Listening Library, Inc. - The Audiobook Shelf

Children's Bookwatch, Sept, 2004

Listening Library, Inc.

1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019

1-800-726-0600 www.amazon.com

Two excellent new guides from this Simon & Schuster audiobook imprint are recommended picks for a wide age range from audio cd fans in grades 7 to adult. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Shiloh (1400085004, $14.99) receives Peter Macnicol's warm and engrossing voice as it tells of a young boy who rescues a dog in trouble against all odds. The story simply comes alive under audio treatment--as does E.L. Konigsburg's classic From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler (1400085020, $14.99), telling of a pre-teen who decides to run away from home--to New York City's Metro Museum of Art. Enjoy Jan Miner's talented actress back-ground and voice, which enhances The Mixed Up Files with classic dramatic embellishments as the two children make good on their museum hideaway plans--and face an added mystery.