The Audie Award for Middle Grade 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 middle-grade audiobook intended for children ages 8 to 12 released in a given year. From 2009 to 2015 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight to Twelve, in 2009 it was given as the Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight to Eleven, from 2001 to 2009 it was given as the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title for Ages Eight and Up, and before 2001 it was given as the more expansive Audie Award for Children's Title. It has been awarded since 1996.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in green.
Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
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1996[1] 1st |
Jumanji (1981) | Chris Van Allsburg | Robin Williams | Houghton Mifflin |
Octopus Lady and Crow (1994) | Johnny Moses | Johnny Moses | Parabola Audio Library | |
Toy Story Read-Along (1995) | Walt Disney Productions | Full cast | Walt Disney Records | |
1997[2] 2nd |
Babe, the Sheep-Pig (1983) | Dick King-Smith | Stephen Thorne | HighBridge Audio |
Stellaluna (1993) | Janell Cannon | David Holt | High Windy Audio | |
The Golden Compass (1995) | Philip Pullman | Natasha Richardson | Random House Audio | |
1998[3] 3rd |
Redwall, Mossflower, and Mattimeo (1986–1989) | Brian Jacques | Full cast | Random House Audio |
Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Vampire Vacuum Sweeper (1997) | John R. Erickson | John R. Erickson | Gulf Publishing Company | |
The Amber Brown Collection (1994–1997) | Paula Danziger | Alicia Witt | Listening Library | |
1999[4] 4th |
Lily's Crossing (1997) | Patricia Reilly Giff | Mia Dillon | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio |
Saving Shiloh (1997) | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Henry Leyva | Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio | |
The Firework-Maker's Daughter (1995) | Philip Pullman | Nigel Lambert | Chivers North America |
Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
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2000[5] 5th |
The Golden Compass (1995) | Philip Pullman | Full cast | Random House Audio |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Listening Library/Random House | |
Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits (1994) | Humphrey Carpenter | Carole Boyd | Chivers North America | |
2001[6] 6th |
The Subtle Knife (1997) | Philip Pullman | Full cast | Random House Audio |
Bud, Not Buddy (1999) | Christopher Paul Curtis | James Avery | Random House Audio | |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Listening Library/Random House | |
2002[7] 7th |
The Amber Spyglass (2000) | Philip Pullman | Philip Pullman and a full cast | Listening Library |
The Magician's Nephew (1955) | C. S. Lewis | Kenneth Branagh | HarperAudio | |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) | Betty Smith | Kate Burton | HarperAudio | |
2003[8] 8th |
Troy (2000) | Adèle Geras | Miriam Margolyes | Listening Library |
A Single Shard (2002) | Linda Sue Park | Graeme Malcolm | Listening Library | |
Coraline (2002) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio | |
Summerland (2002) | Michael Chabon | Michael Chabon | HighBridge Audio | |
Time Stops for No Mouse (1999) | Michael Hoeye | Campbell Scott | Listening Library | |
2004[9] 9th |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio |
A Corner of the Universe (2002) | Ann M. Martin | Judith Ivey | Listening Library | |
Dear Mr. President: Letters from a Slave Girl (2001) | Andrea Davis Pinkney | George Guidall, SiSi Aisha Johnson, and Tom Stechshult | Live Oak Media | |
Inkheart (2003) | Cornelia Funke | Lynn Redgrave | Random House Audio | |
The Misfits (2001) | James Howe | Spencer Murphy and the Full Cast Family | Full Cast Audio | |
2005[10] 10th |
Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) | Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson | Jim Dale | Brilliance Audio |
The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956) | C. S. Lewis | Kenneth Branagh | HarperAudio | |
Dragon Rider (1997) | Cornelia Funke | Brendan Fraser | Random House Audio | |
The Grim Grotto (2004) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | HarperAudio | |
Keesha's House (2003) | Helen Frost | Full cast | Recorded Books | |
2006[11] 11th |
The Star of Kazan (2004) | Eva Ibbotson | Patricia Connolly | Recorded Books |
Disney After Dark (2005) | Ridley Pearson | Gary Littman | Brilliance Audio | |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) | J. K. Rowling | Jim Dale | Random House Audio | |
Once (2005) | Morris Gleitzman | Morris Gleitzman | Bolinda Audio | |
The Penultimate Peril (2005) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | HarperAudio | |
While I Live (2003) | John Marsden | Suzi Doughterty | Bolinda Audio | |
2007[12] 12th |
Listening for Lions (2005) | Gloria Whelan | Bianca Amato | Recorded Books |
