Odyssey Award
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The Odyssey Award is an annual award given to the producer of the best audiobook for children or young adults, available in English in the United States. It is jointly administered by two divisions of the American Library Association (the Association for Library Service to Children and the Young Adult Library Services Association) and is sponsored by Booklist magazine.
The award is based on production quality, looking at such things as narration, sound quality, background music and sound effects.
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[edit] Awards
[edit] Award winners
- 2008: Jazz, produced by Live Oak Media: Original music enhances each poem performed by James "D-Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas in Walter Dean Myers' rhythmic tribute to jazz.
[edit] Honor audiobooks
- 2008
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- Bloody Jack, produced by Listen & Live Audio
- Dooby Dooby Moo, produced by Scholastic/Weston Woods
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, produced by Listening Library
- Skulduggery Pleasant, produced by HarperChildren's Audio
- Treasure Island, produced by Listening Library
