students sometimes struggle with assignments for summer reading, especially when it comes to the time-honored classics. The audiobook productions featured here will engage...
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Playaway Bookpack Program Launches; Educator Workshop at Serious Play...
Audio + Print = Literacy Skills Librarians can pair audio with print to build literacy skills. The launch of the Playaway Bookpack program has been announced by Findaway World. Each Bookpack features...
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‘Allegiant’ Audiobook Narrator Contest; 2013 National Book Festival | News Bites
Audiobook Contest HarperAudio wants you to decide who should be the voice of Four in Allegiant, the final book in Veronica Roth’s young adult “Divergent” trilogy. The first two books—Divergent (2011)...
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Connections That Count: Audiobooks that Highlight Kids’ Meaningful...
Illustration by E. B. Lewis from Jacqueline Woodson’s The Other Side.Courtesy of Weston Woods. Another school year is on the horizon and our focus this month highlights the relationships that children...
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Findaway World, Mackin Partner to Launch PreK–12 Audiobook Platform
Findaway World and Mackin Educational Resources have partnered to provide access to more than 31,000 digital downloadable audiobooks for PreK–12 schools and their students directly through MackinVIA....
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Listening, Literacy and the Common Core: How Audio Books Improve Reading Ability
SPONSORED BY: Tales2Go and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013, 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET/12:00 – 1:00 PM PT Register now! Audiobooks are a proven literacy resource, which...
View ArticleOverDrive Announces Move to all MP3 Audiobooks
OverDrive, one of the major vendors of audiobooks to libraries, has announced that it will be moving away from the WMA format and making audiobooks for the library market available solely as MP3s....
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Heard Any Good Books Lately?: Must-have audiobooks for tweens and teens
Audiobooks are excellent tools to help students build literacy skills as well as improve listening, writing, and vocabulary competencies. In many shared or independent reading situations, audiobooks...
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Audiobooks: Ideal for Transmedia Explorations of Narratives | Listen In
Do audiobooks have a place in teaching with transmedia? Of course they do! The ability to experience a narrative across various formats enhances students’ literacy and comprehension and amplifies...
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SYNC Offers Free Audiobooks All Summer Long
June’s “Audiobook Month” is just ending, and what better way to extend it than to participate in SYNC’s free audiobook program for teens? Now in its fourth year, this program offers young adults the...
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Supporting Common Core Standards with Audiobooks| Listen In
Key Ideas and Details CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3...
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