Behind the Curtain (2006) | Peter Abrahams | Colleen Delaney | Harper Children's Audio | |
The End (2006) | Lemony Snicket | Tim Curry | Harper Children's Audio | |
Jumping the Scratch (2006) | Sarah Weeks | Stephen Spinella | Harper Children's Audio | |
Two Weeks with the Queen (1990) | Morris Gleitzman | Morris Gleitzman | Bolinda Audio | |
2008[13][14] 13th |
Clementine (2006) | Sara Pennypacker | Jessica Almasy | Recorded Books |
The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper (1975) | Jean Van Leeuwen | Daniel Bostick | Full Cast Audio | |
Rosa (2007) | Nikki Giovanni | Nikki Giovanni | Weston Woods | |
Skulduggery Pleasant (2007) | Derek Landy | Rupert Degas | HarperAudio | |
The Wednesday Wars (2007) | Gary D. Schmidt | Joel Johnstone | Scholastic Audio | |
2009[15][16] 14th |
The Graveyard Book (2008) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman | HarperAudio |
Fairest (2006) | Gail Carson Levine | Sarah Naughton | Full Cast Audio | |
Nation (2008) | Terry Pratchett | Stephen Briggs | HarperAudio | |
One-Handed Catch (2006) | Mary Jane Auch | Ryan Sparkes | Full Cast Audio | |
The Cricket in Times Square (1960) | George Selden | Tony Shalhoub | Macmillan Audio |
Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
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2010[17] 15th |
Operation Yes (2009) | Sara Lewis Holmes | Jessica Almasy | Audible |
A Season of Gifts (2009) | Richard Peck | Ron McLarty | Listening Library | |
Lawn Boy (2007) | Gary Paulsen | Tom Parks | Brilliance Audio | |
The Midnight Charter (2009) | David Whitley | Simon Vance | Macmillan Audio | |
Timothy and the Dragon's Gate (2008) | Adrienne Kress | Christopher Lane | Brilliance Audio | |
2011[18] 16th |
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (2009) | Jacqueline Kelly | Natalie Ross | Brilliance Audio |
The Magician's Elephant (2009) | Kate DiCamillo | Juliet Stevenson | Brilliance Audio | |
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) | Emma Thompson | Emma Thompson | Macmillan Audio | |
Alchemy and Meggy Swann (2010) | Karen Cushman | Katherine Kellgren | Random House Audio | |
One Crazy Summer (2010) | Rita Williams-Garcia | SiSi Aisha Johnson | Recorded Books | |
2012[19][20] 17th |
Heart and Soul (2011) | Kadir Nelson | Debbie Allen | HarperAudio |
Countdown (2010) | Deborah Wiles | Emma Galvin | Listening Library | |
The Flint Heart (2011) | Katherine Paterson and John Paterson | Ralph Lister | Brilliance Audio / Candlewick | |
The Hidden Gallery (2011) | Maryrose Wood | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio / Books on Tape | |
A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010) | Adam Gidwitz | Johnny Heller | Recorded Books | |
When I Grow Up (2011) | Al Yankovic | Al Yankovic | HarperAudio | |
2013[21] 18th |
Same Sun Here (2012) | Silas House and Neela Vaswani | Silas House and Neela Vaswani | Brilliance Audio |
The Cheshire Cheese Cat (2011) | Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright | Katherine Kellgren and Robin Sachs | Listening Library | |
The Freedom Maze (2011) | Delia Sherman | Robin Miles | Listening Library | |
Splendors and Glooms (2012) | Laura Amy Schlitz | Davina Porter | Recorded Books | |
Wonder (2012) | R. J. Palacio | Diana Steele, Nick Podehl, and Kate Rudd | Brilliance Audio | |
2014[22] 19th |
Matilda (1988) | Roald Dahl | Kate Winslet | Penguin Audio |
A Long Walk to Water (2010) | Linda Sue Park | David Baker and Cynthia Bishop | Full Cast Audio | |
Magic Marks the Spot (2013) | Caroline Carlson | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio | |
Sugar (2014) | Jewell Parker Rhodes | Bahni Turpin | Brilliance Audio | |
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp (2013) | Kathi Appelt | Lyle Lovett | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
2015[23] 20th |
The Graveyard Book (2008) | Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and a full cast | HarperAudio |
The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw (2012) | Christopher Healy | Bronson Pinchot | HarperAudio | |
How to Catch a Bogle (2013) | Catherine Jinks | Mandy Williams | Listening Library | |
A Snicker of Magic (2014) | Natalie Lloyd | Cassandra Morris | Scholastic Audio | |
Unstoppable Octobia May (2014) | Sharon G. Flake | Bahni Turpin | Scholastic Audio | |
2016[24] 21st |
Echo (2015) | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, and Rebecca Soler | Scholastic Audio |
Diary of a Mad Brownie (2015) | Bruce Coville | Euan Morton, Nancy O'Connor, Amanda Carlin, Scott Sherratt, and a full cast | Listening Library / Penguin Random House Audio | |
The Unmapped Sea (2015) | Maryrose Wood | Katherine Kellgren | HarperAudio | |
Jump Back, Paul (2015) | Sally Derby | Dion Graham and Bahni Turpin | Brilliance Audio | |
Stella by Starlight (2015) | Sharon Draper | Heather Alicia Simms | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
2017[25] 22nd |
