YALSA's 2006 Selected Videos/DVDs & Audiobooks for Young Adults
By Staff -- School Library Journal, 4/1/2006
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Also in this article: VIDEO/DVD AUDIOBOOKS |
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has chosen its 2006 annual lists of Selected Videos and DVDs and Selected Audiobooks for young adults. The lists were released in January 2006 during the ALA Midwinter Conference in San Antonio, TX.
The annual video/DVD list recognizes productions for technical merit, content, and use with and interest to young adults ages 12 to 18. The audiobook titles have been selected from the past two years of spoken word releases for their appeal to a teen audience, the quality of their recording, and their enhancement of an audience's appreciation of any written work on which they may be based. While the list as a whole addresses the interests and needs of young adults ranging in age from 12 to 18, individual titles may appeal to only parts of that age range.
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story. video or DVD. 24 min. Bullfrog Films. $195. A Day So Beautiful. video or DVD. 15:05 min. National Film Board of Canada. $89. Every Mother's Son. video or DVD. New Day Films/Anderson Gold Films. $150.Invasion of the Space Lobsters. video or DVD. 6:47 min. National Film Board of Canada. $89.Ryan. DVD. 13:54 min. National Film Board of Canada. $99. You Don't Want to Live in My House. video or DVD. 30 min. NEWIST/CESA 7. $149.The Zit. DVD. 5 min. Pipsqueak Films. $39.95.
YALSA 2006 Selected Videos and DVDs Committee: Shawn Thrasher, chair, Monrovia, CA; Jeri Triano (admin. asst.), Pine Beach, NJ; Bridgid Fennell, Glendale, CA; Erin Downey Howerton, Johnson County, KS; Jeanette Larson, Austin, TX; Marc Laslow, Dover, DE; Catherine Lichtman, Plymouth, MI; Micheline Ringrose, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; John Sigwald, Plainview, TX; Derek Wilson, East Point, GA.
Acceleration. By Graham McNamee, read by Scott Brick. 4 cassettes or 5 CDs. 5:39 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 0-307-20732-3: $35; CD, ISBN 0-307-20733-1: $45. Gr 8 Up. Around the World in 80 Days. By Jules Verne, read by Jim Dale. 5 cassettes or 7 CDs. 7:55 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 0-307-20628-9: $40; CD, ISBN 0-307-20682-3: $50. Gr 5 Up.Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. By Eoin Colfer, read by Nathaniel Parker. 5 cassettes or 6 CDs. 7:29 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 0-307-24331-1: $40; CD, ISBN 0-307-24333-8: $50. Gr 5-7. Bindi Babes. By Narinder Dhami, read by Nina Wadia. 3 cassettes. 4:21 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. ISBN 1-4000-8539-X. $30. Gr 4-8.
Bird. By Angela Johnson, read by Chantale Hosein, Kamahl Palmer, and Matthew Pavich. 2 cassettes or 2 CDs. 2:10 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-9925-0: $23; CD, ISBN 1-4000-9926-9: $24. Gr 5-8.Bras & Broomsticks. By Sarah Mlynowski, read by Arlene Meyers. 6 cassettes or 7 CDs. 8:11 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-9879-3: $45; CD, ISBN 0-307-20684-X: $55. Gr 6-9.Buddha Boy. By Kathe Koja, read by Spencer Murphy and a full cast. 2 cassettes or 3 CDs. 2:45 hrs. Full Cast Audio. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-932076-52-2: $20; CD, ISBN 1-932076-53-0; $28. Gr 7-10.Colibrí. By Ann Cameron, read by Jacqueline Kim. 3 cassettes or 3 CDs. 4:46 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-8536-5: $30; CD, ISBN 1-4000-8993-X: $45. Gr 5-8.Cruise Control. By Terry Trueman, read by Andy Paris. 3 cassettes. 3:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2005. ISBN 1-4193-3109-4. $31.75. Gr 7 Up.Dear Zoe, A Novel. By Philip Beard, read by Cassandra Morris. 5 cassettes or 5 CDs. 4:45 hrs. HighBridge. 2005. ISBN 1-56511-942-8. $26.95. Gr 9 Up.Fish. By L. S. Matthews, read by J. Lamia. 2 cassettes or 3 CDs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Libary/Books on Tape. