Notable Children’s Recordings — 2014 Discussion List

Lynda A. Salem Poling, chair, and the rest of the 2014 Notable Children’s Recordings Committee, invite you to join them at their Midwinter discussions, taking place on Friday, January 24 9:00 – 4:00; Saturday, January 25 9:00 – 5:30; and Sunday, January 26 1:30 – 9:00 pm at the Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia in Seminar C.

The discussion list is below. An asterix (*) indicates a title that was discussed at Annual.

Aces Wild, 5 hrs 21, CD, $30.00, Listening Library, 9780385393300

Al Capone Does My Homework, 6 hrs 4, CD, $40.00, Listening Library, 9780385361620

*And Then it’s Spring, 10 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545571340

Bear Has a Story to Tell, 19 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545570350

Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast, 7 hrs 5, CD, $51.75, Recorded Books, 9781470360238

*Beholding Bee, 8 hrs 6, CD, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780385361293

Below, 4 hrs 10, CD, $54.97, Brilliance, 9781469274874

Better Nate than Ever, 5 hrs 54, download, $17.95, Simon & Schuster, 9781442366206

Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake, 13 min, book + CD, $29.95, Live Oak, 9781430111320

Bink & Gollie: Two for One, 27 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545570367

Black Hole is Not a Hole,  A, 1 hr 17, CD, $15.00, Listening Library, 9780804121811

Blackout, 20 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545571470

Carnivores, 13 min, book + CD, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781470383831

Cave of Wonders (Infinity Ring #5), 4 hrs 23, CD, $49.99, Weston Woods, 9780545602730

The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, 28 min, book + CD, $18.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430114444

Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Summer Vacation (Charlie Joe Jackson #3), 3 hrs 56, CD, $54.97, Brilliance, 9781480504929

*Charlotte Sometimes, 5 hrs, download, $14.95, AudioGO, 9781935430926

Clementine and the Spring Trip, 1 hr 50 min, CD, $46.75, Recorded Books, 9781470357849

Cloudette, 22 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545570374

*Colin Fischer, 4 hrs 16, download, $19.95, Penguin Audio, 9781101577714

Coretta Scott , 15 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545623841

*Corner of White (The Colors of Madeline #1), 9 hrs 42, CD, $30.00, Scholastic Audio, 9780545631617

*Courage Has no Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickels: America’s First Black Paratroopers , 3 hrs 3, CD, $22.99, Brilliance, 9781469262574

Creepy Carrots!, 17 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545623780

Crow, 7 hrs 25, CD, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780804123952

Deadly, Unna?, 6 hrs 3, CD, $49.97, Brilliance, 9781743171752

Doll Bones, 5 hrs 12, CD, $35.00, Listening Library, 9780804122924

*Fearless (Mirrorworld #2), 10 hrs, CD, $40.00, Listening Library, 9780307583321

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, 4 hrs 30, CD, $30.00, Listening Library, 9780449015155

Forest Born (The Books of Bayern #4), 11 hrs 12, CD, $79.95, AudioGO, 9780792797135

*The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest #1), 3 hrs, CD, $49.97, Brilliance, 9781743187470

Frog Trouble, 34 min, book + CD, $16.95, Workman Publishing, 9780761171768

A Full Moon Is Rising, 34 min, book + CD, $31.95, Live Oak, 9781430114413

Garden Princess, 5 hrs 4 min, CD, $54.97, Brilliance, 9781469274928

*The Gates of Paradise (Blue Bloods #7), 8 hrs 11, CD, $77.75, Recorded Books, 9781470342470

Ghost Hawk, 8 hrs 50, CD, $29.99, Simon & Schuster, 9781442364806

A Gift for Sophie, 33 min, book + CD, $16.95, The Secret Mountain, 102923163982

The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel, 5 hrs 57, CD, $35.00, Listening Library, 9780804123617

Hooray for Amanda and her Alligator, 28 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545570381

The Hypnotists (The Hypnotists #1), 5 hrs 54, CD, $49.99, Weston Woods, 9780545602723

*I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing up in the Holocaust, 6 hrs 37, CD, $59.95, AudioGO, 9781624600364

I Want My Hat Back, 18 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545571524

*I’m Fast, 13 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545478083

In Stillness: Lullabies and Meditations for All Ages, 42 min, music CD, $14.98, Tiny World, 616895075223

In the Groves: Tree Myths, Folktales and Songs from Around the World, 51 min, music CD, $15.00, Living Myth Audio, 9780965166953

*It’s Not Fair to Me, 34 min, music CD, $14.99, Round River Records, 9781878126580

Join In: Tales and Tunes from Many Cultures, 1 hr 4 min, music CD, $15.59, 7th Wave Music, 8450189923

