Guy Lockard and AudioFile's 2023 Best Children & Family Listening Audiobooks

Narrator Guy Lockard joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss Stuntboy: In-Between Time, Jason Reynolds’s second audiobook about the adventures of an unforgettable young superhero. It’s one of AudioFile’s 2023 Best Children & Family Listening titles and is packed full of sound effects, music, a full cast—and Lockard’s lively narration. Listen to hear Lockard’s thoughts on what makes Stuntboy so special and his longtime friendship and collaboration with author Reynolds.

Read AudioFile’s review of the audiobook , published by Simon & Schuster Audio.

AudioFile’s 2023 Best Children & Family Listening Audiobooks:

ELF DOG AND OWL HEAD by M.T. Anderson, read by Pete Cross

NIC BLAKE AND THE REMARKABLES: THE MANIFESTOR PROPHECY by Angie Thomas, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

REMEMBER US by Jacqueline Woodson, read by Jacqueline Woodson

SANDOR KATZ AND THE TINY WILD by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, read by Lori Prince, Sandor Katz

THE SKULL by Jon Klassen, read by Fairuza Balk, Jon Klassen [Afterword]

STUNTBOY, IN-BETWEEN TIME by Jason Reynolds, read by Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, and a Full Cast

Find the full list of 2023 Best Audiobooks on our website: https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/best-audiobooks-2023/

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Guy Lockard photo by Miguel Herrera