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A Call to Action: Bullying and Books
PW provides some perspective from experts on the topic, including the role books can play in combating the bullying problem. We also take a look at how some authors and publishers are rallying behind the cause and offer a roundup of recently published books that tackle the issue.
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'Inheritance' Enhanced E-book and Deluxe Hardcover Mark Final Chapters of Cycle
October 23 will be a big day for fans of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle. That’s the pub date for a quartet of new releases from Knopf, including an enhanced e-book.
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HarperCollins Introduces a New 'Erin Hunter'
Erin Hunter, the pseudonymous author team behind the Warriors and Seekers series, has a new member. Scottish author Gillian Philip joins this creative stable as the author of the recently launched Survivors series.
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Galley Talk: 'Etiquette & Espionage'
Liesl Freudenstein, children’s book buyer at the Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colo., shares her enthusiasm for Gail Carriger’s Etiquette & Espionage, the author’s YA debut.
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Putting the 'E' in 'Wimpy': Jeff Kinney Goes Digital
The seventh book in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series arrives this November, but starting October 30, kids can read the old books in a new way, when they become available for download as e-books for the first time. The books will carry their own Wimp-ebook logo and branding, and the seventh book, The Third Wheel, will be released simultaneously in both hardcover and e-book formats.
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Rowling's Next Book to Be Children's Title
J.K. Rowling is getting back to her roots...as a YA author. The bestseller, during an October 11 webcast hosted by Scholastic, said, from her home in Scotland, that her next project will likely be a book for younger readers.
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NBA Finalists in Young People’s Literature Announced for 2012
On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2012 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature.
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How 'A Wrinkle in Time' Was Made Into a Graphic Novel
Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is one of the most beloved children's books out there. The editor and illustrator of A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel, Margaret Ferguson and Hope Larson, shared their thoughts on adapting the classic and its enduring message.
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Geragotelis, S&S Prepare to Release 'Life's a Witch' Prequel
Brittany Geragotelis, who landed a three-book, six-figure deal with S&S after a PW story about her self-published YA debut, Life's a Witch, will publish a prequel with S&S, called What The Spell.
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Mo Willems's Pigeon Drives New Activity Book
Egged on by the Duckling, the Pigeon unleashes his creativity – and encourages kids to do likewise – in Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book! Published October 2 by Hyperion, the book is illustrated by Mo Willems and written by Willems and Tom Warburton.
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Penguin Divisions Team Up to Buy Self-Pubbed Bestseller 'Easy'
In an acquisition that brings together two Penguin imprints, Berkley Books and Penguin Young Readers Group have jointly acquired Tammara Webber's self-published novel Easy.
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What's New in YA? Mashups
YA bookshelves still groan with dystopian novels, and teens continue to guzzle paranormal fantasies, but the category is pushing the envelope in search of the next crowd-pleasing genre – whether a hybrid of styles or a subversion of tried-and-true formulas.
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Self-Styled Successes
It's always heartening – for writers hoping to get published, editors on the lookout for new talent, and anyone appreciative of a happy ending – to hear tales of self-published writers landing contracts with well-known publishers. Spotlighted here are a quartet of children’s authors, each of whose success stories has its distinctive twist – and happy ending.
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'Diviner' Inspiration: Author Libba Bray
On September 18, Libba Bray embarked on a month-long tour in support of The Diviners, her new paranormal novel set in Jazz Age New York City, which Little, Brown pubbed on that same date with a 200,000-copy first printing. Up next in her 14-city road trip will be Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and finally, New York City.
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Jessica Shirvington's 'Embrace' Heads to Television
The CW Network, along with Amblin Entertainment and CBS Television Studios, is developing ssica Shirvington's Embrace, and its follow-ups, into a weekly TV series.
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Random House Lends Its Support During National Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and in support, Random House Children's Books is unveiling a month-long campaign inspired by R.J. Palacio's Wonder (Knopf, Feb.). The middle-grade novel stars Auggie, a fifth-grade boy with a severe facial deformity who is attending a mainstream school for the first time.
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