Robin: Due to my job as a teen librarian, I do often listen to teen titles, but I also particularly like listening to books I might not otherwise tackle, including longer adult nonfiction titles, such as history and science works. Do you prefer a certain type of audiobook? What type of audiobooks do you listen to? Like Mike, I’m not a die-hard fan, but do enjoy them from time to time. Now my commute is much shorter, and I dislike stopping so soon. Back then, I was consuming them like water. Lori Henderson: I listened to audiobooks a lot back when my commute was 45 minutes to 1.5 hours one way and I had plenty of alone time in the car. My 10-year-old is a real reader and he loves to read in print and to listen. I listen when I do housework or cook, and I’ll listen when I exercise. I have a short commute, much like Mike, but I listen when I drive. I tried them out and have not turned back. ![]() I was just starting my career when the public library began heavily curating them. I listen to many things (audiobooks, music, podcasts), but I love in particular the artistry and fun of listening to a great book brought to a different medium by an excellent audio production.Įsther Keller: I think I’ve been listening to audiobooks for 20 years or so. My commute was originally around 1 hour each way each day, and now it’s up to 2 (4 hours total!). Robin Brenner: I am a dedicated audiobook listener at this point - and started in earnest perhaps five years ago because of the length of my commute to work (plus enjoying listening to things while doing other rote activities, like cleaning the house). I have listened to audiobooks while running outside and that’s been enjoyable. My commute to my library is fairly short (about 15-20 minutes) so it’s difficult for me to get into a book for such a short amount of time. Mike Pawuk: I’m actually not a die-hard audiobook reader, but I enjoy them from time to time. How long have you been listening? When and where do you listen? Please describe your experience with audiobooks before discussing graphic novels as audiobooks. I asked my fellow Good Comics for Kids bloggers to weigh in on the discussion. Nimona won the Odyssey Award for excellence in production of an audiobook in 2017, and this year, Hey, Kiddo was the 2019 winner!īut does the listener really get the full experience when listening to a story that is meant to be told as sequential art? Can you listen to a comic book? Since then, I’ve noticed many audiobooks of graphic novels. Reader’s advisory is such an important part of my job.īut my first “comic” audiobook experience was purely accidental, and I wrote about it in this post about Invisible Emmie. It’s helped me expand genres and expand my reading, which as a librarian is invaluable. I found that books I normally won’t pick up to read, I can pick up and listen. I’ve listened to all sorts of audiobooks. I assume others like me also listen while exercising and doing quiet activities like knitting, crafting, or housework. Same for Multi-Language Learners (also known as English as a Second Language.) And there are lots of people like me-commuters. Students with learning disabilities use audiobooks to help with reading fluency and reading comprehension. My aunt has been blind since she was a young adult, and she reads with audiobooks as she never mastered braille. I borrowed a few titles that I loved and started to listen on my drive to and from work. Told in alternating chapters from invisible Emmie’s and contrastingly popular and self-assured Katie’s points of view.I started listening to audiobooks about 20 years ago when I started working at the Brooklyn Public Library. Just being thirteen has its own host of problems and being easily and horrifically embarrassed is definitely one of them. Suddenly she isn’t so invisible anymore.Īnyone who has ever been through middle school will be able to appreciate Emmie’s story – even if they haven’t felt invisible themselves. But when her crush finds out, he thinks it’s kind of funny, too, and he actually starts talking to Emmie. Emmie isn’t sure she’ll survive the humiliation. ![]() One day at lunch Emmie and Brianna write fake love letters to their crushes, which is funny until Emmie drops hers and another kids finds it, reads it, and spreads it around the school. She has one good friend (Brianna), but they don’t have many classes together, so Emmie spends most of her school days feeling alone and somewhat anxious. ![]() She’s not bullied or picked on, but she’s certainly not popular either. Emmie is a 7 th grader and despite her amazing art skills, she’s basically invisible to her peers.
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