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BEA 2014: Jacqueline Woodson: Remembering a Brown Girl’s Childhood
Even though Jacqueline Woodson’s latest release, Brown Girl Dreaming (Penguin/Paulsen, Aug.), is set during the 1960s and ’70s, its themes are still relevant today, especially after a controversy erupted last month over the lack of diversity in BookCon’s initial lineup of authors.
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BEA 2014: Meg Wolitzer: Venturing into YA Territory
Author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, and other acclaimed adult novels, as well as The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman for middle-graders, Meg Wolitzer makes her initial foray into YA fiction with Belzhar (Dutton, Sept.), which is set at a Vermont boarding school for emotionally fragile and highly intelligent teenagers.
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BEA 2014: Bruce Degen: Lessons on Friendship
For more than 35 years, Bruce Degen has successfully explored an impressive range of children’s book turf.
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BEA 2014: Hale’s Whirlwind Year
Shannon Hale would probably feel right at home in a superhero costume right about now.
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BEA 2014: Magic Up Her Sleeve: Annie Barrows
After meeting in the past in 2007’s The Magic Half, Miri and Molly land safely in the present—but not for long.
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BEA 2014: More Interactive Fun Ahead: Matthew Van Fleet
Author-artist Matthew Van Fleet has spent some two decades putting innovative spins on novelty elements in picture and board books.
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Q & A with Valorie Fisher
Valorie FIsher's new book, "I Can Do It Myself," shows tiny toys tracing letters, setting the table, and making the bed, and pictures actual children mastering tasks like tying their shoes, using safety scissors, and pouring lemonade.
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Q & A with Lauren Castillo
In Lauren Castillo's 'The Troublemaker,' a boy borrows his younger sister's cherished bunny for a game of pirates, then gets a taste of her distress when his own stuffed animal disappears.
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Q & A with Beth Fantaskey
In Beth Fantaskey's "Buzz Kill," a bright, offbeat student reporter tries to catch a murderer on the loose at her school, which leads to some outrageous moments – and even a sweet romance.
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Colfer Named Laureate in Ireland
Eoin Colfer has been appointed the third Laureate na nOg, the laureate for children’s literature in Ireland.
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Catching Up with R.J. Palacio – and Raquel Jaramillo
Her dual identity may not be as big a secret as Batman/Bruce Wayne, but Workman editor-at-large Raquel Jaramillo, a.k.a. author R.J. Palacio, still needs something of a costume change when she switches roles.
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Obituary: Kate Duke
Children's author and illustrator Kate Duke, known for her playful concept books starring an affable cast of guinea pigs, died unexpectedly at her home in New Haven, Ct., on Sunday, April 20. She was 57.
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Q & A with Alan Rabinowitz
Zoologist Alan Rabinowitz's first children's book, "A Boy and a Jaguar," conveys his passion for and skill at communicating with animals.
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Q & A with Gabi Swiatkowska
Illustrator Gabi Swiatkowska's first solo effort, "Queen on Wednesday," is about a girl who finds that being queen is more than she bargained for.
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Q & A with Nina LaCour
Nina LaCour's latest novel, "Everything Leads to You," about a romance between two young women, is the love story she knew she'd eventually write.
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Q & A with Peter Sís
In his new picture book, "The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry," Peter Sís celebrates an adventurer whose philosophical work has been compared to his own.
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Voting for John Green: Tumblr Hosts Contest for 'The Fault in Our Stars' Movie Tour
John Green fans are voting in a Tumblr contest in order to get the author to visit their state on a tour promoting the movie adaptation of "The Fault in Our Stars."
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An Author Visits His Kingdoms: Ridley Pearson on Tour
For almost three weeks, author Ridley Pearson traveled coast to coast on his tour for "Kingdom Keepers VII: The Insider."
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Q & A with Byron Barton
Thirteen years after "My Car," award-winning author-illustrator Byron Barton is back with a companion picture book, "My Bus."
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Q & A with Ann Brashares
Though Ann Brashares’s newest novel, "The Here and Now," traverses the borders of sci-fi and dystopia, her story maintains the realistic feel of contemporary YA.
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