Jacqueline Woodson NEW Audiobooks & Interview!

By Jennifer Rubins | May 14 2026 | Excerpts & VideosAudiobook News

Listening Library is thrilled to celebrate the legacy and full catalog of National Book Award Winner, Jacqueline Woodson, with this month’s release of 25 new recordings of her work on audio.

Hear from Woodson herself on the power of audiobooks and why this format is so important to her in this captivating interview from our PRH Spring 2026 Book & Author Festival! Jacqueline Woodson speaks to Library Journal audio editor, Sarah Hashimoto, about her personal relationship to audiobooks and narration, and shares what it was like to revisit much of her work for these new recordings, including a special multi-voice production of Brown Girl Dreaming!

 

CLICK HERE to check out a collection of all of Jacqueline Woodson’s audiobooks.

New Full Cast Audiobook Edition of Brown Girl Dreaming

Read by Denée Benton, Marley Dias, Dominique Fishback, Big Freedia, Montego Glover, Nicole Ari Parker, Tika Sumpter, and Lena Waithe, with a Note read by the Author 

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