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ALSC recommends their 2012 Notable Children’s Recordings

Looking for the best of the best listens for your little ones? The Association of Library Services for Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, selects a list of Notable Children’s Recordings to honor their favorite audiobooks for kids from the previous year. This year’s selections include some fantastic selections–how many have you heard?


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Win the Top 11 Audiobooks for Kids of 2011!

We’re celebrating a year of fantastic new audiobooks with our Top 11 Audiobooks for Kids of 2011! We’ll be revealing a new top title each day on Facebook and Twitter, with one lucky winner receiving a prize pack of all 11 top kids’ audios. Check back on Facebook and Twitter each day as a new top audio is posted. Complete details on how to enter are below.


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Stop by the Random House Audio Tent at the Boston Book Festival

Random House Audio will be making its first appearance at the Boston Book Festival on October 15, delighting attendees with activities, games, and giveaways!


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Test your history IQ at the Boston Book Festival (and win prizes!)

Test your knowledge of Beantown history with bestselling author and historian Kenneth C. Davis (creator of the bestselling Don’t Know Much About… series). Davis will select quiz contestants from the audience for this interactive event to vie for prizes, Jeopardy®-style!


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Behind the scenes during the INHERITANCE recording sessions

Recording began last week for Christopher Paolini’s anxiously awaited final book in the Inheritance Cycle. Narrator Gerard Doyle is back to voice the series’ beloved characters for the last time, and Christopher and his editor, Random House Children’s Books’ Michelle Frey, stopped by the studio for a visit.


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Christopher Paolini & George R.R. Martin podcast

Authors Christopher Paolini (whose fourth book in his Inheritance Cycle, INHERITANCE, will be on sale Nov 8th) and George R.R. Martin (the fifth book in his Song of Ice and Fire series, A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, is on sale now) got together at this year’s Comic Con International in San Diego to discuss topics in [...]


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A-List Cast Narrates Lost Dr. Seuss Stories

A cast of A Listers will narrate THE BIPPOLO SEED AND OTHER STORIES, a collection of rare stories by Dr. Seuss originally published in magazines between 1950 and 1951–a literary “buried treasure” discovered by Seuss scholar and collector Charles D. Cohen.


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So You Think You’re a Narrator!

Yes, I’m clever, I know–I played off the television series, So You Think You Can Dance.
Anyway, every day I hear from people who think they can do voice-over work. So test your skills! Drop by Random House Audio booth #1515 at Comic-Con San Diego from July 21-24 and test your skills.  Pick up a mini [...]


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Score Some Swag at Comic-Con

Free Stuff for Sci-Fi Fans at Comic-Con San Diego
Visit Random House Audio at Booth #1515
Random House Audio is making another appearance at Comic-Con San Diego, and giving attendees some pretty cool swag just for being some of the best sci-fans in the world!
Check out what you can pick up below!


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150 years later…hear their stories.

More suggestions for families and classrooms.


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