From page to audio: Bernadette Dunne shares her journey (A Flashback Post)
Since today we are talking with an audio book narrator, Mike Paine, I thought I would do a Flashback post and rerun this post with Bernadette Dunne, the narrator of Son by Lois Lowry. More than 1 point of view helps us develop more insight into the creation of an audio book. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
-Bernadette Dunne
AND for those of you who fall in love with audiobook narrators like I do, here is a link for more from Bernadette Dunne! Hear more from award-winning narrator Bernadette Dunne . Thanks again to Bernadette and to Books on Tape for connecting TLT with Ms. Dunne!
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This statement originally appeared at the begnning of this post which was first published on October 11, 2012: Thanks to all of you who participated in our celebration of The Giver quartet here on Teen Librarian’s Toolbox. A special thank you to the amazing teams at both Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Books on Tape/Listening Library for an excellent giveaway and for helping to promote our tribute.
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Many times, we hear from an author and during this tribute, we were excited to hear from Lois Lowry and then I found out that Bernadette Dunne, the narrator for the SON audiobook, wanted to send in a little something about her experience recording the audio. We are super excited to host Bernadette’s post and I hope you all enjoy!
Filed under: Audio Books, Bernadette Dunne, Lois Lowry, The Giver

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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I have had the pleasure of reading many audiobooks narrated by Bernadette Dunne and can say that she is fabulous! One of my favorites.
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