spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
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THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX<br />
read by Graeme Malcolm<br />
NEWBERY MEDAL<br />
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!<br />
Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling,<br />
a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and<br />
a princess named Pea.<br />
“In often suave tones, Malcolm delivers the<br />
serving girl’s dialogue in an impeccable cockney<br />
dialect and the rat’s conversations in a flawless<br />
French accent.”<strong>—</strong>Booklist<br />
“Malcolm’s dazzling performance animates not<br />
only the host of characters…but also enlarges<br />
the role of the clever, all-knowing narrator.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Capitol Choices<br />
ALSC Notable Children’s Recording<br />
Capitol Choices: Audio Books Too Good to Miss<br />
Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award<br />
4 CDs • 978-0-8072-2006-1 • $38.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.7 • IL: 2-7 • LL: 670 • 3 hrs. 31 mins.<br />
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE<br />
read by Cherry Jones<br />
NEWBERY HONOR<br />
Opal moves to a new town with her father<br />
and adopts Winn-Dixie, a friendly dog who<br />
helps her make some unusual friends.<br />
“[Cherry Jones] pulls listeners in like a master<br />
storyteller.”<strong>—</strong>School Library Journal<br />
“Tony Award ®-winning actress Jones delivers a<br />
superb first-person narration…A stellar audio<br />
interpretation of a Newbery Honor book!”<br />
<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
ALSC Notable Children’s Recording<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award<br />
Capitol Choices: Audio Books Too Good to Miss<br />
Texas Bluebonnet Award<br />
2 CDs • 978-0-8072-1162-5 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 3.6 • IL: 4-8 • LL: 610 • 2 hrs. 28 mins.<br />
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photo credit: Cheryl Liston<br />
OUT OF THE DUST<br />
read by Marika Mashburn<br />
NEWBERY MEDAL<br />
Set in the Oklahoma dustbowl during the<br />
Depression, <strong>young</strong> Billie Joe tells her story of<br />
strength in the face of personal tragedy and<br />
learns about forgiveness.<br />
“A narrator with uncanny skill in sounding like<br />
her adolescent protagonist.”<strong>—</strong>Booklist<br />
“Read with disarming simplicity and straightforwardness.”<strong>—</strong>School<br />
Library Journal<br />
Scott O’Dell Award<br />
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults<br />
2 CDs • 978-0-3072-0737-1 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.5 • IL: 5-12 • LL: NA • 2 hrs. 9 mins.<br />
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© Candlewick Press<br />
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF<br />
EDWARD TULANE<br />
read by Judith Ivey<br />
A timeless tale about a china rabbit that has<br />
an extraordinary journey through life.<br />
★“As Ivey brings Edward’s travels full circle,<br />
listeners will wholly believe his subtle yet<br />
magical transformation.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Publishers Weekly, starred review<br />
“This stellar production achieves that lookedfor<br />
audiobook synergy, where the author’s<br />
lyrical language is illuminated by a gifted<br />
reader’s voice.”<strong>—</strong>The Horn Book<br />
ALSC Notable Children’s Recording<br />
Christopher Award: Books for Young People<br />
2 CDs • 978-0-3072-4595-3 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.4 • IL: 1-4 • LL: 700 • 1 hr. 56 mins.<br />
THE TIGER RISING<br />
read by Dylan Baker<br />
Rob Horton finds a caged tiger in the woods,<br />
and must decide what to do with his discovery.<br />
“Baker takes the listener on Rob’s journey<strong>—</strong><br />
unlocking the tiger’s cage, opening the suitcase,<br />
reclaiming his life.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
2 CDs • 978-0-7393-6462-8 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.0 • IL: 5-9 • LL: 520 • 2 hrs. 12 mins.<br />
ALEUTIAN SPARROW<br />
read by Sarah Jones<br />
A <strong>young</strong> Aleut girl tells how a people’s way of<br />
life was disrupted when the U.S. relocated them<br />
