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In Brief: September 30
In brief this week: the Baltimore Book Festival; 'Zombies vs. Unicorns' at Symphony Space; book events for Rich and Sandra Neil Wallace and Lisi Harrison; and a celebration of kids' books in Tarrytown, N.Y.
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In Brief: September 23
In brief this week: a 'Green Eggs and Ham' contest; author events for Kirby Larson, Liz Kessler, and Lesley M. M. Blume and David Foote; and the opening of a Walter Wick museum exhibit.
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Galley Talk: 'Annexed: A Novel'
Kathleen March, children's manager at Anderson's Bookshop in Downers Grove, Ill., praises a novel she initially picked up somewhat skeptically.
In her preface to Annexed: A Novel, Sharon Dogar writes, "Anne [Frank]'s diary is a vitally important part of our history." This is exactly why I approached Annexed with some hesitation. Could it do justice to Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl? The answer is a resounding "yes." -
Bat-ter Up! Lies and His Bats Are Back
Summer may be over, but it's still baseball season—especially for the stars of Brian Lies's third Bats book, Bats at the Ballgame. The Houghton Mifflin picture book went on sale September 6, and has spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. As he has for previous books, Lies hit the road in his brand-new "BATSmobile," touring bookstores in Cape Cod and Maine before heading west for a September tour that took him to stores in Colorado, Arizona, and California.
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Dunkle Launches Virtual Tour for 'Wuthering Heights' Prequel
What was Heathcliffe like before he showed up in the pages of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights? Clare B. Dunkle gives readers an answer to that question in The House of Dead Maids, published last week by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. Teen readers and Brontë aficionados can learn more about this prelude to the classic 19th-century novel, and the story behind its creation, by following the author’s 20-stop blog tour.
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Lois Duncan Thrillers Get an Update
A string of thrillers by Lois Duncan, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Killing Mr. Griffin, and Don't Look Behind You, first sent shivers down the spines of teen readers in the 1970s and '80s. These three novels are the first of 10 Duncan titles that Little, Brown plans to reissue in trade paperback editions...
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David Baldacci on Author Roster for Second '39 Clues' Wave
The powerful Cahill family will be pitted against a ruthless cabal in Scholastic’s follow-up to its multimedia franchise, The 39 Clues. The new series, The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, launches in April 2011 with Vespers Rising by Rick Riordan, Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, and Jude Watson, and will wrap up in March 2013 with a seventh installment penned by bestselling thriller author David Baldacci. Vespers Rising has an announced first printing of 500,000 copies.
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Sfar's 'Little Prince Graphic Novel' Offers New Take on a Classic
Next month Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish The Little Prince Graphic Novel, adapted from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic illustrated novella, with drawings by acclaimed French cartoonist Joann Sfar.
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In Brief: September 16
In brief this week: Cornelia Funke's 'Reckless' Tour; Zombies in Austin; the Thalia Book Club Camp; 'Ghost Hunters' authors on the road; and writer Christina Gonzalez at the Decatur Book Festival.
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New Line from American Girl
American Girl Publishing, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, is going in a new direction by launching a contemporary middle-grade book line, Innerstar University, that is somewhat reminiscent of the Choose Your Own Adventure series. The Innerstar University books will be written from a second-person point-of-view, with the reader assuming the role of protagonist and making selections from among multiple story lines.
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Houghton to Publish 'Mysteries of Harris Burdick' Spinoff
One Pulitzer Prize, five Newbery Medals, three Newbery Honors, two Caldecott Medals, one Caldecott Honor, three National Book Awards, and five Coretta Scott King Awards. This is just a partial list of accolades that have been bestowed upon the contributors to a book due from Houghton Mifflin in fall 2011.
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Kids' Books in Brooklyn: A PW Photo-Essay
This past weekend marked the fifth annual Brooklyn Book Festival. And although Sunday's weather was less than cooperative, it didn't stop booklovers — including the very young ones — from coming out to see their favorite authors. See our gallery of photos from the festival's many panels, signings, and readings.
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Knopf to Publish Picture Book from President Obama
This November, Knopf Books for Young Readers will publish Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters, a picture book by President Barack Obama, and illustrated by Loren Long. The book has a national laydown date of November 16, and will arrive with a 500,000-copy first printing.
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Komikwerks Adds New Actionopolis Series Via Kindle E-books
Komikwerks, an online comics site and digital comics provider, is expanding its line of Actionopolis adventure novels aimed at young people with a list of 16 new series delivered through the Kindle e-book platform and available for Kindle on iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, Blackberry, or Android device.
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Disney Announces Print Run, Plans for 'Percy Jackson' Spinoff
Rick Riordan's bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series may have ended last year, but the author's fans have hardly been without options in the meantime. A film based on the first Percy Jackson book, The Lightning Thief, was released back in February, and Riordan launched his Kane Chronicles series in May.
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Galley Talk: 'Revolution' by Jennifer Donnelly
Kira Porton, a buyer at A Children's Place in Portland, Ore., recommends a new work of historical fiction for young adults.
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Penguin Adds Poptropica Imprint
No man may be an island, as John Donne so eloquently wrote, but in the virtual world of Poptropica kids between the ages of six and 14 can visit lots of islands and hang out with literary friends. And with the launch of a Poptropica imprint from Penguin next fall, they'll also be able to read island-related books.
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Movie Alert: 'It's Kind of a Funny Story'
Ned Vizzini's critically acclaimed 2006 novel, It's Kind of a Funny Story, hits the big screen next month. The Focus Features film is directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who also co-wrote the screenplay, based on Vizzini's novel. Keir Gilchrist (The United States of Tara) stars in the movie as Craig, a Brooklyn teenager who checks himself into a psychiatric hospital, after having difficulty coping with the stresses of his first year at a competitive high school.
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Candlewick Partners with Toon Books
On October 1, Candlewick Press will launch a Toon Books imprint, a partnership with the already existing Toon Books, a press founded by New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly in spring 2008 with the mission of getting kids to read using comics.
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Debra Frasier Takes Up Residence at the Minnesota State Fair
The Minnesota State Fair is nicknamed the Great Minnesota Get-Together for good reason: practically every Minnesotan seems to spend a day or two there during its 12-day run (August 26 to September 6 this year), doing such things as gorging themselves on food-on-a-stick, hanging out at the Mighty Midway, and watching a sculptor carve a 90-pound block of butter. Author Debra Frasier went a step beyond the typical Minnesotan fairgoer...
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