Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title
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The Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a children's audiobook intended for children up to the age of 8 released in a given year. From 2004 to 2015 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Up to Eight. Before 2004 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Zero to Seven. It has been awarded since 2001, when it was separated from the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title.
Winners and finalists
2000s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 6th |
Ouch! (1998) | Natalie Babbitt | Martin Jarvis | Live Oak Media | Winner | [1][2] |
| Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (1997) | Chris Raschka | Richard Allen | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [1] | |
| The Polar Express (1985) | Chris Van Allsburg | Liam Neeson | Houghton Mifflin | Finalist | [1] | |
| 2002 7th |
Ballet Stories (2001) | David Angus | Jenny Agutter | Naxos Audiobooks | Winner | [2][3] |
| The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (1978) | Paul Goble | Lance White Magpie | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [3] | |
| Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (2000) | Simms Taback | Simms Taback | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [3] | |
| 2003 8th |
The Blues of Flats Brown (2000) | Walter Dean Myers | Charles Turner | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][4] |
| In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall (2004) | Folami Abiade and Dinah Johnson | Javaka Steptoe, Robin Miles, Charles Turner, and Lizan Mitchell | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [4] | |
| John Coltrane's Giant Steps (1960) | Chris Raschka | Richard Allen | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [4] | |
| Saving Sweetness (1996) | Diane Stanley | Tom Bodett | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [4] | |
| Sheila Rae, the Brave (1987) | Kevin Henkes | Laura Hamilton | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [4] | |
| 2004 9th |
Chato and the Party Animals (2000) | Gary Soto | Luis Guzmán | Weston Woods | Winner | [2][5] |
| Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (2002) | Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney | Billy Dee Williams | Weston Woods | Finalist | [5] | |
| Green Eggs and Ham (1960) | Dr. Seuss | Jason Alexander, David Hyde Pierce, and Michael McKean | Random House Audio | Finalist | [5] | |
| Raising Sweetness (1999) | Diane Stanley | Tom Bodett | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [5] | |
| The Tale of Despereaux (2003) | Kate DiCamillo | Graeme Malcolm | Random House Audio | Finalist | [5] | |
| 2005 10th |
What Charlie Heard (2002) | Mordicai Gerstein | Mordicai Gerstein | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][6] |
| Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye, The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid, (2004) | Geronimo Stilton | Edward Herrmann | Listening Library | Finalist | [6] | |
| Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House (2004) | Geronimo Stilton | Edward Herrmann | Listening Library | Finalist | [6] | |
| I Stink! (2002) | Kate and Jim McMullan | Andy Richter | Weston Woods | Finalist | [6] | |
| The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection (2004) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | Finalist | [6] | |
| When Marian Sang (2002) | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Gail Nelson | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [6] | |
| 2006 11th |
Arnie the Doughnut (2003) | Laurie Keller | Michael McKean, Diana Canova, David de Vries, et al. | Weston Woods | Winner | [2] |
| A Bear Called Paddington (1958) | Michael Bond | Stephen Fry | HarperAudio | Finalist | [7] | |
| The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! (2005) | R. L. Stine | Michael McKean | HarperAudio | Finalist | [7] | |
| Blues Journey (2003) | Walter Dean Myers | Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [7] | |
| Ellen Tebbits (1951) | Beverly Cleary | Amanda Martin | HarperAudio | Finalist | [7] | |
| The Great Smelling Bee (2005) | R. L. Stine | Michael McKean | HarperAudio | Finalist | [7] | |
| 2007 12th |
Knuffle Bunny (2005) | Mo Willems | Mo Willems, Cher, and Trixie Willems | Weston Woods | Winner | [2][8] |
| Dog Den Mystery (2005) | Darrel and Sally Odgers | Alan King | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | [9] | |
