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BEA 2016: Big Books from Small Presses Create a Buzz
While the five books presented at the BEA Selects: Children's panel session were from small presses, they all made a big impression on the audience.
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BEA 2016: Strategies for Selling Diverse Children's Books
Librarian Betsy Bird moderated a discussion with bookseller Erica Luttrell, librarian Shanutee Burns, and bookseller Elizabeth Bluemle about ways to get racially and ethnically diverse books into the hands of customers and patrons.
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BookCon 2016: YA Authors Take Center Stage at Literary Fan Fest
YA authors who were most feted at the annual mashup of literature and popular culture, which took place in Chicago on May 14.
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Peeko Press Launches at BEA
Peeko Press, a publisher of illustrated hardcover storybooks, is making its debut at BEA this week, where it will introduce its first four titles.
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Middle Grade Books Take on Mature Topics
Books for upper-middle-grade readers are increasingly tackling subjects once considered almost exclusively the province of YA: sexual identity, mental illness, suicide, eating disorders, terrorism, and war.
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Yallwest 2016 in Photos
More than 100 authors and illustrators attended the two-day celebration of all things YA (and some middle grade this year, too).
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A Children's Bookstore to Pop Up in the Bronx
Playwright Calvin Alexander Ramsey is the latest children's book author to add "bookseller" to his many accomplishments.
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Pat Mora Celebrates 20 Years of Honoring Día
For two decades, children's book author and literacy advocate Pat Mora has been rallying enthusiasm for and participation in El día de los niños/ El día de los libros'(Children's Day/Book Day), aka Día, an annual celebration of tchildren and books.
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Canadian Children's Book Week to Host 400+ Events from Coast to Coast
This Saturday, the 39th annual TD Canadian Children's Book Week kicks with 29 authors, illustrators, and storytellers participating in more than 400 book-related events across the country.
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In Brief: May 5, 2016
This week, a publisher donates books for a cause; fans hone their writing skills with a favorite author; an author sends his books to Princeton; and an author launches his new mystery-adventure series.
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SCBWI Conference Attendees Raise Funds for Diversity
About 600 attendees at this year's Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators' "Wild Wild" Midwest conference, got into the spirit of the gathering by going wild with their cash over diversity.
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2016 NYC Independent Bookstore Day in Photos
A PW staffer takes readers on a photo tour of local children's bookstores celebrating Independent Bookstore Day.
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Valuing 'Reading Over Parking'
The denial of a special permit to park the Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip Bus in front of Eight Cousins this summer has forced townspeople to reflect on what matters most.
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Bloomsbury Anthology Pairs YA Authors and Booktubers
What do you get when you blend the equally passionate communities of booktubers (YouTube users who enthusiastically vlog about all-things-book) and YA authors for a project?
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Recruiting Diversity: A CBC Panel
Moving the conversation about diversity in children's publishing forward, panelists specializing in employee recruitment and hiring gathered at the headquarters of the Children's Book Council in Manhattan on April 20 to share their perspectives on diversification of an industry that remains fairly homogeneous.
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In Brief: April 28, 2016
This week, a children's author has a room named in her honor; two author-illustrators show kids that going to work is pretty fun; an author signs books at a local haunt; and an author celebrates in good company.
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Children's Job Moves: April 2016
New job announcements in children's publishing for April 2016.
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Fabled Films Press Partners with NYPL on Read-Aloud Initiative
Children's publishing and entertainment company Fabled Films this month released 'The Nocturnals,' the inaugural novel under its new imprint.
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Report from Flanders: Children's Books Are Alive and Well
I accepted an invitation to join the Flemish Literature Tour in Belgium, focused on children's literature, because I thought the experience would be informative and fun. It was both.
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Children's Literature and the Censorship Conversation: Dialogues on Challenged Books
Authors, educators, and children's literature experts gathered at Bank Street College in New York City on April 16 for a half-day of panel talks on censorship.



