1996 Audie Awards®

CHILDREN'S TITLE

JUMANJI

by Chris Van Allsburg

Narrated by Robin Williams (Houghton Mifflin)

FINALIST TITLES

Octopus Lady and Crow written and read by Johnny Moses (Parabola Audio Library)

Toy Story Read-Along by Walt Disney Productions; narrated by a full cast (Walt Disney Records)

EDUCATIONAL/HOW-TO/INSTRUCTIONAL

KIPLINGER'S MONEY-SMART KIDS

by Janet Bodnar

Narrated by Janet Bodnar (Dove Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The 10 Commandments of Making It on Your Own written and read by Sam Grossman (Audioscope)

How to Argue and Win Every Time written and read by Gerry Spence (Audio Renaissance)

FICTION, ABRIDGED

THE PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB

by Sandra Dallas

Narrated by Moira Kelly (Soundlines Entertainment)

FINALIST TITLES

Finding Moon by Tony Hillerman; narrated by Jay O. Sanders (HarperAudio)

Old Time Radio Detectives and Crime Fighters by Silhouette; narrated by a full cast (Radio Spirits, Inc.)

FICTION, UNABRIDGED

THE HOMECOMING

by Earl Hamner, Jr.

Narrated by Richard Thomas (Audio Renaissance)

FINALIST TITLES

Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry; narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Montana 1948 by Larry Watson; narrated by Beau Bridges (Simon & Schuster Audio)

INSPIRATIONAL/MOTIVATIONAL

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

by The Editors of Conari Press

Narrated by Edward Asner, Pat Fraley, Margaret Klenck, Elizabeth Roby and Robert Sevra (Audio Literature)

FINALIST TITLES

All Rivers Run to the Sea written and read by Elie Wiesel (Random House Audio)

My American Journey written and read by Colin Powell (Random House Audio)

MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE

MYST: THE BOOK OF ATRUS

by Rand and Robyn Miller with David Wingrove

FINALIST TITLES

Burns & Allen by Original Radio Broadcasts; narrated by George Burns and Gracie Allen (Radio Spirits, Inc.)

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens; narrated by a full cast (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

NEW VOICE

SHERLOCK HOLMES: TALES OF SUSPENSE

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by Edward Hardwicke (Tangled Web Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Hauntings: A Classic Collection written and read by Geraint Wyn Davies (Tangled Web Audio)

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust; narrated by Neville Jason (Naxos Audiobooks)

NON-FICTION, ABRIDGED

CHARLES KURALT'S AMERICA

by Charles Kuralt

Narrated by Charles Kuralt (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt; narrated by Anthony Heald (Random House Audio)

My American Journey written and read by Colin Powell (Random House Audio)

NON-FICTION, UNABRIDGED

AMAZING GRACE: THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND THE CONSCIENCE OF A NATION

by Jonathan Kozol

Narrated by Dick Hill (Brilliance Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Crossing the Threshold of Peace by Pope John Paul II; narrated by Earl Hammond and William Bogert (Random House Audio)

Lincoln's Letters by Abraham Lincoln; narrated by George Vail (Commuter's Library)

ORIGINAL WORK

ENJOYING ITALIAN OPERA

by Dale Harris

Narrated by Dale Harris (HighBridge Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

A Prairie Home Christmas written and read by Garrison Keillor (HighBridge Audio)

Whale Nation written and read by Heathcotte Williams (Naxos Audiobooks)

PACKAGE DESIGN

PIMSLEUR LANGUAGE PROGRAM: JAPANESE I

by Pimsleur

Narrated by Paul Pimsleur (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Aeneid by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles; narrated by Christopher Ravenscroft (HighBridge Audio)

The Butcher by Alina Reyes; narrated by Ruby Featherstone (Passion Press)

PRODUCTION

TOY STORY READ-ALONG

by Walt Disney Productions

Narrated by a full cast (Walt Disney Records)

FINALIST TITLES

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg; narrated by Robin Williams (Houghton Mifflin)

Pocahontas Play-Along by Walt Disney Productions; narrated by a full cast (Walt Disney Records)

SOLO PERFORMANCE

SPECIES

by Yvonne Navarro

Narrated by Alfred Molina (Soundlines Entertainment)

FINALIST TITLES

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt; narrated by Anthony Heald (Random House Audio)

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; narrated by Natasha Richardson (Time Warner AudioBooks)

INTERNET LISTENERS CHOICE—FICTION, ABRIDGED

VERTICAL RUN

by Joseph R. Garber

Narrated by Stephen Lang (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

You think YOU had a killer workday...

INTERNET LISTENERS CHOICE—FICTION, UNABRIDGED

BEACH MUSIC

by Pat Conroy

Narrated by Frank Muller (Recorded Books, LLC)