June is Audiobook Appreciation Month
For June, we celebrate Audiobook Appreciation Month. The Audio Publishers Association (APA) started this month-long celebration to promote this format and its numerous benefits to readers everywhere as another way to enjoy books.
As the Children’s Book Council team is always up for talking about the interesting books we love to dive into, we are sharing our favorite audiobooks. Also, check out our current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina’s Get Caught Listening poster on our site here.
Join us in celebrating Audiobook Appreciation Month and let us know on social media what you’re listening to this June!
Sommer Wissner
A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice: The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket; Narrated by Tim Curry (HarperCollins)
Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee; Narrated by Kim Mai Guest (Disney Publishing Group / Rick Riordan Presents)
Paulina Ramirez
Thirty Talks Weird Love, written and narrated by Alessandra Narváez Varela (Cinco Puntos Press)
Laura Peraza
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien; Narrated by Andy Serkis (HarperCollins)
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Book 1), by Rick Riordan; Narrated by Jesse Bernstein (Disney-Hyperion)
Brooke Pisarsky
Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series, by Maryrose Wood; Narrated by Katherine Kellgren and Fiona Hardingham (HarperCollins / Balzer + Bray)
John McCormack
Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Shadow of Kyoshi, by F.C Lee and Michael Dante DiMartino; Narrated by Nancy Wu (Abrams Books / Amulet)
Shaina Birkhead
The Ramona Quimby Audio Collection, by Beverly Cleary; Narrated by Stockard Channing (HarperCollins)
Carl Lennertz
Harry Potter 1-7 Audio Collection, by J.K. Rowling; Narrated by Jim Dale (Penguin Random House)
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1), by Philip Pullman; Narrated by Philip Pullman, Joanna Wyatt, Rupert Degas, Alison Dowling, Douglas Blackwell, Jill Shilling, Stephen Thorne, Sean Barrett, Garrick Hagon, John O’Connor, and Susan Sheridan (Penguin Random House)
Happy Audiobook Appreciation Month!
List compiled by CBC’s resident holiday expert, Sommer Wissner. Check out the CBC Holiday Series on our blog.
