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Barbara Scotto, the chair of the 2016 Notable Children’s Recordings Committee, and the entire NCR committee, invite you to join them at their Midwinter discussions, taking place in the Renaissance Waterfront, Room Georges, at the following times:

Friday, January 8, 8:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Saturday, January 9, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
Sunday, January 10, 1:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The complete discussion list is below:

A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans, 3 hrs 58 min, cd, $30.00, Listening Library, 9781101891582

A House for a Hermit Crab, 11 min, cd+bk, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545875004

A Plague of Bogles, 7 hrs 16 min, cd, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780553556261

All American Boys, 6 hrs 30 min, mp3, $17.99, Simon & Schuster, 9781442398672

All Around This World: Africa, 1 hr 24 min, cd, $18.99, CD Baby/Sugar Mountain

All Fall Down, 8 hrs 34 min, cd, $74.99, Scholastic, 9780545788342

Appleblossom the Possum, 3 hrs 39 min, cd, Listening Library, 9781101892374

Bayou Magic, 4 hrs 45 min, cd, $46.75, Recorded Books, 9781490694269

Best Friend Next Door, 4 hrs 44 min, cd, $25.99, Weston Woods, 9780545857710

Betty Bunny Wants a Goal, 12 min, cd+bk , $29.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430120087

Brother Hugo and the Bear, 14 min, cd, $14.99, Dreamscape, 9781681416236

Bugs in My Hair, 6 min, cd+bk, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545790154
Calling All Elephants, 38 min, cd, $14.98, Song Wizard Records

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, 6 hrs 30 min, cd, $66.75, Recorded Books, 9781490664330

Circus Mirandus, 6 hrs 19 min, cd, $40.00, Listening Library, 9781101892336

Classic Songs and Traditional Tunes, 41 minutes, $14.98, Andyland Music

Cody and the Fountain of Happiness, cd, 1hr 54 min, $14.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781501215827

Completely Clementine, cd, 3 hrs 15 min, $30.75, Recorded Books, 9781490625225

Crystal, 5 hrs, cd, $51.75, Recorded Books, 9781470392963

Cuddlebug Parade, 37 min, cd, $12.00, Sweetly Spun Parade/D Baby.com, 889211153558

Dante of the Maury River, 7 hrs 7 min, cd, $22.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781501215834

Deep Woods Revival, 35 min, cd, $15.00, Red Yarn Productions

Dork Diaries 9: Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen, 3 hrs, $14.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442370234

Echo, 12 hrs, cd, $79.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545788373

Evil Spy School, 6 hrs, cd, $29.99. Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442382626

Finding the Worm, 7 hr 1 min, cd, $40.00, Listening Library, 9780553552447

Firefly Hollow, 4 hrs 45 min, cd, $46,75, Recorded Books, 9781490651101

Fish in a Tree, 5 hrs 45 min, cd, $35.00, Listening Library, 9781101890691

Galactic Hot Dogs 1: Cosmoe Wiener’s Cosmic Getaway 2 hrs, cd, $14.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442385221

Glory Be, 4 hrs 27 min, download, $24,50, Scholastic Audio, 9780545735292

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, 14 min, cd+bk, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545842709

Goodbye Stranger, 6 hrs 59 min, cd, $35.00, Listening Library, 9781101916315

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, 21 min, $14.99, Dreamscape, 9781681416724

Home, 37 minutes, cd, $19.99, Independent release

Hot Air, 38 min, cd, $16.99, Recess Monkey

Infinity and Me, 12 min, cd+ bk, $29.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430120049

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla, 12 min, cd+bk,Weston Woods, 9780545879187

Jack: The True Story of Jack in the Beanstalk, 7 hrs 58 min, cd, $45.00. Listening Library, 9780553551259

Jazz for L’il Jumpers, 42 minutes, cd, $10.00, Independent release

Juba, 4 hrs 27 min, download, $15.00, Harper Audio, 9780062188304

Judy Moody and Stink: The Wishbone Wish, 1 hr 3 min, cd, $14.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781501200199

Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, 2 hrs 37 min, cd, $24.99, Brilliance Audio. 9781491502211

