| In 2008 the new popularity of audiobook's stimulating | | | | reading fluency, expands vocabulary and increases |
| ability to inspire children and young adult's minds are | | | | comprehension. |
| about to be honoured with a new award which is a | | | | Struggling students are easily distracted, find reading |
| stamp of excellence on par with the famed Newbery | | | | alone uninteresting or find discovering a book that |
| and Printz awards. | | | | appeals to them difficult when the range of visual |
| The newly created 2008 American Library | | | | images available are so ever present. |
| Association's Odyssey Award for excellence in | | | | Digital Talking Books or audiobooks mean children can |
| children and young adult audiobooks rides the exciting | | | | listen to the great stories with a computer, CD, MP3 |
| worldwide trend in aural edutainment. | | | | or any other portable device such as an ipod or |
| In Germany March 2007 there is a whole fair | | | | iphone. |
| devoted to audiobooks. Nominations have just been | | | | Talking Books really do make unique, perfect gifts for |
| announced in Cologne in March for the 2007 German | | | | these reasons. |
| Audiobook Prize, which can be seen as the equivalent | | | | Imagine what it would have been like growing up |
| of a German Oscar and are parallel to the | | | | listening to: |
| celebrations of a highly respected literary festival. | | | | * Hans Christian Anderson |
| The children's section of the German audiobook | | | | * Mark Twain |
| convention was this year particualrly successful and | | | | * Sydney Newman |
| represent a large market for young European | | | | * Lewis Carroll |
| audiobook listeners. | | | | * CS Lewis |
| So get ready to explore and discover exciting stories | | | | Audiobooks have been designed to not only |
| of adventures with famous authors of the new | | | | stimulate, educate and nurture imagination but also to |
| world! Exciting stories of adventure and spine tingling | | | | entertain. |
| action.. | | | | Audiobooks which have proven to be popular for |
| Fire breathing fantasy dragons, fairies, family | | | | boys: |
| adventure and time machines... | | | | * The Book of Pirates |
| In the 1950s kids hid behind the lounge when | | | | * Treasure Island |
| Professor Bernard Quatermass battled aliens on the | | | | * Peter and the Starcatchers |
| BBC. ITV gave us Pathfinders in Space, the brainchild | | | | Audiobooks which have proven to be popular for |
| of Canadian Sydney Newman. | | | | girls: |
| These days, we face the many choices of providing | | | | * Matilda |
| education vs entertainment to children. Many people | | | | * Anne of Green Gables |
| attempt to read bedtime stories to their children but | | | | * Alice in Wonderland |
| after a busy work day time can slip away or be | | | | Audiobooks which have proven to be popular for |
| considerably shortened. | | | | preschoolers: |
| Altogether literacy and comprehension have been | | | | * A Bear Called Paddington |
| challenged in the last few years, even though there's | | | | * Bob The Builder |
| an overload of information! | | | | * Anderson's Fairy Tales |
| With quality audiobooks, at the click of a button your | | | | Audiobooks which have proven to be popular for |
| child can be a pirate drifting off to a virtual treasure | | | | slightly older kids: |
| island or some far away galaxy within a blink of an | | | | * Harry Potter |
| eye and enjoy painless enriching learning too. | | | | * Dr Who |
| Recent research by teachers in Boston and San | | | | * Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator |
| Diego schools assessed students who used | | | | * The Chronicles of Narnia |
| audiobooks over a period of four to six weeks. They | | | | * Pendragon |
| found students using audiobooks not only read more, | | | | * A Series of Unfortunate Events |
| their reading over this period improved substantially | | | | These are stories that help children to use language |
| compared to control groups who used text alone. | | | | with imagination. They learn the emotive language of |
| Test scores showed greater improvement in both | | | | colourful theatre, emotional self expression and |
| reading, comprehension and fluency. Students with | | | | spoken words they may not learn correctly if they |
| ADD and ADHD also showed improvements in | | | | were to just read books. |
| concentration. This is great news regarding many | | | | Life is an adventure as well as a learning experience |
| children who simply refuse to read. | | | | and Harry Potter's adventures never sounded so |
| Listening to audiobooks not only enhances verbal | | | | good. |
| endurance when listening to information. It helps | | | | |