Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Bill Clinton received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children 2004 together with Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren .

The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children , in German "Grammy Award for the best spoken word album for children", is a music prize that was awarded from 1994 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children. The prize was awarded from 1994 to 2011 and went to Audrey Hepburn and producers Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner for the album Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales in the first year .

Tom Chapin and the producers Arnold Cardillo and David Rapkin as well as the sound engineer Rory Young hold the record for the most victories in this category with a total of three wins.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1994	Audrey Hepburn Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner (Producers)	United Kingdom	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	Different artists Robert Guillaume (narrator), Randy Thornton and Ted Kryczko (producers)		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 CW 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	Patrick Stewart Dan Broatman and Martin Sauer (producers)	United Kingdom	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) BB King and Denzel Washington - John Henry (BB King and Doris Wilhousky, producers) Winona Ryder - The Diary of a Young Girl (Lauren Krenzel, producer)
1997	David Holt Steven Heller, David Holt and Virginia Callaway (Producers)	United States	Stellaluna	Melissa Manchester - The Wonderful O (James Thurber and Deborah Raffin, producers) 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	Charles Kuralt John McElroy (producer)	United States	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	Different artists Dan Musselman and Stefan Rudnicki (producers)		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	Graham Greene , Wynton Marsalis and Kate Winslet David Frost and Steven Epstein (producers)	Canada  United States  United Kingdom	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	Jim Dale David Rapkin (producer)	United Kingdom	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	Tom Chapin Arnold Cardillo (producer), Rory Young (sound engineer)	United States	Mama don't allow	Tim Curry - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Book 1: The Bad Beginning Tim Curry - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Book 1: The Bad Beginning Various artists - Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - CD Read-Along Ruth Westheimer - Timeless Tales and Music of Our Time
2003	Tom Chapin Arnold Cardillo (producer), Rory Young (sound engineer)	United States	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	Bill Clinton , Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren Wilhelm Hellweg (producer), Jean-Marie Geijsen (sound engineer)	United States  Russia  Italy	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	Tom Chapin Arnold Cardillo (producer), Rory Young (sound engineer)	United States	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	Different artists Christopher B. Cerf and Marlo Thomas (producers), Nick Cipriano (sound 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 - A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (David Rapkin, producer)
2007	Bill Harley David Correia (sound engineer)	United States	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	Jim Dale Orli Moscowitz and David Rapkin (producers), Nikki Banks (sound engineer)	United Kingdom	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	Bill Harley Daniel P. Dauterive (Producer), Beth Anne Austein, David Correia, and Michael Marsolek (Sound Engineers)	United States	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	Buck Howdy Buck Howdy (Producer), Steve Wetherbee (Sound Engineer)	United States	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	Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton Michele McGonigle (producer), Cynthia Daniels, John Colucci and Tommy Harron (sound engineers)	United Kingdom	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

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed July 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed July 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Spoken Word Album For Children. Accessed July 22, 2019 .