Joshua Dread: The Nameless Hero, 7 hrs 20, CD, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780804121897

Keeping the Castle, 6 hrs 40, CD, $51.75, Recorded Books, 9781470341954

*The Knights’ Tales Collection, 6 hrs 5, CD, $38.00, Listening Library, 9780385361217

Listening for Lucca, 5 hrs 50, CD, $35.00, Listening Library, 9780804126878

*Moonbird, 3 hrs 12, CD, $39.97, Brilliance, 9781469282091

*My Name Is Not Angelica, 3 hrs 15, CD, $49.97, Brilliance, 9781455858378

*Navigating Early, 7 hrs 20, CD, $34.00, Listening Library, 9780385361064

Nelson Mandela, 27 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545609487

*Never Forgotten, 1 hr 6, book + CD, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781470334765

Nightsong, 17 min, book + CD, $15.75, Recorded Books, 9781470352929

Orangutan Van, 51 min, music CD, $13.98, SteveSongs, Inc., 786851319521

P. S. Be Eleven, 6 hrs 10, CD, $66.75, Recorded Books, 9781470361839

Paperboy, 6 hrs 10, CD, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780804167956

Penny and her Marble, 10 min, download, $1.99, HarperAudio, 9780062195494

The Playground, 36 min, CD, $29.97, Brilliance, 9781743172605

“The President has Been Shot!”: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, 3 hrs 57, CD, $39.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545602761

*Prodigy (Legend #2), 10 hrs 10, download, $29.95, Penguin Audio, 9781101577738

Puppy Mudge Wants to Play, 6 min, book + CD, $18.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430114147

The Rod Clement Collection, 59 min, CD, $29.97, Bolinda, 9781743170878

Rootless, 8 hrs 24, download, $29.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545530453

Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, 36 min, music CD, $15.00, Trout Music, [none]

*Runaway King (The False Prince #2), 8 hrs 27, CD, $64.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545580823

*The Savage Fortress, 8 hrs 8, CD, $50.00, Listening Library, 9780385363808

*Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend, 21 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545478120

*Scrivener’s Moon, 10 hrs 57, CD, $34.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545465960

Sha Doo Be Doop, 33 min, music CD, $12.98, Little Monster Records, 0011241353

*Shadow on the Mountain, 6 hrs 23, CD, $66.75, Recorded Books, 9781470326142

*Show Way, 32 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545478106

*Sky Color, 12 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545523301

*Slither (Last Apprentice #11), 6 hrs 52 , CD, $87.75, Recorded Books, 9781470342678

The Sounding Joy, 1 hr 11, music CD, $12.98, Smithsonian Folkways, [none]

Splat the Cat with a Bang and a Clang, 7 min, download, $1.99, HarperAudio, 9780062282545

*Streams to the River, River to the Sea, 4 hrs 52, CD, $49.97, Brilliance, 9781455858538

Sugar, 5 hrs 26, CD, $59.97, Brilliance, 97801480504929

There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake and Other Stories, 49 min, CD, $29.97, Brilliance, 9781743171233

Ticklepot: Episodes 11-15, 49 min, CD, $29.97, Brilliance, 9781743170946

*Ties that Bind, Ties that Break, 3 hrs 37, CD, $39.95, AudioGO, 9781624602221

Tortuga in Trouble, 21 min, book + CD, $29.95, Live Oak Media, 9781430114307

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, 5 hrs 48, CD, $29.99, Simon & Schuster, 9781442366121

Twelve Kinds of Ice, 27 min, book + CD, $25.75, Recorded Books, 9781470363864

Vampire Princess: Eerie Folktales of Humor and Suspense, 1 hr, CD, $12.00, Eastern Coyote, 9780979355455

*The Vine Basket, 5 hrs 53, CD, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780385363884

*When Life Gives You O.J., 4 hrs 47, CD, $30.00, Listening Library, 9780385393263

Wild Born (Spirit Animals #1), 5 hrs 37, CD, $54.99, Scholastic Audio, 9780545602709

Wild Boy, 2 hrs 5, CD, $59.97, Brilliance, 9781469275017

Will in Scarlet, 7 hrs 39, CD, $40.00, Listening Library, 9780804123334

*Will Sparrow’s Road, 5 hrs 10, CD, $30.00, Listening Library, 9780449014707

*Yellow Star, 3 hrs 6, CD, $49.97, Brilliance, 9781469215266

Young Folk Rock by OOZAKAZOO, 57 min, music CD, $14.99, OOZAKAZOO, 829982147691

Zebra Forest, 4 hrs 14, CD, $54.97, Brilliance, 9781469275031

Zombie Baseball Beatdown, 6 hrs 4, CD, $35.00, Listening Library, 9780804166782