to internment camps during World War II.<br />
“Narrator Sarah Jones reads this teenage voice<br />
beautifully...This story makes a compelling<br />
addition to any study of Native Americans,<br />
Japanese relocation, and World War II.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>School Library Journal<br />
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults<br />
BONUS FEATURE<strong>—</strong>An afterward featuring an<br />
interview with Aleutian evacuee Harriet Hope<br />
2 CDs • 978-0-8072-2014-6 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 5.7 • IL: 5-9 • LL: NA • 1 hr. 45 mins.<br />
THE MUSIC OF DOLPHINS<br />
read by Michele McHall<br />
When the U.S. Coast Guard finds a girl lost at<br />
sea, they think she is a mermaid, but realize she<br />
is a human who has been raised by dolphins.<br />
“The narration of Michele McHall and the<br />
original musical score enhance the story...This<br />
extraordinary tale will enchant listeners.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>School Library Journal<br />
“McHall’s gentle, sweet, hesitant reading captures<br />
Mila’s confusion, fatigue and desperate<br />
desire to please.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
3 CDs • 978-0-3077-0595-2 • $30.00<br />
Grade: RL: 3.5 • IL: 4-7 • LL: 560 • 2 hrs. 49 mins.<br />
THE MERCY WATSON<br />
STORY COLLECTION<br />
read by Ron McLarty<br />
THE MERCY WATSON<br />
COLLECTION: VOLUME I<br />
THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL HONOR<br />
Join Mercy and the Watsons as they snuggle<br />
into a bed that doesn’t fit them all and then head<br />
out for a Sunday drive with Mercy behind the<br />
wheel. Includes: Mercy Watson to the Rescue and<br />
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride.<br />
★“This joyful story combines familiar elements<br />
...with a raucous telling that lets readers in on the<br />
joke.”<strong>—</strong>Booklist, starred review<br />
AudioFile Best in Kids’ Audio<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award<br />
1 CD • 978-0-7393-3557-4 • $20.00<br />
Grade: RL: 2.7 • IL: 1-4 • LL: 420 • 42 mins.<br />
THE MERCY WATSON<br />
COLLECTION: VOLUME II<br />
Join Mercy and the Watsons as they stop a thief<br />
and dress up for trick-or-treating as a princess<br />
…complete with tiara. Includes Mercy Watson<br />
Fights Crime and Mercy Watson: Princess in<br />
Disguise.<br />
1 CD • 978-0-7393-5124-6 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 2.7 • IL: 1-4 • LL: 390 • 43 mins.<br />
THE MERCY WATSON<br />
COLLECTION: VOLUME III<br />
Mercy follows the delightful scent (and<br />
delicious taste) of her neighbors’ pansies. When<br />
Mercy goes to the movies she’s on a mission<strong>—</strong>for<br />
true buttered popcorn. Includes: Mercy Watson<br />
Thinks Like a Pig and Something Wonky This Way<br />
Comes.<br />
1 CD • 978-0-7393-6266-2 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 2.7 • IL: 1-4 • LL: 410 • 49 mins.<br />
STOWAWAY<br />
read by David Cale<br />
In 1767, Nicholas Young stowed away on<br />
Captain James Cook’s Endeavour. Cook’s mission<br />
was secret: he was charged by the British<br />
Navy to search for a lost continent believed to<br />
be between South America and New Zealand.<br />
“Cale brings the emotional drama of sailing on<br />
the high seas<strong>—</strong>from becalmed boredom to<br />
near death on the Great Barrier Reef<strong>—</strong>vividly<br />
to life.”<strong>—</strong>The Horn Book<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-3075-8252-2 • $60.00<br />
Grade: RL: 5.8 • IL: 5-9 • LL: 830 • 8 hrs. 2 mins.<br />
WITNESS<br />
read by a full cast<br />
The story of a community on the brink of<br />
disaster, told through the impassioned voices of<br />
its inhabitants.<br />
★“A riveting audiobook performed by a stellar<br />
cast.”<strong>—</strong>Publishers Weekly, starred review<br />
“This listening experience is definitely worth<br />
having.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
ALSC Notable Children’s Recording<br />
Christopher Award: Books for Young People<br />
BONUS FEATURE<strong>—</strong>Interview with the Author and<br />
Children’s Book Critic and author Leonard S. Marcus<br />
2 CDs • 978-0-7393-3804-9 • $24.00<br />
Grade: RL: 5.1 • IL: 4-7 • LL: NA • 2 hrs. 21 mins.<br />
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