| Murmel Murmel Munsch! (1982) | Robert Munsch | Robert Munsch | The Children's Group | Finalist | [9] | |
| Piccolo and Annabelle: Very Messy Inspection (2004) | Stephen Axelson | Stanley McGeagh | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | [9] | |
| Poetry Speaks to Children (2005) | Elise Paschen | Rita Dove, Ogden Nash, et al. | Sourcebooks | Finalist | [9] | |
| 2008 13th |
More About Paddington (1959) | Michael Bond | Stephen Fry | Harper Children's Audio | Winner | [2][10] |
| In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden (2007) | Jack Prelutsky | Jack Prelutsky | HarperAudio | Finalist | [10] | |
| Goodnight Hawaiian Moon (2006) | Terry Carolan | Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom | Banana Patch | Finalist | [10] | |
| Ogre in a Toga (2008) | Geoffrey McSkimming | Geoffrey McSkimming | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | [10] | |
| The One and Only Shrek! (1990) | William Steig | Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [10] | |
| 2009 14th |
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992) | James Herriot | Jim Dale | Macmillan Audio | Winner | [2][11] |
| Do Unto Otters (2007) | Laurie Keller | Jack Sundrud, Galen Fott, Rusty Young, David de Vries, Diana Canova, et al. | Weston Woods | Finalist | [12] | |
| Hip Hop Speaks to Children (2009) | Nikki Giovanni | Nikki Giovanni | Scourcebooks Jabberwocky | Finalist | [12] | |
| The Shoe Bird (2008) | Samuel Jones | Jim Dale | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [12] | |
| What Do You Do with a Kangaroo? (1973) | Mercer Mayer | Jane Casserly | Scholastic Audio | Finalist | [12] |
2010s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 15th |
Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken (2008) | Kate DiCamillo | Barbara Rosenblat | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][13] |
| A Dog on His Own (2008) | Mary Jane Auch | William Dufris | Full Cast Audio | Finalist | [14] | |
| Arabel's Raven (1972) | Joan Aiken | Sneha Mathan | Listen & Live Audio | Finalist | [14] | |
| Friend or Fiend?: With the Pain and the Great One (2008) | Judy Blume | Kathleen McInerney and Judy Blume | Listening Library | Finalist | [14] | |
| Knuffle Bunny Too (2007) | Mo Willems | Mo Willems and Trixie Willems | Weston Woods | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2011 16th |
This Jazz Man (2006) | Karen Ehrhardt | James D-Train Williams | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][15] |
| One Beastly Beast (2007) | Garth Nix | Stig Wemyss | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | [16] | |
| Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday (2008) | Megan McDonald | Barbara Rosenblat | Brilliance | Finalist | [16] | |
| Despicable Me (2010) | Annie Auerbach | Tim Curry | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [16] | |
| Epossumondas Plays Possum (2009) | Coleen Salley | Cynthia Darlow | Recorded Books | Finalist | [16] | |
| 2012 17th |
Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist (2009) | Bonnie Christensen | George Guidall | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][17][18] |
| Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson (2010) | Charles R. Smith, Jr. | Dion Graham | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [19] | |
| Looking Like Me (2009) | Walter Dean Myers | Dion Graham and Quincy Tyler Bernstine | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [19] | |
| Stone Soup (2003) | Jon J. Muth | B. D. Wong | Weston Woods | Finalist | [19] | |
| Wolf Pie (2010) | Brenda Seabrooke | Andrew Watts | Recorded Books | Finalist | [19] | |
| 2013 18th |
The Great Cake Mystery (2012) | Alexander McCall Smith | Adjoa Andoh | Listening Library | Winner | [2][20] |
| Knuffle Bunny Free (2010) | Mo Willems | Mo Willems | Weston Woods | Finalist | [21] | |
| A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2010) | Philip C. Stead and Erin Stead | David de Vries | Weston Woods | Finalist | [21] | |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969) | William Steig | James Earl Jones | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [21] | |
| We Are America (2011) | Walter Dean Myers | MacLeod Andrews, Olivia Duford, Dion Graham, Lizan Mitchell, Christopher Myers, Walter Dean Myers, Johanna Parker, Adriana Sananes, and Kaipo Schwab | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [21] | |
| 2014 19th |
Hooray for Anna Hibiscus! (2008) | Atinuke | Mutiyat Ade-Salu | Recorded Books | Winner | [2][22] |
| Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake (2011) | Michael B. Kaplan | Katherine Kellgren | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [22] | |
| Creepy Carrots! (2012) | Aaron Reynolds | James Naughton | Weston Woods | Finalist | [22] | |
| The Dark (2013) | Lemony Snicket | Neil Gaiman | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [22] | |
| Nelson Mandela (2013) | Kadir Nelson | Forest Whitaker | Weston Woods | Finalist | [22] | |
| Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout (2013) | Megan McDonald | Barbara Rosenblat | Brilliance Audio | Finalist | [22] | |
| 2015 20th |
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination (2012) | Christopher Myers | Christopher Myers and Dion Graham | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][23] |
| Deep in the Swamp (2007) | Donna M. Bateman | Tom Chapin | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [23] | |
| Follow, Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems (2013) | Marilyn Singer | Marilyn Singer and Joe Morton | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [23] | |
| Josephine (2013) | Patricia Hruby Powell | Lizan Mitchell | Recorded Books | Finalist | [23] | |
| This Is Not My Hat (2012) | Jon Klassen | John Keating | Weston Woods | Finalist | [23] | |
| Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter (1901–1930) | Beatrix Potter | Katherine Kellgren | Tantor Audio | Finalist | [23] | |
| 2016 21st |
Little Shop of Monsters (2015) | R. L. Stine and Marc Brown | Jack Black | Hachette Audio | Winner | [2][24] |
| Appleblossom the Possum (2015) | Holly Goldberg Sloan | Dustin Hoffman | Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [24] | |
| Brother Hugo and the Bear (2014) | Katy Beebe and S. D. Schindler | Gildart Jackson | Dreamscape | Finalist | [24] | |
| Dory Fantasmagory (2014) | Abby Hanlon | Suzy Jackson | Recorded Books | Finalist | [24] | |
| The Eloise Collection (1955–1959) | Kay Thompson | Bernadette Peters with music by Anthony de Mare | Simon & Schuster Audio | Finalist | [24] | |
| Niño Wrestles the World (2013) | Yuyi Morales | Adriana Sananes | Dreamscape | Finalist | [24] | |
| 2017 22nd |
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World (2015) | Charles R. Smith, Jr. | Dion Graham, William Jackson Harper, Zainab Jah, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Lizan Mitchell, Jonathan Earl Peck, and Carter Woodson Redwood | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][25] |
| Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba (2015) | Alma Flor Ada | Trini Alvarado | Recorded Books | Finalist | [25] | |
| The Quentin Blake and John Yeoman Collection (2016) | Quentin Blake and John Yeoman | Stephen Thorne | Bolinda Audio | Finalist | [25] | |
| The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (2016; written 1914) | Beatrix Potter | Helen Mirren | Listening Library | Finalist | [25] | |
| Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer (2015) | Carole Boston Weatherford | Janina Edwards | Dreamscape | Finalist | [25] | |
| The Wooden Prince (2016) | John Claude Bemis | Ralph Lister | Oasis Audio | Finalist | [25] | |
| 2018 23rd |
Trombone Shorty (2015) | Troy Andrews | Dion Graham | Live Oak Media | Winner | [2][26] |
| Mother Bruce (2015) | Ryan T. Higgins | Robertson Dean | Weston Woods | Finalist | [26] | |
| Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day (2016) | Andrea Davis Pinkney | Channie Waites | Recorded Books | Finalist | [26] | |
| Princess Cora and the Crocodile (2017) | Laura Amy Schlitz | Davina Porter | Recorded Books | Finalist | [26] | |
| A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2010) | Philip C. Stead | Jim Dale | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [26] | |
| 2019 24th |
Before She Was Harriet (2017) | Lesa Cline-Ransome | SiSi Aisha Johnson, January LaVoy, Lisa Renee Pitts, and Bahni Turpin | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [2][27][28] |
| Dreamers (2018) | Yuyi Morales | Adriana Sananes | Dreamscape | Finalist | [29] | |
| Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist (2016) | Susan Wood | Brian Amador | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [29] | |
| Her Right Foot (2017) | Dave Eggers | Dion Graham | Recorded Books | Finalist | [29] | |
| We Found a Hat (2016) | Jon Klassen | Johnny Heller and Christopher Curry | Weston Woods | Finalist | [29] |
2020s
| Year | Audiobook | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 25th |
