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January 2008 - LIVE OAK MEDIA WINS FIRST EVER ODYSSEY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN AUDIOBOOK PRODUCTION
(Hudson, NY) Congratulations are in order to our long time client Arnie Cardillo of Live Oak Media, the recipient of the very first Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production. This new award is given for the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States, by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), divisions of ALA, sponsored by Booklist magazine.

The winning title, Jazz, written by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers and produced by Arnie Cardillo, contains original music composed for each poem and performed by a live jazz ensemble. Two outstanding jazz vocalists, James "D Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas, alternate with narration and song.

HAVE, Inc. was privileged to have contributed by providing CD replication and package assembly of Jazz, for Live Oak Media.

Congratulations Arnie!

- Your friends at HAVE, Inc

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