{"id":27913,"date":"2015-07-02T16:31:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T20:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=27913"},"modified":"2023-08-14T22:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:32:31","slug":"ala-annual-conference-2015-odyssey-award-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=27913","title":{"rendered":"ALA Annual Conference: 2015 Odyssey Award Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 Odyssey Award Presentation<\/p>\n

Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
\nFor children or young adults published in the US
\nChair: Dawn Rutherford
\nOn the committee you develop “Odyssey ears” So tuned to production notes
\n463 audiobooks screened.
\nMore than 340 hours of listening each.<\/p>\n

Honor Books:<\/p>\n

\"Tim<\/a><\/p>\n

Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle, narrated by Tim Federle
\nTim Federle lived in the Bay Area when he was a child.
\nOur job as adults is to take our childhood weaknesses and turn them into strengths.
\nHis weaknesses:
\n–Had a lisp.
\n–Had a sense of humor that got him sent to the principal’s office every day.
\n–Was a boy who loved musical theater
\nBecomes a platform instead of a demerit.<\/p>\n

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place, by Julie Berry, narrated by Jayne Entwistle
\nJayne Entwistle<\/p>\n

\"Jayne<\/a><\/p>\n

Books are like oxygen to a deep sea diver (from Flavia DeLuce)
\nIn the theater, instant feedback. No immediate response with audiobooks.
\nAlone with the book — favorite place to be.
\nProves the back and forth conversation, if not as immediate, is still alive.
\nAs an only child, she was practically raised by books.
\nWith this book, the book led her, rather than the other way around.
\nThey had to pause it often because she was laughing too hard.
\nWhen she moved to LA, she cried out, “If only I could be paid to read.”<\/p>\n

A Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd, narrated by Cassandra Morris
\nheard a clip<\/p>\n

2015 Award<\/p>\n

H.O.R.S.E., by Christopher Myers
\nNarrated by Dion Graham and Christopher Myers<\/p>\n

\"HORSE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dion and Christopher:
\nThey read the whole book.
\nChristopher Myers:
\nOne of the things authors get from ALA is to get outside the studio and get to see the people you’re talking to.
\nBut this book was a conversation. They got to speak and listen both.
\nThe Odyssey Award is about the skill of listening.
\nThe Supreme Court decision was about listening.<\/p>\n

Dion Graham: It is a conversation. What we do is about finding ways of listening to each other.<\/p>\n

Let’s keep talking, and let’s keep listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2015 Odyssey Award Presentation Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production For children or young adults published in the US Chair: Dawn Rutherford On the committee you develop “Odyssey ears” So tuned to production notes 463 audiobooks screened. More than 340 hours of listening each. Honor Books: Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle, narrated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,207,419],"tags":[357,362],"class_list":["post-27913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-award-winners","category-conference-corner","category-conf-corner","tag-alaac15","tag-odyssey-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42751,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27913\/revisions\/42751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}