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Q & A with Bruce Coville

By Erin Fry | 05/07/2015 @ 03:00PM

Bruce Coville, author of over 100 books for children, releases two new novels in June.
In Brief: May 7, 2015

| 05/07/2015 @ 02:00PM

The week in photos from children's book events across the country.
Obituary: Marcia Brown

By Shannon Maughan | 05/05/2015 @ 03:00PM

Author-illustrator Marcia Brown, the much-lauded recipient of three Caldecott Medals and six Caldecott Honors, among other accolades, died on April 28. She was 96.
Jewell Parker Rhodes on Diversity and Character-Driven Stories

By Jewell Parker Rhodes | 04/30/2015 @ 04:00PM

Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes kept booksellers at Children’s Institute 3 spellbound during her closing keynote, about the next civil rights frontier: diversity.
Maryland Children’s Literature Festival Building Lifelong Readers

By Krystyna Poray Goddu | 04/30/2015 @ 03:00PM

On April 24 and 25, Frostburg, Md., hosted its 33rd annual Spring Festival of Children’s Literature.
In Brief: April 30, 2015

| 04/30/2015 @ 02:00PM

This week, authors and indie booksellers “woof” it up in Massachusetts, readers enjoy an author visit for dessert; an author is “spied” in a not-so-incognito moment; and an illustrator imagines a different kind of tree “trunk."
Adrian Fogelin Moves On from Her Neighborhood Novels

By Sally Lodge | 04/28/2015 @ 03:00PM

Adrian Fogelin's Neighborhood sequence draws to a close in 'Some Kind of Magic,' the sixth installment, which Peachtree is releasing this month.
Obituary: Jonathan Lanman

By Shannon Maughan | 04/23/2015 @ 04:00PM

Jonathan Lanman, longtime children's book editor and former v-p and editorial director at Atheneum Books for Young Readers, died on April 19. He was 62.
Q & A with Sarah Darer Littman

By Kristin Baver | 04/16/2015 @ 03:00PM

In Sarah Darer Littman's latest YA novel, 'Backlash,' an online crush who isn't what he seems pushes a 15-year-old to the brink of self-destruction, and her former best friend documents her collapse on Facebook.
Q & A with Melissa Marr

By Sally Lodge | 04/14/2015 @ 03:00PM

Melissa Marr recently created her very first picture book, 'Bunny Roo, I Love You,' for a very special audience: her adopted son Kaden, who was born with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
NYRB to Reissue Astrid Lindgren Classics

By Sue Corbett | 04/14/2015 @ 03:00PM

The New York Review Children's Collection will publish 'Mio, My Son' and 'Seacrow Island,' two out-of-print classics by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
Jon Scieszka: Reaching Out to Reluctant Readers: Children's Institute 2015

By Natasha Gilmore | 04/10/2015 @ 07:00PM

Jon Scieszka's writing is born out of his previous years as a teacher: "I'm always looking to grab the kid in the back row who thought, 'This isn't for me.' "
Mac Barnett and Jory John: The Pranksters Get Serious About 826 Valencia

By Claire Kirch | 04/10/2015 @ 07:00PM

Mac Barnett and Jory John, coauthors of 'The Terrible Two,' are pranksters with a purpose.
Jewell Parker Rhodes: Living the Dream and Writing for Children: Children's Institute 2015

By Claire Kirch | 04/10/2015 @ 07:00PM

While Jewell Parker Rhodes has written six adult novels, a memoir, and two writing guides, and holds an endowed chair at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University, she professes to be most proud of the books she has written for children.
Jeff Kinney: Wimpy Kid Author Turns Bookseller: Children's Institute 2015

By Judith Rosen | 04/10/2015 @ 07:00PM

Jeff Kinney has no intention of quitting his day job at Poptropica, a virtual world that he developed for kids.
Marla Frazee and Allyn Johnston: Collaboration Thrives After 15 Years

By Tiffany Razzano | 04/10/2015 @ 07:00PM

For 15 years, author-illustrator Marla Frazee and Allyn Johnston, v-p and publisher of Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, have collaborated on inspired children’s books.
Berthe Amoss Reflects on a Life in Publishing

By Tiffany Razzano | 04/09/2015 @ 03:00PM

Even today Berthe Amoss shows no signs of slowing down as she prepares for the upcoming release of her young adult mystery 'Mischief and Malice,' the follow-up to her 1979 book, 'Secret Lives.'
Q & A with Rita Williams-Garcia

By Sue Corbett | 04/07/2015 @ 03:00PM

Rita Williams-Garcia concludes her award-winning trilogy about the Gaither Sisters with 'Gone Crazy in Alabama.'
Kwame Alexander Named Inaugural Bank Street Writer in Residence

| 03/24/2015 @ 02:00PM

The Bank Street School for Children has announced that 2015 Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander will be its inaugural Dorothy Carter Writer-in-Residence.
Obituary: Ellen Conford

By Shannon Maughan | 03/24/2015 @ 10:00AM

Noted author Ellen Conford, largely known for her humorous and realistic YA fiction and middle grade novels, died Friday, March 20.

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