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Odyssey Award

Index Odyssey Award

The Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production is an annual award conferred by the American Library Association upon the publisher of "the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States". [1]

86 relations: Adam Rex, Alfred Molina, Allan Corduner, Amazon (company), American Library Association, Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian, Association for Library Service to Children, Audiobook, Bloody Jack (novel), Booklist, Carmen Agra Deedy, Cassandra Lee Morris, Christopher Myers, Christopher Paul Curtis, Common Era, Cornelia Funke, Creepy Carrots!, Curse of the Blue Tattoo, Cynthia Voigt, David Pittu, Derek Landy, Dooby Dooby Moo, Eleanor & Park, Elijah of Buxton, Elizabeth Fama, Eoin Colfer, Epic poetry, Gary D. Schmidt, Greg Neri, HarperCollins, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Homer, Honor Award, In the Belly of the Bloodhound, J. K. Rowling, Jacqueline Woodson, James Naughton, January LaVoy, Jennifer Donnelly, John Green (author), Kadir Nelson, Karen Cushman, Kate DiCamillo, Kate Winslet, Katherine Kellgren, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Kirby Heyborne, L.A. Meyer, Maggie Stiefvater, Marc Thompson (voice actor), ..., Matilda (novel), Natalie Gold, Nation (novel), National Book Award for Young People's Literature, National Book Foundation, Nimona, Noelle Stevenson, Odyssey, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Patrick Ness, Rainbow Rowell, Random House, Rebecca Soler, Recorded Books, Roald Dahl, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rupert Degas, Scholastic Corporation, Sherman Alexie, Skulduggery Pleasant (novel), Stephen Briggs, Steve Buscemi, Terry Pratchett, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Fault in Our Stars, The Knife of Never Letting Go, The True Meaning of Smekday, The War That Saved My Life, Tim Federle, Treasure Island, United States, Vaneese Thomas, Walter Dean Myers, Weston Woods Studios, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Young Adult Library Services Association. Expand index (36 more) »

Adam Rex

Adam Michael Rex (born May 16, 1973) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books living in Tucson, Arizona.

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Alfred Molina

Alfredo "Alfred" Molina (born 24 May 1953) is an English actor.

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Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner (born 2 April 1950) is a British actor born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.

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American Library Association

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally.

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Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian

Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian (Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian in Europe) is the eighth and final novel in Eoin Colfer's ''Artemis Fowl'' series.

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Association for Library Service to Children

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is a division of the American Library Association, and it is the world's largest organization dedicated to library service to children.

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Audiobook

An audiobook (or talking book) is a recording of a text being read.

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Bloody Jack (novel)

Bloody Jack, fully titled Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy is a historical novel by L.A. Meyer.

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Booklist

Booklist is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages.

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Carmen Agra Deedy

Carmen Agra Deedy is an author of children’s literature, storyteller and radio contributor.

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Cassandra Lee Morris

Cassandra Lee Morris (born April 19, 1982) is an American voice actress.

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Christopher Myers

Christopher Dean "Chris" Myers is an American writer and illustrator of children's books.

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Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher Paul Curtis (born May 10, 1953)Judy Levin, Allison Stark Draper, Christopher Paul Curtis (The Rosen Publishing Group, 2005),, p. 84.

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Common Era

Common Era or Current Era (CE) is one of the notation systems for the world's most widely used calendar era – an alternative to the Dionysian AD and BC system.

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Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Maria Funke (FOON-ka) is a German author of children's fiction.

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Creepy Carrots!

Creepy Carrots! is a 40-page children 's picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown.

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Curse of the Blue Tattoo

The Curse of the Blue Tattoo is a historical novel by L.A. Meyer.

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Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt (born February 25, 1942) is an American writer of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse.

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David Pittu

David Jonathan Pittu (born April 4, 1967) is an American actor, writer and director.

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Derek Landy

Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, best known for the Skulduggery Pleasant series of young adult's books.

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Dooby Dooby Moo

Dooby Dooby Moo is a children's book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin.

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Eleanor & Park

Eleanor & Park is the first young adult novel written by Rainbow Rowell, published in 2013.

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Elijah of Buxton

Elijah of Buxton is an award winning children's novel written by Christopher Paul Curtis and published in 2007.

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Elizabeth Fama

Elizabeth Fama is a young adult author, best known for her book Monstrous Beauty (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2012), a fantasy novel for teens.

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Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer (born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author of children's books.

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Epic poetry

An epic poem, epic, epos, or epopee is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily involving a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings of the extraordinary men and women who, in dealings with the gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the moral universe that their descendants, the poet and his audience, must understand to understand themselves as a people or nation.

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Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American author of children's and young adults' fiction books.

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Greg Neri

Greg Neri is an American author who has the pen name G. Neri, and is known for his work in young-adult fiction.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.

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Honor Award

The National Building Museum promotes excellence in architecture, engineering, construction, planning, and design.

