Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref> to recording artists for works containing quality "spoken word" performances aimed at children. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."<ref name=Overview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The award was first presented to Audrey Hepburn and producers Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner in 1994 for the album Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales. Its last winners were the artists, producers, audio engineers, and audio mixers who contributed to the album Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies in 2011, when it was announced the award would be combined with the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children to form the Grammy Award for Best Children's Album.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tom Chapin holds the record for the most wins in this category, with a total of three. Artists Bill Harley and Jim Dale, along with audio engineer David Correia, and producers Arnold Cardillo and David Rapkin, and audio engineer-musical director Rory Young, are the others to win the award more than once, all winning it twice. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has also won the award, along with Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren, for their work on the album Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf at the 2003 installment of the awards.
Recipients
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1990s
| Year | Performing Artist(s) | Work | Producers | |
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| 1994 <ref name=Grammy1994>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner | |
| John Cleese | Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Dr. Seuss) | Sharon Lerner | ||
| Danny Glover and Dr. John | Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion | Dr. John, Ken Hoin, and Doris Wilhousky | ||
| Sesame Street Muppets | The Muppet Christmas Carol Story Album | Ed Mitchell | ||
| Various artists | Aladdin Sound and Story Theater | Ted Kryczko | ||
| 1995 <ref name=Grammy1995>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Various artistsTemplate:Efn | Template:Sort | Randy Thornton and Ted Kryczko | |
| Amy Grant | The Creation | Bela Fleck, Brian Gleeson, and Craig Rogers | ||
| John Hurt | Aladdin and the Magic Lamp | Brian Gleeson, Mickey Hart, and C.W. Rogers | ||
| Garrison Keillor | Johnny Appleseed | Ken Hoin and Mark O'Connor | ||
| Various artists | The Magic School Bus: Fun With Sound | John Wynne | ||
| 1996 <ref name=Grammy1996>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Dan Broatman and Martin Sauer | |
| Morgan Freeman | Follow the Drinking Gourd | Taj Mahal, John McCally, and Doris Wilhousky | ||
| David Holt and Bill Mooney | Why the Dog Chases the Cat: Great Animal Stories | David Holt and Bill Mooney | ||
| B.B. King and Denzel Washington | John Henry | B.B. King and Doris Wilhousky | ||
| Winona Ryder | The Diary of a Young Girl | Lauren Krenzel | ||
| 1997 <ref name=Grammy1997>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Steven Heller, David Holt, and Virginia Callaway | |
| Melissa Manchester | The Wonderful O (James Thurber) | Deborah Raffin | ||
| Carl Reiner | The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain) | Victoria Preminger | ||
| Robin Williams | Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg) | Susan Dudnick Boer | ||
| Michael York | Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) | Shauna Zurbrugg | ||
| 1998 <ref name=Grammy1998>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | John McElroy | |
| 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 | |||
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Various artistsTemplate:Efn | Template:Sort | Dan Musselman and Stefan Rudnicki |
| Miguel Ferrer | Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Read-Along | Randy Thornton | ||
| June Foray | Disney's Mulan Read and Sing Along | Ted Kryczko and Randy Thornton | ||
| Bill Harley | Weezie and the Moon Pies | Bill Harley | ||
| Sharon Kennedy | The Patchwork Quilt and Other Stories From Around the World | Bing Broderick, Kennedy and Steve Netsky | ||
| Sesame Street Muppets | Elmo's New Laugh | Ed Mitchell |
2000s
2010s
| Year | Performing Artist(s) | Work | Producers | |
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Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Buck Howdy, producer |
| 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 <ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Template:Sortname and Emma Walton Hamilton | Template:Sort | Michele McGonigle, producer. | |
| 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 |
See also
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