Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title

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

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Winners are listed first each year and highlighted in light green.

2000s

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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
The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! (2005) R. L. Stine Michael McKean HarperAudio Finalist
Blues Journey (2003) Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers Live Oak Media Finalist
Ellen Tebbits (1951) Beverly Cleary Amanda Martin HarperAudio Finalist
The Great Smelling Bee (2005) R. L. Stine Michael McKean HarperAudio Finalist
2007
12th
Knuffle Bunny (2005) Mo Willems Mo Willems, Cher, and Trixie Willems Weston Woods Winner [2][7]
Dog Den Mystery (2005) Darrel and Sally Odgers Alan King Bolinda Audio Finalist
Murmel Murmel Munsch! (1982) Robert Munsch Robert Munsch The Children's Group Finalist
Piccolo and Annabelle: Very Messy Inspection (2004) Stephen Axelson Stanley McGeagh Bolinda Audio Finalist
Poetry Speaks to Children (2005) Elise Paschen Rita Dove, Ogden Nash, et al. Sourcebooks Finalist
2008
13th
More About Paddington (1959) Michael Bond Stephen Fry Harper Children's Audio Winner [2]
In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden (2007) Jack Prelutsky Jack Prelutsky HarperAudio Finalist
Goodnight Hawaiian Moon (2006) Terry Carolan Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom Banana Patch Finalist
Ogre in a Toga (2008) Geoffrey McSkimming Geoffrey McSkimming Bolinda Audio Finalist
The One and Only Shrek! (1990) William Steig Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci Macmillan Audio Finalist
2009
14th
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992) James Herriot Jim Dale Macmillan Audio Winner [2][8]
Do Unto Otters (2007) Laurie Keller Jack Sundrud, Galen Fott, Rusty Young, David de Vries, Diana Canova, et al. Weston Woods Finalist
Hip Hop Speaks to Children (2009) Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni Scourcebooks Jabberwocky Finalist
The Shoe Bird (2008) Samuel Jones Jim Dale Brilliance Audio Finalist
What Do You Do with a Kangaroo? (1973) Mercer Mayer Jane Casserly Scholastic Audio Finalist

2010s

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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][9]
A Dog on His Own (2008) Mary Jane Auch William Dufris Full Cast Audio Finalist
Arabel's Raven (1972) Joan Aiken Sneha Mathan Listen & Live Audio Finalist
Friend or Fiend?: With the Pain and the Great One (2008) Judy Blume Kathleen McInerney and Judy Blume Listening Library Finalist
Knuffle Bunny Too (2007) Mo Willems Mo Willems and Trixie Willems Weston Woods Finalist
2011
16th
This Jazz Man (2006) Karen Ehrhardt James D-Train Williams Live Oak Media Winner [2][10]
One Beastly Beast (2007) Garth Nix Stig Wemyss Bolinda Audio Finalist
Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday (2008) Megan McDonald Barbara Rosenblat Brilliance Finalist
Despicable Me (2010) Annie Auerbach Tim Curry Hachette Audio Finalist
Epossumondas Plays Possum (2009) Coleen Salley Cynthia Darlow Recorded Books Finalist
2012
17th
Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist (2009) Bonnie Christensen George Guidall Live Oak Media Winner [2][11][12]
Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson (2010) Charles R. Smith, Jr. Dion Graham Live Oak Media Finalist
Looking Like Me (2009) Walter Dean Myers Dion Graham and Quincy Tyler Bernstine Live Oak Media Finalist
Stone Soup (2003) Jon J. Muth B. D. Wong Weston Woods Finalist
Wolf Pie (2010) Brenda Seabrooke Andrew Watts Recorded Books Finalist
2013
18th
The Great Cake Mystery (2012) Alexander McCall Smith Adjoa Andoh Listening Library Winner [2][13]
Knuffle Bunny Free (2010) Mo Willems Mo Willems Weston Woods Finalist
A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2010) Philip C. Stead and Erin Stead David de Vries Weston Woods Finalist
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969) William Steig James Earl Jones Simon & Schuster Audio Finalist
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
2014
19th
Hooray for Anna Hibiscus! (2008) Atinuke Mutiyat Ade-Salu Recorded Books Winner [2][14]
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake (2011) Michael B. Kaplan Katherine Kellgren Live Oak Media Finalist [14]
Creepy Carrots! (2012) Aaron Reynolds James Naughton Weston Woods Finalist [14]
The Dark (2013) Lemony Snicket Neil Gaiman Hachette Audio Finalist [14]
Nelson Mandela (2013) Kadir Nelson Forest Whitaker Weston Woods Finalist [14]
Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout (2013) Megan McDonald Barbara Rosenblat Brilliance Audio Finalist [14]
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][15]
Deep in the Swamp (2007) Donna M. Bateman Tom Chapin Live Oak Media Finalist [15]
Follow, Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems (2013) Marilyn Singer Marilyn Singer and Joe Morton Live Oak Media Finalist [15]
Josephine (2013) Patricia Hruby Powell Lizan Mitchell Recorded Books Finalist [15]
This Is Not My Hat (2012) Jon Klassen John Keating Weston Woods Finalist [15]
Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter (1901–1930) Beatrix Potter Katherine Kellgren Tantor Audio Finalist [15]
2016
21st
Little Shop of Monsters (2015) R. L. Stine and Marc Brown Jack Black Hachette Audio Winner [2][16]
Appleblossom the Possum (2015) Holly Goldberg Sloan Dustin Hoffman Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [16]
Brother Hugo and the Bear (2014) Katy Beebe and S. D. Schindler Gildart Jackson Dreamscape Finalist [16]
Dory Fantasmagory (2014) Abby Hanlon Suzy Jackson Recorded Books Finalist [16]
The Eloise Collection (1955–1959) Kay Thompson Bernadette Peters with music by Anthony de Mare Simon & Schuster Audio Finalist [16]
Niño Wrestles the World (2013) Yuyi Morales Adriana Sananes Dreamscape Finalist [16]
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][17]
Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba (2015) Alma Flor Ada Trini Alvarado Recorded Books Finalist [17]
The Quentin Blake and John Yeoman Collection (2016) Quentin Blake and John Yeoman Stephen Thorne Bolinda Audio Finalist [17]
The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (2016; written 1914) Beatrix Potter Helen Mirren Listening Library Finalist [17]
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer (2015) Carole Boston Weatherford Janina Edwards Dreamscape Finalist [17]
The Wooden Prince (2016) John Claude Bemis Ralph Lister Oasis Audio Finalist [17]
2018
23rd
Trombone Shorty (2015) Troy Andrews Dion Graham Live Oak Media Winner [2][18]
Mother Bruce (2015) Ryan T. Higgins Robertson Dean Weston Woods Finalist [18]
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 [18]
Princess Cora and the Crocodile (2017) Laura Amy Schlitz Davina Porter Recorded Books Finalist [18]
A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2010) Philip C. Stead Jim Dale Macmillan Audio Finalist [18]
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][19]
Dreamers (2018) Yuyi Morales Adriana Sananes Dreamscape Finalist
Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist (2016) Susan Wood Brian Amador Live Oak Media Finalist
Her Right Foot (2017) Dave Eggers Dion Graham Recorded Books Finalist
We Found a Hat (2016) Jon Klassen Johnny Heller and Christopher Curry Weston Woods Finalist

