Theatre of the Mind: Audiobooks Live on Stage! Bruce Coville James Howe Mary Burkey

Voice Voice

Voice is like verbal fingerprints that a writer imprints on the page. It is a mix of individuality, confidence, engagement with the topic, and reader rapport, and something that keeps the reader reading.

Voice

is like verbal fingerprints that a writer imprints on the page.

It is a mix of individuality, confidence, engagement with the topic, and reader rapport, and something that keeps the reader reading.

Story

Once upon a time, oral storytelling ruled. It was the medium through which people learned their history, settled their arguments, and came to make sense of the phenomena of their world.

Once upon a time, oral storytelling ruled.

It was the medium through which people learned their history, settled their arguments, and came to make sense of the phenomena of their world.

Medium

a means by which something is expressed, communicated, or achieved a form of storage for computer software, such as magnetic tape or disks Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English Third Edition

a means by which something is expressed, communicated, or achieved

a form of storage for computer software, such as magnetic tape or disks

Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English Third Edition

Audience

the assembled spectators or listeners at an event origin: Latin audientia , from audire ‘hear’

the assembled spectators or listeners at an event

origin: Latin audientia , from audire ‘hear’

Reading

the action or skill of reading an interpretation of a text Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English Third Edition

the action or skill

of reading

an interpretation of

a text

Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English Third Edition

Timeline 2000 BCE 220 AD 1455 AD 1871 1917

2000 BCE 220 AD 1455 AD

Of the ten uses Edison envisioned for recorded sound Phonographic books were number two – and music was number four

Of the ten uses Edison envisioned for

recorded sound

Phonographic books

were number two – and music was number four

Listening… Increases fluency Raises reading comprehension Enlarges vocabulary Boosts pronunciation skills Supports struggling readers Expands literature experiences for proficient readers Improves test scores

Increases fluency

Raises reading comprehension

Enlarges vocabulary

Boosts pronunciation skills

Supports struggling readers

Expands literature experiences

for proficient readers

Improves test scores

Evaluating Audiobooks Audio Publishers Audie Award YALSA’s Selected Audiobooks Notable Children’s Recordings Odyssey Award

Audio Publishers Audie Award

YALSA’s Selected Audiobooks

Notable Children’s Recordings

Odyssey Award

Full Cast at Work

Recording Emperor Mage

Recording Emperor Mage

Recording Emperor Mage

Recording Emperor Mage

Recording Emperor Mage

Kissing the Bee

Thanks to Full Cast Audio for sponsoring the appearance of James Howe & Bruce Coville. Suggested audiobooks, resource list & outline available online http://audiobooker.blogspot.com/