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The 2006 GRAMMY Award Winners

Hours before the February 8th telecast of the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, two audio categories of interest to booksellers were honored off-screen at an awards presentation.

Senator Barack Obama won a Grammy for best spoken word album for the audio edition of Dreams From My Father (Random House Audio), while Marlo Thomas and friends won best spoken word album for children for Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long, produced by Christopher Cerf and Marlo Thomas (Warner Strategic Marketing).

The 2006 GRAMMY Award Nominees

Nominations for the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences on December 8th. Of the Awards' 31 categories, two belong in the Spoken Word field.

The nominees from the Best Spoken Word Album categories are:

Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale (Listening Library)
Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long, various artists, produced by Christopher Cerf and Marlo Thomas (Warner Strategic Marketing)
Pooh's Heffalump narrated by Roy Dotrice (Walt Disney Records)
Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean: Why I Love and Hate My Brothers narrated by Ray Romano (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers)
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, various artists, produced by David Rapkin (Harper Children's Audio)

Best Spoken Word Album
The Adventures of Guy Noir by Garrison Keillor (HighBridge Company)
The Al Franken Show Party Album by Al Franken (Artemis Records)
Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan, narrated by Sean Penn (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Dreams From My Father by Senator Barack Obama (Random House Audio)
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin (Hyperion Audiobooks)

The GRAMMY Awards will be held on Friday, February 8th in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m.