Book description
Drawing on decades of audiobook experience and research, librarians
Grover and Hannegan convincingly make the case that audiobooks not only
present excellent opportunities to engage the attention of young people
but also advance literacy. Listening to Learn connects audiobooks with
K-12 curricula and demonstrates how the format can support national
learning standards and literacy skills by * Presenting a concise history
of the audiobook, with commentary from experts in the field * Showing
librarians how to harness their library's audiobook collection and
practice effective collection development * Including thematic lists of
quality titles and suggested group listening activities, ready for use
in the classroom by teachers * Helping parents use audiobooks as an
incentive to read and encourage skill development Complete with a
research bibliography and resource guide, Listening to Learn ensures
that librarians, educators, and parents can make audiobooks a major
component of literacy advancement. Sharon Grover is a longtime
audiobook listener and reviewer. She has served on and chaired Selected
Audiobooks for Young Adults (now called Amazing Audiobooks for Young
Adults), served on the inaugural Odyssey Award Committee, and chaired
the 2010 Odyssey Award Committee. Currently, she is head of the Youth
Services Department at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville,
Wisconsin, where she shares favorite audiobook titles with her young
patrons. 15 years at the Arlington (Virginia) Public Library allowed her
the good fortune to work with her friend and colleague Lizette Hannegan,
as well as a host of amazing middle school readers and listeners. She
has written articles and columns and presented workshops-many of them
with Lizette Hannegan-on using audiobooks to promote literacy. Lizette
Hannegan is now retired from the Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools,
after working 22 years as an elementary and middle school librarian and
as the district library media supervisor. Advocating for audiobooks has
resulted in conference presentations, grants for the use of audiobooks
in instructional settings, and journal and review articles. She has been
an Audies judge, a 2010 Odyssey Award Committee member, and the 2012
Odyssey Award chair. Growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, she feels that
the Enoch Pratt Free Library was a source for her love and support for
libraries. She has used her bachelor's degree in English literature and
master's degree in library science to demonstrate that libraries are the
place where all young people begin their journey of listening and
learning.
