The Notables Children’s Recordings Committee is pleased to announce this year’s first set of public discussion meetings. The NCR committee’s charge is to develop a list of the most notable recordings of audiobooks and music of interest for children ages 0-14 produced in 2023. The committee will meet two times during the year for public discussion meetings, this year’s first set of two discussions will occur on Monday, July 17, 2023 from 4-6 PM and from 7 -9 PM Central time.
The following recordings of books – some newly published and some older books with new productions of audiobooks – will be discussed:
| Summer 2023 NCR Discussion List | ||||
| Title | Series | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | |
| 1 | Being Baxters | Baxter Family Children Story | Karen Kingsbury, Tyler Russell | Rebekkah Ross, Tara Sands |
| 2 | City of the Dead | City Spies | James Ponti | Lisa Flanagan |
| 3 | Eb & Flow | Kelly J. Baptist | Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Aaron Goodson | |
| 4 | Enchanted Bridge, The | Dragons in a Bag | Zetta Elliott | Andenrele Ojo, Ron Butler |
| 5 | Enormous Crocodile, The | Roald Dahl | Stephen Fry | |
| 6 | Everlasting Now, The | Sara Harrell Banks | Kirby Heyborne | |
| 7 | Eyes and the Impossible, The | Dave Eggers | Ethan Hawke | |
| 8 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Roald Dahl | Chris O’Dowd | |
| 9 | Field Guide, The | Spiderwick Chronicles | Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black | Mark Hamill |
| 10 | Finally Seen | Kelly Yang | Cindy Kay, Kelly Yang | |
| 11 | Futureland: Battle for the Park | H.D. Hunter | Fred Berman, Ron Butler, Lynnette R. Freeman, Nathan Nonhof, Jeannette Illidge | |
| 12 | Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The | Roald Dahl | Hugh Laurie | |
| 13 | Hands | Torrey Maldonado | Torrey Maldonado | |
| 14 | How to Be a (Young) Antiracist | Nic Stone, Ibram X. Kendi | Nic Stone, Ibram X. Kendi | |
| 15 | Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name, The | Adam Rubin | Adam Rubin | |
| 16 | I Am Temple Grandin | Brad Meltzer | Andrea Gallo, Kaleo Griffith, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Amy Landon, Imani Parks, Karissa Vacker | |
| 17 | Little Black Girl | Kirby Howell-Baptiste | Kirby Howell-Baptiste | |
| 18 | Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar | Mojdeh Hassani, Samira Iravani | Nikki Massoud | |
| 19 | Not an Easy Win | Chrystal D. Giles | Nile Bullock, Chrystal D. Giles | |
| 20 | Save the…Frogs | Sarah L. Thomson, Chelsea Clinton | Chelsea Clinton, Gary Tiedemann | |
| 21 | She Persisted: Maya Lin | She Persisted | Grace Lin, Chelsea Clinton | Chelsea Clinton, Samantha Tan |
| 22 | She Persisted: Rosalind Franklin | She Persisted | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Chelsea Clinton | Jayne Entwistle, Chelsea Clinton |
| 23 | Smart Girl’s Guide: Tough Stuff, A | AmericanGirl Smart Girl’s Guide | Erin Falligant | Frankie Corzo |
| 24 | Song of Silver, Flame Like Night | Amélie Wen Zhao | Annie Q | |
| 25 | Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen | Candace Fleming | Fred Berman | |
| 26 | Twelve Dinging Doorbells | Tameka Fryer Brown | January LaVoy | |
| 27 | Underdogs Fake It Till They Make It, The | The Underdogs | Kate Temple, Jol Temple | Alexandra Ryan |
| 28 | Underdogs Serve It Up, The | The Underdogs | Kate Temple, Jol Temple | Alexandra Ryan |
| 29 | What Do We Know About the Roswell Incident? | Who HQ, Ben Hubbard | Sean Patrick Hopkins | |
| 30 | Wrath of Mulgarath, The | Spiderwick Chronicles | Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black | Mark Hamil |
Becki Bishop, chair of the Notable Children’s Recordings Committee, invites you to attend and hear how these books have been transformed in producing an audio version of the printed copy.