1. Why Audiobooks? 21 st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference

2. Economics Fast growing segment in publishing Digital options mean easy delivery Portability expands the ways audio can be enjoyed Available quality content growing even faster! Variety within the format meets kids where they are

3. Education Perfect for differentiated teaching Helps kids develop their eidetic faculty—the ability to make pictures in their heads Kids can listen two grades higher than they can read

4. Sound Learning Audiobook Literacy Toolkit Free resource in partnership with the Audio Publishers Association Lesson plans, classroom strategies and more Bibliographies of audiobooks recommended for classroom use Research that helps administrators and more understand the impact of audio

5. The Power of Audio! Talented narrators model how to read text—expression allowed! Narrative nonfiction especially suited to audiobooks Certain things can only be represented or imagined with sound. Think of a dinosaur roar spelled phonetically if you don’t believe me. Still not convinced? Try Boston Globe/Horn Book winner Most Dangerous for free this summer at: Audiobooksync.com

6. Come to the Audiobook Workshop tomorrow at 10am for a deeper dive into the Power of Audiobooks Ellen Myrick, ellen@publisherspotlight.com Francisca Goldsmith, Francisca@publisherspotlight.comellen@publisherspotlight.comFrancisca@publisherspotlight.com