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In the Belly of the Bloodhound

In the Belly of the Bloodhound is a historical novel written by L.A. Meyer surrounding the adventures of a young girl named Jacky Faber, alias Bloody Jack, set in the early 19th century.

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J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling, ("rolling";Rowling, J.K. (16 February 2007).. Accio Quote (accio-quote.org). Retrieved 28 April 2008. born 31 July 1965), writing under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, philanthropist, film and television producer and screenwriter best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series.

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Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents.

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James Naughton

James Naughton (born December 6, 1945) is an American director, and theater, film and television actor.

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January LaVoy

January LaVoy (born Trumbull, Connecticut) is an American actress, most recognized as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live.

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Jennifer Donnelly

Jennifer Donnelly (born August 16, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction best known for the historical novel A Northern Light.

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John Green (author)

John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, vlogger, writer, producer, actor, editor, and educator.

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Kadir Nelson

Kadir Nelson (born May 15, 1974) is an African-American artist, illustrator and author.

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Karen Cushman

Karen Cushman (born October 4, 1941)) is an American writer of historical fiction.

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Kate DiCamillo

Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964) Includes "Autobiographical Statement" by DiCamillo".

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Kate Winslet

Kate Elizabeth Winslet, (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress.

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Katherine Kellgren

Katherine Kjellgren was an American narrator and actress known for her narration of audio books.

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (born June 24, 1967) is a children's and young adult book author.

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Kirby Heyborne

Kirby Heyborne (born October 8, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, narrator and comedian.

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L.A. Meyer

Louis A. Meyer (January 1, 1942 - July 29, 2014),Meyer, L.A., brief autobiography on author's own webpage.

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Maggie Stiefvater

Margaret "Maggie" Stiefvater (born November 18, 1981) is an American writer of Young Adult fiction, known mainly for her series of fantasy novels The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle.

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Marc Thompson (voice actor)

Marc Thompson (born May 20, 1975) is an American voice actor who has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video.

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Matilda (novel)

Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl.

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Natalie Gold

Natalie Gold is an American actress who has appeared in film, television, and stage productions, including on Broadway.

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Nation (novel)

Nation is a novel by Terry Pratchett, published in the UK on 11 September 2008.

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National Book Award for Young People's Literature

The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is one of four annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation (NBF) to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens.

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National Book Foundation

The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America".

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Nimona

Nimona is a fantasy webcomic by the American comics writer and artist Noelle Stevenson.

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Noelle Stevenson

Noelle Stevenson (born December 31, 1991) is an American cartoonist.

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Odyssey

The Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pam Muñoz Ryan is an American writer for children and young adults, particularly in the multicultural genre.

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Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness (born 17 October 1971) is a British-American author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter.

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Rainbow Rowell

Rainbow Rowell (born February 24, 1973) is an American author of young adult and adult contemporary novels.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Rebecca Soler

Rebecca Soler is an American voice actress based in the New York City area.

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Recorded Books

Recorded Books is an audiobook imprint of RBMedia, a publishing company with operations in countries globally.

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.

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Rupert Degas

Rupert Joel Degas (born 17 August 1970) is a British/Australian actor, voice actor, and impressionist.

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Scholastic Corporation

Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education and media company known for publishing, selling, and distributing books and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, and children.

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Sherman Alexie

Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker.

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Skulduggery Pleasant (novel)

Skulduggery Pleasant (also known as Skulduggery Pleasant: Scepter of the Ancients) is the debut novel of Irish playwright Derek Landy, published in April 2007.

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Stephen Briggs

Stephen Briggs (born 1951) is a British writer of subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy Discworld.

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Steve Buscemi

Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an American actor, comedian and director.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a novel by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney.

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The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars, published in January 2012, is the sixth novel by author John Green.

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The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Knife of Never Letting Go is a young-adult science fiction novel written by British-American author Patrick Ness.

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The True Meaning of Smekday

The True Meaning of Smekday is a 2007 children's book by Adam Rex that was highly recommended by The New York Times.

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The War That Saved My Life

The War that Saved My Life, written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, is a 2015 children’s middle grade historical book published by Dial Books for Young Readers.

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Tim Federle

Tim Federle is an American novelist, theater librettist, and screenwriter, whose best-known works include the novel Better Nate Than Ever, the cocktail recipe book Tequila Mockingbird, and the Golden Globe Award and Academy Awards nominee for Best Animated Feature, Ferdinand (film).

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Treasure Island

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold".

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vaneese Thomas

Vaneese Yseult Thomas (born August 24, 1952) is an American R&B, jazz and soul blues singer, best known for her 1987 US Billboard R&B chart hit single, "Let's Talk It Over".

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Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature.

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Weston Woods Studios

Weston Woods Studios (or simply Weston Woods) is a production company that makes audio and short films based on well-known books for children.

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Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a novel by John Green and David Levithan, published in April 2010 by Dutton Juvenile.

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Young Adult Library Services Association

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), established in 1957, is a division of the American Library Association.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_Award

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