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
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country	United States
First awarded	1994
Last awarded	2011

The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality "spoken word" performances aimed at children. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."

Recipients

2000 winner Wynton Marsalis

2002, 2003, and 2005 award winner Tom Chapin

2004 award winner Bill Clinton

2011 award winner Julie Andrews

Year	Performing artist(s)	Personnel	Work	Nominees
1994	Hepburn, AudreyAudrey Hepburn	Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner, producers	Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales	John Cleese – Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Dr. Seuss) (Sharon Lerner producer) Danny Glover and Dr. John – Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion (Dr. John, Ken Hoin, and Doris Wilhousky producers) Sesame Street Muppets – The Muppet Christmas Carol Story Album (Ed Mitchell producer) Various artists – Aladdin Sound and Story Theater (Ted Kryczko producer)
1995	Various artists	Robert Guillaume, narrator. Randy Thornton and Ted Kryczko, producers	Lion King Read-Along The Lion King Read-Along	Amy Grant – The Creation (Bela Fleck, Brian Gleeson, and Craig Rogers producers) John Hurt – Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (Brian Gleeson, Mickey Hart, and C.W. Rogers producers) Garrison Keillor – Johnny Appleseed (Ken Hoin and Mark O'Connor producers) Various artists – The Magic School Bus: Fun With Sound (John Wynne producer)
1996	Stewart, PatrickPatrick Stewart	Dan Broatman and Martin Sauer, producers	Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf	Morgan Freeman – Follow the Drinking Gourd (Taj Mahal, John McCally, and Doris Wilhousky producers) David Holt and Bill Mooney – Why the Dog Chases the Cat: Great Animal Stories (David Holt and Bill Mooney producers) B.B. King and Denzel Washington – John Henry (B.B. King and Doris Wilhousky producers) Winona Ryder – The Diary of a Young Girl (Lauren Krenzel producer)
1997	Holt, DavidDavid Holt	Steven Heller, David Holt, and Virginia Callaway, producers	Stellaluna Stellaluna	Melissa Manchester – The Wonderful O (James Thurber) (Deborah Raffin producer) Carl Reiner – The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain) (Victoria Preminger producer) Robin Williams – Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg) (Susan Dudnick Boer producer) Michael York – Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) (Shauna Zurbrugg producer)
1998	Kuralt, CharlesCharles Kuralt	John McElroy, producer	Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh	Long John Baldry – The Original Story of Winnie-the-Pooh Gabriel Byrne – The Star-Child and the Nightingale & the Rose Eric Idle – The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat
1999	Various artists	Dan Musselman and Stefan Rudnicki, producers	Children's Shakespeare The Children's Shakespeare	Miguel Ferrer – Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Read-Along (Randy Thornton producer) June Foray – Disney's Mulan Read and Sing Along (Ted Kryczko and Randy Thornton producers) Bill Harley – Weezie and the Moon Pies (Bill Harley producer) Sharon Kennedy – The Patchwork Quilt and Other Stories From Around the World (Bing Broderick, Kennedy and Steve Netsky producers) Sesame Street Muppets – Elmo's New Laugh (Ed Mitchell producer)
2000	Greene, GrahamGraham Greene, Wynton Marsalis, and Kate Winslet	David Frost and Steven Epstein, producers	Listen to the Storyteller Listen to the Storyteller	Jim Dale – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Kathy Hale producer) Bill Harley – The Battle of Mad Scientists and Other Tales of Survival (Debbie Block and Bill Harley producers) Hayden Panettiere – A Bug's Life Read-Along (Randy Thornton and Ted Kryczko producers) Sesame Street Muppets – Let's Eat! (Ed Mitchell producer)
2001	Dale, JimJim Dale	David Rapkin, producer	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	James Earl Jones – The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey Liam Neeson – The Polar Express Paul Newman – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Susan Sarandon – Dinosongs: Poems to Celebrate a T. Rex Named Sue
2002	Chapin, TomTom Chapin	Arnold Cardillo, producer. Rory Young, audio engineer	Mama Don't Allow Mama Don't Allow	Tim Curry – A Series of Unfortunate Events – Book 1: The Bad Beginning Vanessa Redgrave and Stephen Fry – Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant & The Nightingale And The Rose Various artists – Dr. Seuss – How the Grinch Stole Christmas! – CD Read-Along Ruth Westheimer – Timeless Tales and Music of Our Time
2003	Chapin, TomTom Chapin	Arnold Cardillo, producer. Rory Young, audio engineer	There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly	Jamie Lee Curtis – The Jamie Lee Curtis Audio Collection John Lithgow and various artists – Ogden Nash's the Christmas That Almost Wasn't Jerry Seinfeld – Halloween Various artists – Monsters, Inc. DVD Read-Along
2004	Clinton, BillBill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Sophia Loren	Wilhelm Hellweg, producer. Jean-Marie Geijsen, audio engineer.	Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks	Jim Broadbent – Winnie-the-Pooh Jim Dale – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Eric Idle – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Carl Reiner – Tell Me a Scary Story
2005	Chapin, TomTom Chapin	Arnold Cardillo, producer. Rory Young, audio engineer.	Train They Call the City of New Orleans The Train They Call the City of New Orleans	Marin Alsop – The Story of Classical Music John Lithgow – The Emperor's New Clothes Various artists – Green Eggs and Ham and Other Servings of Dr. Seuss Elaine Stritch – The Best Halloween Ever
2006	Various artists	Christopher B. Cerf and Marlo Thomas, producers. Nick Cipriano, audio engineer.	Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long	Jim Dale – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Roy Dotrice – Pooh's Heffalump Ray Romano – Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean: Why I Love and Hate My Brothers Various artists (David Rapkin producer) – A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
2007	Harley, BillBill Harley	David Correia, audio engineer	Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates and Dogs	Jim Dale – Peter Pan John McCutcheon – Christmas in the Trenches Lynn Redgrave – The Witches Various artists – Disney's Little Einsteins Musical Missions
2008	Dale, JimJim Dale	Orli Moscowitz and David Rapkin, producers. Nikki Banks, Sound Engineer.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	Milbre Burch – Making the Heart Whole Again: Stories for a Wounded World Diane Ferlatte – Wickety Whack – Brer Rabbit Is Back Toni Morrison – Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake? Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep – The One and Only Shrek
2009	Harley, BillBill Harley	Daniel P. Dauterive, producer. Beth Anne Austein, David Correia, and Michael Marsolek, audio engineers.	Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live	Buck Howdy and BB – Around the Campfire Gwyneth Paltrow – Brown Bear and Friends Dean Pitchford – The Big One-Oh Tony Shalhoub – The Cricket in Times Square
2010	Howdy, BuckBuck Howdy	Buck Howdy, producer. Steve Wetherbee, audio engineer and mixer.	Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs	Ed Asner – Scat Harlan Ellison – Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There David Hyde Pierce – The Phantom Tollbooth Dean Pitchford – Captain Nobody Various artists – Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
2011	Andrews, JulieJulie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton	Michele McGonigle, producer. Cynthia Daniels, John Colucci and Tommy Harron, audio engineers and mixers.	Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies	Selma Blair – Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition Bill Harley – The Best Candy in the Whole World Emma Thompson – Nanny McPhee Returns Various artists – Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat

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