Kay Thompson’s Eloise Audio Collection, 1 hr 30 min, cd, 14.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442391741

Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco, 6 hrs 12 min, $22.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781501215872

Magic Treehouse Super Edition #1: Danger in the Darkest Hour, 3 hrs 2 min, cd, $19.95, Listening Library, 9780553552652

Mark of the Thief, 8 hrs 28 min, cd, $79.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545788564

Midnight Thief, 12 hrs, cd, $108,75, Recorded Books, 9781490651545

Mister Max: The Book of Kings, 10 hrs 15 min, cd, $50.00, Listening Library, 9780804122139

Most Dangerous, 7 hrs 52 min, cd, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780553552775

Ms. Rapscott’s Girls, 3 hrs 40 min, cd, $27.00, Listening Library, 9781101890653

Nooks & Crannies, 7 hrs 27 min, cd, $39.99, Dreamscape, 9781681410678

Nursery Rhyme Parade, 37 min, cd, $13.00, Furious Rose Productions

Nuts to You, 2 hrs 45 min, cd, $30.75, Recorded Books, 9781490651224

Old Wolf, 3 hrs 30 min, cd, $19.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442389953

Once Upon a Timeless Tale, 1 hr 3 min, cd, $19.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781486263769

Orphan Army, 9 hrs 47 min, mp3, $17.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442 389526

Papa Is a Poet, 18 min, cd+bk, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545842570

Paula Danziger’s Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink,1 hr 54 min, cd, $22.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430118923

Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures, 4 hrs 12 min, cd, $49.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545838337

Pluto: A Wonder Story, 2 hrs 10 min, cd, $14.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781491524138

Ratscalibur, 3 hrs 36 min, $27.00, cd, Listening Library, 9781101915301

Saddlebottom, 1 hr 41 min, cd, $11.99, Brilliance Audio, 97814862473349

Sing-Along History, Vol.1: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!, 35 min, cd, $10.00, CD Baby/Sugar Mountain

Smek for President!, 6 hrs, cd, $30.00, Listening Library, 9780553395686

Sophie’s Squash, 15 min, cd+bk, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490683409

Stella by Starlight, 6 hrs 30 min, cd, $24.99 Simon & Schuster, 9781442380394

Stolen Magic, 7 hrs 37 min, download, $19.99, Harper Audio, 9780067388544

Stradivari’s Gift, 37 min, cd, $12.99, Atlantic Crossing/Naxos of America, 701807997837

Switch, 7 hrs 26 min, cd, $40.00, Listening Library, 9781101925713

That Is Not a Good Idea, 5 min, cd+bk, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545875330

The Boy in the Black Suit, 7 hrs 45 min, cd, $77.75, Recorded Books, 9781490658827

The Boys in the Boat, 5 hrs 36 min, cd, $35.00, Listening Library, 9781101924874

The Cottage in the Woods, 12 hrs 46 min, cd, $55.00, Listening Library, 9780553556223

The Curse of the Buttons, 3 hrs 9 min, $24.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781491502143

The Eagles Are Back, 11 min, cd+bk, $29.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430117773

The Enchanted Files: Diary of a Mad Brownie, 4 hrs 58 min, cd, $35.00, Listening Library, 9780553552294

The Friendship Riddle, 7 hrs 45 min, cd, $77.75, Recorded Books, 9781490666778

The Hired Girl, 12 hrs 45 min, cd, $87.75, Recorded Books, 9781490632230

The Honest Truth, 4 hrs12 min, cd, $24.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781491519011

The Hope Chest, 7 hrs 9 min, cd, $55.00, Listening Library, 9781101915769

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Bk. 5: The Unmapped Sea, 9 hrs 40 min, download, $24.99, Harper Audio, 9780062397935

The Jumbies, 5 hrs 15 min, cd, $51.75, Recorded Books, 9781490664651

The League of Beastly Dreadfuls, 6 hrs 41 minutes, cd, $40.00, Listening Library, 9781101891667

The Lightning Queen, 8 hrs, 16 min, cd, $34.99, Scholastic Audio, 978054592117

The Mr. Men Collection, 59 min, cd, $10.00, Listening Library, 9781101891285

The Mr. Men Collection, #3, 53 min, download, $22,00, Listening Library, 9781101891438

