David’s audiobook of Norton Juster’s fabulous The Phantom Tollbooth was nominated in the Best Spoken Word for Children category in the 2009 Grammy Awards. Here’s the full list of nominees in the category:
* Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs, Buck Howdy
* Captain Nobody, Dean Pitchford
* Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales,Various Artists
* The Phantom Tollbooth, David Hyde Pierce
* Scat, Ed Asner
* Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There, Harlan Ellison
The awards will be announced on 31 January in LA. Check out the Grammy website for more details. And don’t forget you can buy The Phantom Tollbooth at our store!
Congrats, David! Oh, but now I have that Eminem line in my head: “You think I give a damn about a Grammy? Half of you critics can’t even stomach me, let alone stand me!”
I’m really, really happy for him. It was kind of a surprising news. I keep thinking that if he wins, the next award is the Oscar