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-8521-7: $23; CD, ISBN 1-4000-8988-3: $30. Gr 5-8.Flush. By Carl Hiaasen, read by Michael Welch. 4 cassettes or 5 CDs. approx. 5:23 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 0-307-28289-9: $35; CD, ISBN 0-307-28290-2: $45. Gr 5 Up.Inventing Elliot. By Graham Gardner, read by Dominic Taylor. 4 cassettes. 4:45 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Libary/Books on Tape. 2004. ISBN 1-8072-2320-4. $32.Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. By Gary D. Schmidt, read by Sam Freed. 5 cassettes or 6 CDs. 6:49 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 0-307-20725-0: $40; CD, ISBN 0-307-28185-X: $50. Gr 6-9.Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier: A Novel in Stories. By Tom Bodett, read by the author. 3 cassettes or 4 CDs. 4:49 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-9057-1: $30; CD, ISBN 1-4000-9495-X: $35. Gr 5-8.Pendragon, Book 1: The Merchant of Death. By D.J. MacHale, read by William Dufris. 10 CDs. 12 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2005. ISBN 1-59737-238-1. $82.25.Princess in Training (The Princess Diaries, Vol. 6). By Meg Cabot, read by Clea Lewis. 4 cassettes or 6 CDs. 6:17 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-9876-9: $35; CD, ISBN 0-307-20670-X: $50. Gr 6-9.Prom. By Laurie Halse Anderson, read by Katherine Kellgren. 4 cassettes or 5 CDs. 5:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2005. cassette, ISBN 1-4193-5097-8: $37.75; CD, ISBN 1-4193-5610-0: $48.75. Gr 8 Up.The Sea of Trolls. By Nancy Farmer, read by Gerard Doyle. 10 cassettes or 12 CDs. 14 hrs. Recorded Books. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-4193-0820-3: $94.75; CD, ISBN 1-4193-2090-4: $104.75. Gr 5-9.The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts. By Richard Peck, read by Dylan Baker. 3 cassettes or 4 CDs. 4:42 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. cassette, ISBN 1-4000-9103-9: $32; CD, ISBN 1-4000-9496-8: $40. Gr 6 Up.Tiger, Tiger. By Lynne Reid Banks, read by Jan Francis. 3 cassettes or 4 CDs. 4:49 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. cassette, ISBN 0-307-24546-2: $35; CD, ISBN 0-307-24628-0: $39. Gr 5-7.Truth About Forever. By Sarah Dessen, read by Stina Nielsen. 9 cassettes or 8 CDs. 12:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2005. cassette, ISBN 1-4193-2648-1. $86.75; CD, ISBN 1-4193-3879-X: $104.75. Gr 7 Up.The Truth About Sparrows. By Marian Hale, read by Emily Janice Card. 4 cassettes. 5:36 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2005. ISBN 0-307-20720-X. $35. Gr 5-7.Whale Rider. By Witi Ihimaera, read by Jay Laga'aia. 4 CDs. 4:15 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2004. ISBN 1-74093-558-6. $32. Gr 5-8.The Young Man and the Sea. By Rodman Philbrick, read by Kirby Heyborne. 3 cassettes. 3:48 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2004. ISBN 1-4000-9460-7. $30. Gr 5-8.
YALSA 2006 Audiobooks and Media Exploration Committee: Carly M. Wiggins, chair, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN; Josephine Caisse, Deschutes Public Library System, Bend, OR; Lynn Piper Carpenter, State Library & Archives of Florida, Tallahassee; Shari Fesko, Southfield Public Library, MI; LeNee K. Gatton, King County Library System, North Bend and Sammamish, WA; Sharon Grover, Arlington Public Library, VA; Gay Ann Loesch, Sun Valley Middle School, Indian Trail, NC; Sarah McCarville, Grand Rapids Public Library, MI; Drue Wagner-Mees, Los Angeles Public Library, CA.
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| Bolinda Audio bolinda.com |
Brilliance Audio brillianceaudio.com |
Bullfrog Films bullfrogfilms.com |
| Full Cast Audio fullcastaudio.com |
HighBridge highbridgeaudio.com |
Listening Library library.booksontape.com |
| National Film Board of Canada nfb.ca |
New Day Films/Anderson Gold Films andersongoldfilms.com |
Newist/Cesa 7 storesonline.com/site/newistvideos |
| Pipsqueak Films thezitmovie.com |
Recorded Books recordedbooks.com |
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