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FableVision and Lulu Jr. Partner on Book Publishing Platform
FableVision Learning is partnering with Lulu Jr. to develop My Awesome Publishing Company, an online book publishing platform for children in grades K-8.
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Rights Report: Week of January 13, 2015
New deals for Elizabeth Eulberg, Laurent Linn, Dan Poblocki, Marieke Nijkamp, Julie Murphy, and Fred Van Lente & Ryan Dunlavey.
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Children's Job Moves: January 2015
New job announcements in children's publishing for January 2015.
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Rago Moves from Harper to Random House
Martha M. Rago, associate creative director at HarperCollins Children's Books, is leaving the company after 12 years to join Random House/Golden Books Young Readers Group as creative director.
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Children's Sales Up at Indies in 2014
A mild winter in many parts of the country coupled with a six-year low in unemployment and significantly lower gas prices combined for a strong holiday season at most independent bookstores, and sales gains for the year.
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NYPL Panel Asks: Where's the Science Fiction for Younger Readers?
While teen dystopias abound, a recent panel at the New York Public Library, the latest in the Children's Literary Salon series, delved into the availability (or lack thereof) of science-fiction books for younger readers.
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McNally Jackson and Forever Young Adult Are BFFs
McNally Jackson Books in New York City have joined forces with a Forever YA book club based in Manhattan to expand their YA/crossover event offerings.
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In Brief: January 8
This week, an author speaks candidly about her father's legacy; a debut author feels the love at her book launch; an emotional reading and presentation kicks off a book tour; and a snazzy new bookmobile is unveiled in Iowa.
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Saying 'Good-bye' to Bookseller Carol Chittenden
Carol Chittenden is retiring after working at Eight Cousins in Falmouth, Mass., for the past 28 years; read more about her contributions to the community and the larger book world.
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Publishers Weekly's Top Children's Stories of 2014
These were the 10 most popular stories about children's and YA books on publishersweekly.com in 2014.
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Children's Job Moves: December 2014
New job announcements in children's publishing for December 2014.
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Mobile Devices, New Partnerships Boost Worldreader
In Ghana, 65% of second-graders couldn't read a single word in their mother tongue (let alone English) prior to the arrival of e-readers, notes Danielle Zacarius, Worldreader’s director of publishing partnerships. But according to a November report, among the children in Worldreader’s iREAD 2 program, that figure dropped that to less than 11%—in just 18 months.
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Children's Publishers Choose Their Favorite Reads of 2014
We asked staffers at children’s publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children's book of the year, and how they discovered it.
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Scarletta to Become Mighty Media Press
Scarletta Press, which moved in a new direction two years ago, publishing more children's books while dialing down on publishing adult titles, will, as of January 1, 2015, change its name to Mighty Media Press.
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Bookseller Profile: Amy Oelkers of the Red Balloon
Like so many young booksellers, Oelkers never considered bookselling as a viable career choice. But what started out as a temporary job until she could find a permanent position in her chosen field has turned out to be a dream come true.
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'One Hundred Famous Children's Books': A Grolier Club Exhibition
This winter, The Grolier Club in New York City, the oldest bibliophile society in America, is presenting an exhibition called One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature.
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Kids' Tablet, Fable, to Launch in March
In March, Isabella Products in Concord, Mass., will introduce the Fable, the first “child-friendly, juice-proof” tablet aimed at ages three through 10.
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Bringing International YA Literature into English: A Panel Discussion
On December 10, a panel of writers, editors, publishers and librarians gathered in the main branch of the New York Public Library to discuss the December issue of Words Without Borders, an online magazine dedicated to global YA literature from around the world.
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January 27 Designated Multicultural Children's Book Day
Valarie Budayr of Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen of Pragmatic Mom, continue to raise awareness concerning the importance of embracing diversity in children's books by announcing that Multicultural Children's Book Day.
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Crunching Numbers at the Nielsen Children's Book Summit
The first Nielsen Children's Book Summit covered a wealth of data behind kids' reading and media consumption habits.
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