In July 2005, Listening Library made news with the record breaking sales of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince narrated by Grammy Award-winner Jim Dale.

Click here to read the USA Today article on Jim Dale.

Tim Ditlow, our Vice President and Publisher, writes about Listening Library's history for BookPage. He discusses the vision of his parents and the progression of the company from 1955 until now.

"The world was a very different place when my parents, Anthony and Helen Ditlow, founded Listening Library, a company dedicated to recording quality literature for young listeners. The commercial "talking book" business was just getting started in the greater New York area, and my parents believed that everyone, and that certainly included kids, would enjoy listening to this new medium." Read the full article.