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! (2019) | Mo Willems | Mo Willems | Weston Woods | Winner | [30] |
| How to Read a Book (2019) | Kwame Alexander | Kwame Alexander | HarperAudio | Finalist | [30] | |
| The Lion King (2019) | Elizabeth Rudnick and Disney Press | Janina Edwards | Blackstone Audio | Finalist | [30] | |
| Rumple Buttercup (2019) | Matthew Gray Gubler | Matthew Gray Gubler | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [30] | |
| We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (2018) | Traci Sorell | Lauren Hummingbird, Agalisiga "Choogie" Mackey, Ryan Mackey, Traci Sorell, and Tonia Weavel | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [30] | |
| The Word Collector (2018) | Peter H. Reynolds | Guy Lockard | Weston Woods | Finalist | [30] | |
| 2021
26th |
The Overground Railroad | Lesa Cline-Ransome | Shayna Small and Dion Graham | Live Oak Media | Winner | [31] |
| Going Down Home with Daddy (2019) | Kelly Starling Lyons | Daxton Edwards | Dreamscape Media LLC | Finalist | [31] | |
| Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou | Bethany Hegedus | Cherise Boothe | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [31] | |
| Say Something | Peter H. Reynolds | Peter H. Reynolds | Weston Woods Studios | Finalist | [31] | |
| The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley and Friends | Sesame Workshop | Lindsey Briggs, Tyler Bunch, Ryan Dillon, and a full cast | Audible Studios | Finalist | [31] | |
| Stuck | Chris Grabenstein | Mark Sanderlin, Elizabeth Hess, Oliver Wyman, Farah Bala, Rita Wolf, Caroline Grogan, Cynthia Darlow, Mateo D'Amato, J.J. Myers, Neil Hellegers, Genesis Oliver, and Chris Grabenstein | Audible Originals | Finalist | [31] | |
| 2022
27th |
I and I Bob Marley | Tony Medina | Jaime Lincoln Smith and Tony Medina | Live Oak Media | Winner | [32] |
| Boogie Boogie, Y'all | C. G. Esperanza | C. G. Esperanza | HarperAudio | Finalist | [32] | |
| The Couch Potato | Jory John | Kirby Heyborne | HarperAudio | Finalist | [32] | |
| Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen | Debbi Michiko Florence | Allison Hiroto | OrangeSky Audio | Finalist | [32] | |
| Remember to Dream, Ebere | Cynthia Erivo | Cynthia Erivo | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [32] | |
| 2023
28th |
A Door Made for Me | Tyler Merritt | Tyler Merritt | Hachette Audio | Winner | [33] |
| Our Table | Peter H. Reynolds | Peter H. Reynolds | Weston Woods Studios | Finalist | [33] | |
| Patchwork | Matt de la Peña | Philip Hernandez, Catherine Ho, Dion Graham, Finlay Stevenson, Arischa Conner, and Sunil Malhotra | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [33] | |
| When Grandfather Flew | Patricia MacLachlan | Katie Schorr and George Guidall | Live Oak Media | Finalist | [33] | |
| Where Snow Angels Go | Maggie O'Farrell | Ruth Negga | Dreamscape Media | Finalist | [33] | |
| 2024
29th |
The Skull | Jon Klassen | Fairuza Balk and Jon Klassen | Dreamscape Media | Winner | [34] |
| Carina Felina | Carmen Agra Deedy | Carmen Agra Deedy | Scholastic Audio | Finalist | [34] | |
| I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know | Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson | Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [34] | |
| Twelve Dinging Doorbells | Tameka Fryer Brown | January LaVoy | Listening Library | Finalist | [34] | |
| There Was a Party for Langston | Jason Reynolds | Jason Reynolds | Recorded Books | Finalist | [34] | |
| 2025
30th |
Nothing: John Cage and 4’33” | Nicholas Day | Fred Berman | Live Oak Media | Winner | [35] |
| Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King | Coretta Scott King | January LaVoy | Macmillan Audio | Finalist | [35] | |
| I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams | Tanisia Moore | Nile Bullock | Scholastic Audio | Finalist | [35] | |
| Millie Fleur's Poison Garden | Christy Mandin | Elizabeth Knowelden | Scholastic Audio | Finalist | [35] | |
| 2026
31st |
Secrets of the Purple Pearl | Kate McKinnon | Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne | Hachette Audio | Winner | [36][37] |
| Benny on the Case | Wesley King | P. J. Ochlan | Dreamscape Media | Finalist | [38] | |
| How the Word Is Passed (2021) | Clint Smith and Sonja Cherry-Paul | Clint Smith | Hachette Audio | Finalist | [38] | |
| Pajammin' | Ziggy Marley | Ziggy Marley | HarperAudio | Finalist | [38] | |
| Prince Among Slaves | N. H. Senzai | Junior Nyong'o and N. H. Senzai | Penguin Random House Audio | Finalist | [38] |