Narrator Hope Newhouse joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to tell AudioFile listeners about performing Lois Lowry’s newest audiobook, TREE. TABLE. BOOK., one of our picks for Best Children’s and Family listening. Hope tells Michele about what it was like to take on the narration of one of Lois Lowry’s audiobooks, given her status as a beloved children’s book author. She also explains why she enjoys narrating audiobooks for young listeners, and what’s stayed with her about this moving audiobook.

Read AudioFile’s review of the audiobook: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/251030/

Published by Harper Audio.

AudioFile’s 2024 Best Children’s & Family Listening are:

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME by Yamile Saied Méndez, read by Maria Liatis

BRIDGES INSTEAD OF WALLS by Mavis Staples, Carole Boston Weatherford, read by Mavis Staples, Adenrele Ojo

FREE PERIOD by Ali Terese, read by Josephine Huang, Cassandra Morris

IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell, read by Samuel West

OLIVETTI by Allie Millington, read by Christopher Gebauer, Simon Vance

TREE. TABLE. BOOK. by Lois Lowry, read by Hope Newhouse

Find the full list of 2024 Best Audiobooks on our website: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/best-audiobooks-2024/

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Hope Newhouse photo by Jessica Wolpman.

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