Bob Dylan's Chronicles Is Nominated for Best Spoken Word Album

Bob Dylan's Chronicles Is Nominated for Best Spoken Word Album

- Read by Oscar-winner Sean Penn, this audiobook marks a first Spoken Word Grammy nomination for Dylan -

- Simon & Schuster Children's Division also honored with a nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for Children: Ray Romano's RAYMIE, DICKIE, AND THE BEAN: WHY I LOVE AND HATE MY BROTHERS (Book and CD) -

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon & Schuster Audio is pleased to announce that CHRONICLES: Volume One has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Masterfully narrated by Academy Award- winner Sean Penn, the audiobook explores the critical junctions in Bob Dylan's life and career, and is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.

Chris Lynch, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio said, "We're thrilled that the Recording Academy has recognized this outstanding production. The audio publication of Bob Dylan's work represented two important moments for the industry: the legendary singer-songwriter's first volume of his long-awaited memoirs and Sean Penn's first foray into narration. Congratulations to producer and director Elisa Shokoff who continues to inspire all of us at Simon & Schuster Audio."

The CHRONICLES audiobook (six hours available on six CDs) is one of Simon & Schuster Audio's best-selling non-fiction titles, with over 30,000 copies in print. Upon publication, in October 2004, the initial press coverage of the Penn announcement was unprecedented for an audiobook release. Since, CHRONICLES has received numerous positive reviews and mentions in the media.

Five other Simon & Schuster Audio recordings have won Grammy Awards in recent years: Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, read by author Quincy Jones with his friends and family (2002); CHARLES KURALT'S SPRING, read by author Charles Kuralt (1998); Hillary Rodham Clinton's IT TAKES A VILLAGE (1997); GRACIE (1991), read by author George Burns; and IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING (1990), read by author Gilda Radner. Simon & Schuster Audio has received twenty-six Grammy nominations since 1989.

Also nominated for a Grammy, in the category of Best Spoken Word Album for Children, is Ray Romano's RAYMIE, DICKIE, AND THE BEAN: WHY I LOVE AND HATE MY BROTHERS (Book and CD), written with his real-life brothers, Richard and Robert Romano, and illustrated by Gary Locke. A tale of sibling antics from Romano's own childhood, Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, comes packaged with a CD of the Emmy Award-winning star of Everybody Loves Raymond reading the book.

The winners will be announced at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards to be held in Los Angeles on February 8th, 2006, on CBS-TV.

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Simon & Schuster Audio is a leading publisher of general interest audiobooks including bestselling fiction, nonfiction, business/finance, self-improvement, inspiration, language learning programs, original audiobook productions, and children's titles. In addition to a list that includes such unparalleled authors as David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen King, Phillip McGraw, and Mary Higgins Clark, Simon & Schuster Audio has produced audiobooks that have won five Grammy Awards and earned twenty-six Grammy nominations since 1989. For more information about Simon & Schuster Audio, visit our website at http://www.simonsaysaudio.com/.

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing is one of the leading children's book publishers in the world. While maintaining an extensive award-winning backlist, the division continues to publish acclaimed and best-selling books for children of all ages. In addition to numerous Caldecott, Newbery, and National Book Award winners, Simon & Schuster publishes such high-profile properties and series as Eloise, Olivia, Raggedy Ann & Andy(TM), Henry & Mudge(R), The Hardy Boys(R), Nancy Drew(R), The Spiderwick Chronicles, Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts(R), Nickelodeon's(R) Dora the Explorer(R), Blue's Clues(R), The Backyardigans(TM), and SpongeBob SquarePants(R). For more information about Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, visit our website at http://www.simonsayskids.com/.

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