2020s

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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 [20]
How to Read a Book (2019) Kwame Alexander Kwame Alexander HarperAudio Finalist [20]
The Lion King (2019) Elizabeth Rudnick and Disney Press Janina Edwards Blackstone Audio Finalist [20]
Rumple Buttercup (2019) Matthew Gray Gubler Matthew Gray Gubler Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [20]
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga (2018) Traci Sorell Lauren Hummingbird, Agalisiga "Choogie" Mackey, Ryan Mackey, Traci Sorell, and Tonia Weavel Live Oak Media Finalist [20]
The Word Collector (2018) Peter H. Reynolds Guy Lockard Weston Woods Finalist [20]
2021

26th

The Overground Railroad Lesa Cline-Ransome Shayna Small and Dion Graham Live Oak Media Winner [21]
Going Down Home with Daddy (2019) Kelly Starling Lyons Daxton Edwards Dreamscape Media LLC Finalist [21]
Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou Bethany Hegedus Cherise Boothe Live Oak Media Finalist [21]
Say Something Peter H. Reynolds Peter H. Reynolds Weston Woods Studios Finalist [21]
The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley and Friends Sesame Workshop Lindsey Briggs, Tyler Bunch, Ryan Dillon, and a full cast Audible Studios Finalist [21]
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 [21]
2022

27th

I and I Bob Marley Tony Medina Jaime Lincoln Smith and Tony Medina Live Oak Media Winner [22]
Boogie Boogie, Y'all C. G. Esperanza C. G. Esperanza HarperAudio Finalist [22]
The Couch Potato Jory John Kirby Heyborne HarperAudio Finalist [22]
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen Debbi Michiko Florence Allison Hiroto OrangeSky Audio Finalist [22]
Remember to Dream, Ebere Cynthia Erivo Cynthia Erivo Hachette Audio Finalist [22]
2023

28th

A Door Made for Me Tyler Merritt Tyler Merritt Hachette Audio Winner [23]
Our Table Peter H. Reynolds Peter H. Reynolds Weston Woods Studios Finalist [23]
Patchwork Matt de la Peña Philip Hernandez, Catherine Ho, Dion Graham, Finlay Stevenson, Arischa Conner, and Sunil Malhotra Penguin Random House Audio Finalist [23]
When Grandfather Flew Patricia MacLachlan Katie Schorr and George Guidall Live Oak Media Finalist [23]
Where Snow Angels Go Maggie O'Farrell Ruth Negga Dreamscape Media Finalist [23]
2024

29th

The Skull Jon Klassen Fairuza Balk and Jon Klassen Dreamscape Media Winner [24]
Carina Felina Carmen Agra Deedy Carmen Agra Deedy Scholastic Audio Finalist [24]
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson Macmillan Audio Finalist [24]
Twelve Dinging Doorbells Tameka Fryer Brown January LaVoy Listening Library Finalist [24]
There Was a Party for Langston Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds Recorded Books Finalist [24]

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