How to Fight a Dragon's Fury (2015) | Cressida Cowell | David Tennant | Hachette Audio |
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016) | Leslie Connor | Michael Crouch and Kathleen McInerney | HarperAudio | |
Demon Dentist (2013) | David Walliams | David Walliams, Jocelyn Jee Esien, and Nitin Ganatra | HarperAudio | |
Hatched (2016) | Bruce Coville | Full cast | Listening Library | |
The Inquisitor's Tale (2016) | Adam Gidwitz | Adam Gidwitz and a full cast | Listening Library | |
2018[26] 23rd |
See You in the Cosmos (2017) | Jack Cheng | Kivlighan de Montabello, Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, and a full cast | Listening Library |
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora (2017) | Pablo Cartaya | Pablo Cartaya | Listening Library | |
Patina (2017) | Jason Reynolds | Heather Alicia Simms | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
Refugee (2017) | Alan Gratz | Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, and Assaf Cohen | Scholastic Audio | |
Wedgie & Gizmo (2017) | Suzanne Selfors | Johnny Heller and Maxwell Glick | HarperAudio | |
2019[27] 24th |
Sunny (2018) | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard | Simon & Schuster Audio |
Finding Langston (2018) | Lesa Cline-Ransome | Dion Graham | Dreamscape | |
Grenade (2018) | Alan Gratz | Todd Haberkorn and Andrew Eiden | Scholastic Audio | |
The Long-Lost Home (2017) | Maryrose Wood | Fiona Hardingham | HarperAudio | |
Louisiana's Way Home (2018) | Kate DiCamillo | Cassandra Morris | Penguin Random House Audio | |
The Secret of the Nightingale Wood (2016) | Lucy Strange | Lucy Strange | Scholastic Audio |
Year | Title | Author(s) | Narrator(s) | Publisher |
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2020[28] 25th |
Charlotte's Web (1952) | E. B. White | Meryl Streep and a full cast | Penguin Random House Audio |
New Kid (2020) | Jerry Craft | Jerry Craft, Jesús del Ordén, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, Guy Lockard, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Phoebe Strole, Marc Thompson, Miles Harvey, and Ron Butler | HarperAudio | |
Our Castle by the Sea (2019) | Lucy Strange | Lucy Strange | Scholastic Audio | |
Roller Girl (2015) | Victoria Jamieson | Almarie Guerra and a full cast | Penguin Random House Audio | |
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (2019) | Dan Gemeinhart | Khristine Hvam | Macmillan Audio | |
2021[29] 26th |
The Good Hawk (2020) | Joseph Elliott | Gary Furlong and Fiona Hardingham | Brilliance Audio |
Genesis Begins Again (2019) | Alicia D. Williams | Alicia D. Williams | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
King and the Dragonflies (2020) | Kacen Callender | Ron Butler | Scholastic Audio | |
Say Her Name (2020) | Zetta Elliott | Channie Waites | Recorded Books | |
Shuri (2020) | Nic Stone | Anika Noni Rose | Scholastic Audio | |
We Dream of Space (2020) | Erin Entrada Kelly | Ramon de Ocampo | HarperAudio | |
2022[30]
27th |
Playing the Cards You're Dealt | Varian Johnson | Dion Graham | Scholastic Audio |
Class Act | Jerry Craft | Nile Bullock, Jesus Del Orden, Guy Lockard, Marc Thompson, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, January LaVoy, Phoebe Strole, Jordan Cobb, A.J. Beckles, Robin Miles, Ron Butler, Miles Harvey, Kim Mai Guest, Kyla Garcia, and Soneela Nankani | HarperAudio | |
Frankie & Bug | Gayle Forman | Stockard Channing | Simon & Schuster Audio | |
Stamped (for Kids) (2021) | Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul | Pe'Tehn Raighn-Kem Jackson | Hachette Audio | |
Temple Alley Summer | Sachiko Kashiwaba with Avery Fischer Udagawa (translator) | Traci Kato-Kiriyama | Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers | |
2023[31]
28th |
Stuntboy, In the Meantime | Jason Reynolds | Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chanté McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, and DePre Owens | Simon & Schuster Audio |
Coraline (2002) | Neil Gaiman | Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, Julian Clary, Jacqueline Boatswain, Kevin McNally, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Schiller, Heather Nicol, William Parker, and Nicole Davis | HarperAudio | |
The Door of No Return | Kwame Alexander | Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Hachette Audio | |
The Last Mapmaker | Christina Soontornvat | Sura Siu | OrangeSky Audio | |
The Ogress and the Orphans (2022) | Kelly Barnhill | Suzanne Toren | Hachette Audio | |
2024[32]
29th |
What Happened to Rachel Riley? | Claire Swinarski | Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, and a full cast | HarperAudio |
Big Tree | Brian Selznick | Meryl Streep | Scholastic Audio | |
Elf Dog and Owl Head | M. T. Anderson | Pete Cross | Dreamscape Media | |
School Trip | Jerry Craft | Dereje Tarrant, Nile Bullock, and a full cast | HarperAudio | |
Simon Sort of Says | Erin Bow | Will Collyer | Disney-Hyperion |