The Mr. Men Collection, #4, 57 min, download, $22.00, Listening Library, 978 110 1891452

The Nest, 3 hrs 30 min, cd, $14.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442391260

The Odds of Getting Even, 8 hrs 15 min, cd, $40.00, Listening Library, 9781101892411

The Terrible Two, 6 hrs 15 min, download, $30.00, Blackstone Audio, 9781481515306

The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones, 3 hrs 46 min, cd, $27.00, Listening Library, 9781101915400

The Wainscott Weasel, 4 hrs 30 min, mp3, $19.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442383425

The War That Saved My Life, 7 hrs 38 min, cd, $40.00, Listening Library, 9780553556537

The Worst Class Trip Ever, 3 hrs 59 min, cd, $19.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781491585658

These Shallow Graves, 13 hrs 32 min, cd, $60.00, Listening Library, 9781101916261

This is the Rope, 9 min, cd + bk, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545790512

This Side of Wild, 3 hrs, cd. $14.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442389618

Timmy Failure, #3: We Meet Again, 2 hrs 15 min, cd, $25,75, Recorded Books, 9781490620879

Tombquest, Bk.1: Book of the Dead, 4 hr 37 min, cd, $49.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545788403

Trollhunters, 7 hrs, cd, $66.75, Recorded Books, 9781490694320

Trouble Is a Friend of Mine, 8 hrs 49 min, cd, $49.99, Listening Library, 9781101892497

Under the Egg, 5 hrs 55 min, cd, $35.00, Listening Library, 9781101915509

Upside-Down Magic, 3 hrs 8 min, cd, $39.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545881715

Vendetta, 6 hrs 45 min, cd, $77.75, Recorded Books, 9781490677477

We Are All Made of Molecules, 5 hrs 45 min, cd, $35,00, Listening Library, 9780553556308

Woof, 7 hrs 4 min, cd, $64.99, Scholastic Audio, 978054583835

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You might also be interested in looking at the 2016 Notable Children’s Videos discussion list which will be posted tomorrow and the Notable Children’s Books discussion list which will be posted on Thursday.

The post Notable Children’s Sound Recordings — 2016 Discussion List appeared first on ALSC Blog.

Jennifer Duffy, chair, and the rest of the 2015 Notable Sound Recordings Committee, invite you to join them at their Midwinter discussions, taking place on Friday, January 30th through Sunday, February 1st, in the Lake Michigan Room of the Chicago Hilton.

The complete discussion list is below. Titles with an asterisk indicate that the book was already discussed at the Annual Conference last summer.

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*The Abominables, 5 hr 15 min, cd, $51.75, Recorded Books, 9781490620954

American Heroes #4, 41 min, cd, $13.98, Sprout Recordings, 8450197674

Angus and Sadie, 4 hr 28 min, cd, $30, Listening Library, 9780553396379

Betty Bunny Didn’t Do It, 13 min, book + cd, $29.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430117698

Blind, 10 hr 41 min, cd, $55, Listening Library, 9781101890974

Blood Ties: Spirit Animals #3, 5 hr 29 min, cd, $54.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545648769

*The Bossy E, 33 min, cd, $15, Coil Records, 8829510081

The Boundless, 8 hr 12 min, cd, $24.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781480584143

Brown Girl Dreaming, 3 hr 56 min, cd, $38, Listening Library, 9780553397260

Buzz Kill, 9 hr 45 min, cd, $87.75, Recorded Books, 9781470398071

Calendar Mysteries: Books 7-13, 5 hr 35 min, cd, $38, Listening Library, 9780553396225

Caminar, 2 hr 23 min, cd, $19.99, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, 9781491536841

Can’t Look Away, 6 hr 52 min, download, $24.50, Scholastic Audio, 9780545669856

*The Carpet People, 5 hr 34 min, cd, $40, Listening Library, 9780804168281

The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken, 30 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490615677

*The Cat With Seven Names, 15 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490602479

