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Self-Published YA Author 'Crash'es into the Big League
HarperCollins has scooped up rights to self-published writer Nicole Williams's Crash trilogy, and will release the three books in paperback as well as in e-book form.
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A Tribute to Picture-Book Pioneers Maud and Miska Petersham
This fall, 13-year-old WoodstockArts is looking to fulfill its mission "to shine a light on Woodstock, N.Y.," with a book on the life and work of Maud and Miska Petersham, leading picture book illustrators of the 1920s through the '50s.
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Caroline Cooney's Janie Books Come to a Close
More than two decades after publishing The Face on the Milk Carton, Caroline B. Cooney concludes her Janie series with the fifth and final volume, Janie Face to Face.
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Illustrator Proposes Marriage in His Children's Book Debut
On the acknowledgments page of Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Start, debut illustrator Sam Zuppardi popped the question to Jade Amers, his girlfriend of five years.
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Young Staffer Recalls Gabrielle Giffords's Shooting in New Memoir
Daniel Hernandez, who interned for U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords when a gunman opened fire during a constituent event at a Tucson shopping center, tells his story in They Call Me a Hero: A Memoir of My Youth, written with Susan Goldman Rubin.
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Galley Talk: 'Just One Day'
Lauren Mayer, children's book buyer for University Book Store in Seattle, has high hopes for Gayle Forman's Just One Day.
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Controversy Follows Manic D's First Children's Book
Manic D, which specializes in anarchist publications, is used to attracting negative attention. But the company's initial foray into children's publishing is igniting just as much controversy as any of their books for adults.
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Clare, S&S Team Up for Shadowhunters Spinoff, in P and E
A “story cycle” is how Russell Galen, agent of bestselling author Cassandra Clare, describes the new project she’s just signed to do with Simon & Schuster.
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African-American Interest Young Readers Titles, 2012–2013
A list of African-American interest books for young readers publishing between September 2012 and March 2013.
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Porter and the Steads: An Unusual Three-Book Deal
A new as-yet-untitled collaboration from Philip and Erin Stead – the husband-wife team behind A Sick Day for Amos McGee and Bear Has a Story to Tell – would be noteworthy on its own. But it is just one of three recent Stead acquisitions by Neal Porter.
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Amelia Bedelia Turns 50
Greenwillow is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parish's literal-minded housekeeper, with four releases in January.
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Lemony Snicket Hits the Road
Daniel Handler – or Lemony Snicket, if you prefer – just wrapped up a month-long tour that took him coast to coast (and back again) in support of "Who Can That Be at This Hour?"
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Autobiographical Suzanne Collins Picture Book Slated for Fall 2013
Bestselling author Suzanne Collins will examine the effects of war for a much younger readership than that of her Hunger Games series with the autobiographical picture book Year of the Jungle, which Scholastic will publish on September 10, 2013.
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New Facebook Game Immerses Players in Marie Lu's 'Legend'
Last November, debut author Marie Lu introduced readers to the dystopian world of Legend. In January, the story continues with Prodigy; fans looking for a pre-release fix can delve into Cities of Legend, a Facebook game launching in December.
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Open Road Gives New Life to Dan Gutman Series
Funny Boy, Dan Gutman's superpower-lacking superhero who uses his sense of humor to defeat bad guys, will soon be back on his beat.
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Remembering Madeleine L'Engle
The following excerpt from Listening for Madeleine (FSG, Nov.) focuses on some of the key publishing relationships of author Madeleine L'Engle, who died in 2007.
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Little, Brown Expands License with Hasbro
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is expanding its licensing relationship with Hasbro, launching a publishing program in spring 2013 tied to My Little Pony and more Transformers books.
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