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Kinney to Head Abroad for 'Wimpy Kid 11' Tour
This fall, Kinney will head overseas for a tour that will take him to nine countries, in addition to nine markets in the U.S.
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Q & A with Randy Cecil
Randy Cecil has been illustrating picture books since 1996, with 20 titles to his credit; his new book is well over 100 pages – a picture book with the scope of a novel.
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Four Questions for... Cheryl Klein
This fall, Scholastic editor Cheryl Klein moves to the other side of the desk, with her own book, 'The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults.'
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On My Nightstand: Sabaa Tahir's Nighttime Reading
YA author and former 'Washington Post' journalist Sabaa Tahir describes what’s on her bedside table.
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Four Questions for... Adriana Mather
There's an audible howling on the line as Adriana Mather settles in to talk about her debut novel 'How to Hang a Witch' from her Santa Monica home.
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Children's Book Illustrators Pay Tribute to Beatrix Potter
For the 150th anniversary of Potter's birth, Penguin Random House is publishing a collection of tributes by children's book illustrators. Here is a sampling of some of their works.
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Melissa Sweet: Illuminating the Life of E.B. White
Using watercolors, collages, letters, and photos, Sweet portrays a titan of children's literature in 'Some Writer!'
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Lois Lenski Biography Provides Intimate Portrait of an Elusive Author
The University of Oklahoma Press, a scholarly press renowned for its emphasis on history and biography about the Western U.S., is moving in a new direction, with the publication this month of 'Lois Lenski: Storycatcher' by Bobbie Malone.
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Q & A with Beth Revis
For her latest book, 'A World Without You,' Beth Revis swaps space and explosions for a story that is set in the contemporary world.
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Q & A with William Grill
William Grill's 'The Wolves of Currumpaw' continues his interest in the natural world – and man's fraught place in it – but with a new location, and in a new palette.
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Jeff Zentner
Three friends in small-town Tennessee navigate the last year of high school, and beyond, in Zentner's 'The Serpent King.'
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Gavriel Savit
In 'Anna and the Swallow Man,' Savrit writes of a seven-year-old orphan and the titular figure as they attempt to escape the Germans in 1939 Poland.
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Hitchcock set her debut YA novel, 'The Smell of Other People's Houses,' in her home state of Alaska.
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Terry Fan and Eric Fan
The Fan brothers tell the story of a friendship between a topiary artist and an orphan named William in 'The Night Gardener.'
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Kate Berube
A child overcomes her fear of dogs in author-illustrator Berube's first picture book, 'Hannah and Sugar.'
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts
We profile six children's book creators to watch whose debuts published this past spring.
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CBC Panelists Weigh in On Writing Diverse Characters
Writing authentic diverse characters was the topic of discussion at a Children's Book Council panel on June 15 in New York City.
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Chris Colfer's Ever-Expanding Land of Stories
As he neared "The End" of the fourth volume in his bestselling The Land of Stories series, author Chris Colfer had an epiphany.
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Authors Respond to Disinvites from Schools
The day before Kate Messner was scheduled to speak to students about her latest novel, the author received a troubling message from the school’s administrators: Don't come.
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Obituary: Michael McCurdy
Illustrator, printer, and publisher Michael McCurdy died on May 28 in Springfield, Mass. He was 74.
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