*The Chicken Squad, 30 min, book + cd, $25.75, Recorded Books, 9781490615653

Copper Magic, 9 hr, cd, $66.75, Recorded Books, 9781490627557

*Crankee Doodle, 15 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490601991

Dash, 5 hr 21 min, download, $20.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545735308

Deep in the Swamp, 38 min, book + cd, $19.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430114598

Dog Finds Lost Dolphins! and More True Stories of Amazing Animal Heroes, 1 hr, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490634197

*The Duckling Gets a Cookie?, 16 min, book + cd, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545661126

Duke, 4 hr 26 min, download, $20.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545677417

Egg & Spoon, 12 hr 51 min, cd, $24.99, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, 9781491502167

Eight Days Gone, 20 min, book + cd, $19.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430114635

*Exclamation Mark, 10 min, book + cd, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545661157

*Fairest of All: Whatever After #1, 3 hr 20 min, download, $17.50, Scholastic Audio, 9780545655750

The Family Romanov, 9 hr 23 min, cd, $50, Listening Library, 9780553395303

Fantasy League, 6 hr 44 min, cd, $40, Listening Library, 9780553396843

Fat Boy vs the Cheerleaders, 5 hr 50 min, cd, $19.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781480533233

*The Finisher, 14 hr 58 min, cd, $89.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545690195

*Five, Six, Seven, Nate!, 6 hr 30 min, cd, $29.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442374195

Flight School, 15 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490632292

Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems, 26 min, book + cd, $29.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430117650

Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle, 8 hr 51 min, cd, $45, Listening Library, 9780553396911

*The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, 8 hr, download, $29.95, Penguin Audio, 9780698146709

*The Grimm Conclusion, 6 hr 30 min, cd, $66.75, Recorded Books, 9781470395735

Gus & Me, 8 min, download, $14.99, Hachette Audio, 9781478931911

*Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?, 15 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490615639

Hitler’s Daughter, 3 hr 5 min, cd, $19.99, Bolinda Audio, 9781486205028

H.O.R.S.E: A Game of Basketball and Imagination, 22 min, book + cd, $29.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430117384

*How to Catch a Bogle, 7 hr 13 min, cd, $45, Listening Library, 9780804167802

*Hunted: Spirit Animals #2, 5 hr 16 min, cd, $54.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545648752

Ice Whale, 4 hr 30 min, cd, $30.75, Recorded Books, 9781490630212

If I Ever Get Out of Here, 10 hr 20 min, cd, $55, Listening Library, 9780553395464

I’m My Own Dog, 15 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490633329

In a Heartbeat, 34 min, cd, $15, independent release, 700261394541

*The Interrupted Tale: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #4: 8 hr 19 min, cd, $45, Listening Library, 9780385363693

*Josephine, 30 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781470383862

The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza, 3 hr 40 min, cd, $30, Listening Library, 9781101891957

*The Last Wild, 7 hr 15 min, cd/download, $66.75, Recorded Books/Penguin Audio, 9781490614298

*Lawless, 7 hr 38 min, download, $18.50, Scholastic Audio, 9780545655729

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up, 52 min, cd, $15, Listening Library, 9780804122245

*The Loch Mess Monster, 15 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490619507

Loot, 7 hr 6 min, download, $18.50, Scholastic Audio, 9780545677363

*Lucky Ducklings, 16 min, book + cd, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545661188

The Madman of Piney Woods, 9 hr 1 min, cd, $50, Listening Library, 9780804123129

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, 5 hr 40 min, cd, $35, Listening Library, 9780804168663

The Missing Pieces of Me, 4 hr 33 min, mp3-cd, $9.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781491553411

Mister Max: The Book of Secrets: Mister Max #2, 10 hr 10 min, cd, $50, Listening Library, 9780804122092

Nightlight, 30 min, cd, $13.98, Little Monster Records, 888608737586

One Cool Friend, 18 min, book + cd, $12.95, Scholastic Audio, 9780545675543

*Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, 6 hr 20 min, cd, $35, Listening Library, 9780804168366

Out on the Prairie, 44 min, book + cd, $19.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430114550

Pennies for Hitler, 9 hr 10 min, cd, $19.99, Bolinda Audio, 9781486213238

Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, 12 hr 24 min, cd, $50, Listening Library, 9780804168465

