Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children |
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| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1994 |
| Last awarded | 2011 |
Have you ever listened to an audiobook of your favorite story? The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children was a special award for the best recordings of stories and poems for kids.
The Grammy Awards are like the Oscars, but for music and audio recordings. This award was given out each year from 1994 to 2011 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States. They wanted to celebrate amazing storytelling that kids would love.
The very first award in 1994 went to the famous actress Audrey Hepburn for her album Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales. The last award was given in 2011 to Julie Andrews for her album of poems, songs, and lullabies. After that, this award was combined with the award for children's music to create a new category: the Grammy Award for Best Children's Album.
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Famous Winners
Many famous people have won this award. Even a former U.S. President won! The person who won the most was singer Tom Chapin, with three awards.
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Audrey Hepburn, the first winner in 1994.
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Patrick Stewart, known for playing Captain Picard in Star Trek, won in 1996.
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Kate Winslet, star of Titanic, won in 2000.
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Tom Chapin won the award three times, more than anyone else!
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton won in 2004 for narrating a story.
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Dame Julie Andrews, famous as Mary Poppins, was the last winner in 2011.
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List of Winners
Here is a list of all the winners of the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children. The winners are highlighted in the tables below.
Winners from the 1990s
| Year | Performing Artist(s) | Winning Album | Producer(s) |
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| 1994 | Audrey Hepburn | Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales | Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner |
| 1995 | Various artists | The Lion King Read-Along | Randy Thornton and Ted Kryczko |
| 1996 | Patrick Stewart | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf | Dan Broatman and Martin Sauer |
| 1997 | David Holt | Stellaluna | Steven Heller, David Holt, and Virginia Callaway |
| 1998 | Charles Kuralt | Winnie-the-Pooh | John McElroy |
| 1999 | Various artists | The Children's Shakespeare | Dan Musselman and Stefan Rudnicki |
Winners from the 2000s
| Year | Performing Artist(s) | Winning Album | Producer(s) / Engineer(s) |
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| 2000 | Graham Greene, Wynton Marsalis, and Kate Winslet | Listen to the Storyteller | David Frost and Steven Epstein |
| 2001 | Jim Dale | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | David Rapkin |
| 2002 | Tom Chapin | Mama Don't Allow | Arnold Cardillo and Rory Young |
| 2003 | Tom Chapin | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | |
| 2004 | Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Sophia Loren | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks | Wilhelm Hellweg and Jean-Marie Geijsen |
| 2005 | Tom Chapin | The Train They Call the City of New Orleans | Arnold Cardillo and Rory Young |
| 2006 | Various artists | Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long | Christopher B. Cerf, Marlo Thomas, and Nick Cipriano |
| 2007 | Bill Harley | Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates and Dogs | David Correia |
| 2008 | Jim Dale | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Orli Moscowitz and David Rapkin |
| 2009 | Bill Harley | Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live | Daniel P. Dauterive |
Winners from the 2010s
| Year | Performing Artist(s) | Winning Album | Producer(s) |
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| 2010 | Buck Howdy | Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs | Buck Howdy |
| 2011 | Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton | Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies | Michele McGonigle |
See also
- Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