Planet Kindergarten, 15 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490632254

Playing for the Commandant, 5 hr 20 min, cd, $19.99, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, 9781491530672

*Poached, 6 hr 30 min, cd, $29.99, Simon & Schuster Audio, 9781442369115

*Prisoner 88, 3 hr 15 min, cd, $30.75, Recorded Books, 9781490602448

Rain Reign, 4 hr 9 min, cd, $29.99, Brilliance Audio, 9781491530504

The Red Pencil, 3 hr 12 min, download, $47.99, Hachette Audio, 9781478931935

Revolution, 12 hr 10 min, cd, $50, Listening Library, 9780553395266

*Royal Ranger: Ranger’s Apprentice #12, 13 hr 45 min, cd/download, $97.75, Recorded Books/Penguin Audio, 9781470389284

The Scandalous Sisters of Prickwillow Place, 9 hr 24 min, cd, $45, Listening Library, 9780553396027

The Secret of the Key: Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventure #4, 6 hr 22 min, cd, Listening Library, 9780553397215

*Seeing Red, 10 hr, cd, $77.75, Recorded Books, 9781490612812

Ship of Dolls, 5 hr 19 min, cd, $24.99, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, 9781491502259

Shouldn’t You Be in School?, 5 hr 53 min, download, $47.99, Hachette Audio, 9781478956631

Since You’ve Been Gone, 12 hrs 45 min, cd, $108.75, Recorded Books, 9781490620893

*Sink or Swim: Whatever After #3, 3 hr 20 min, download, $17.50, Scholastic Audio, 9780545675192

Slaves of Socorro: Brotherband Chronicles #4, 12 hr 30 min, download, $34.95, Penguin Audio, 9780698154810

*Smart Songs for Active Children, 48 min, cd, $15, Lighthouse Records, 9780989874106

*A Snicker of Magic, 8 hr 14 min, cd, $34.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545706797

*Starring Jules (as herself), 1 hr 32 min, download, $17.50, Scholastic Audio, 9780545677394

*Storm: Sylo Chronicles #2, 12 hr, download, $39.95, Penguin Audio, 9780698146747

*The Sultan’s Tigers, 6 hr 36 min, cd, $30, Listening Library, 9780804123082

Tales of the Great Beasts: Spirit Animals, 5 hr 4 min, cd, $54.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545775977

Tell Me, 5 hr, cd, $40, Listening Library, 9780553396829

Through the Woods, 40 min, cd + dvd, $20, Okee Dokee Music, 707541714495

*Treasury of Egyptian Mythology, 3 hr 30 min, cd, $30.75, Recorded Books, 9781470397869

*Under the Freedom Tree, 30 min, book + cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490621227

The Very Fairy Princess, 36 min, book + cd, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545695046

Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?, 21 min, book + cd, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545790413

Willow, 9 hr 2 min, cd, $24.99, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, 978140585539

Winterfrost, 4 hr 47 min, cd, $24.99, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, 9781491502280

*Words with Wings, 30 min, cd, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781490609676

*Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina, 4 hr 12 min, download, $20.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545660914

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You might also be interested in looking at the 2015 Notable Children’s Books discussion list which will be posted tomorrow afternoon, and the 2015 Notable Children’s Videos discussion list which will be posted the following afternoon.

The post Notable Sound Recordings — 2015 Discussion List appeared first on ALSC Blog.

ALSC members are cordially invited to participate in the 2015 Notable Children’s Recordings list by submitting titles for consideration.  The Notable Children’s Recordings Committee’s charge is to select, annotate, and present for publication an annual list of notable audio recordings (music, audiobooks, and read-along kits) of interest to young people from birth through age 14.  The recordings must have been released between November 1, 2013, and October 31, 2014, and be available through a US distributor.  Please follow this link to find out more details about the list and criteria for inclusion:

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr

The column on the left of that page includes links for information about NCR, including Committee Members, Submission Process, and Past NCR lists.

Please send suggestions with full bibliographic information to chairperson Jennifer Duffy at [email protected]. The deadline to submit title suggestions is October 31st.