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What's Selling at Bear Pond Books

| 02/07/2013 @ 03:00PM

Jane Knight, children's book buyer at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, Vt., sends word of several books that she's especially pleased to be selling this season.
In Brief: February 7

| 02/07/2013 @ 02:00PM

This week, the NAACP honors a b-ball star-turned-author; a debut writer stages a book launch; two tiny Brits 'tea' off; and St. Paul's literati fete one of their own.
For Libraries, the Common Core Presents Extraordinary Opportunity

By Andrew Albanese | 02/05/2013 @ 03:00PM

The Common Core was a hot topic at the ALA midwinter meeting in Seattle, specifically at a standing-room only "discussion group" where more than 80 librarians gathered to learn more about the new state standards, and to share their own experiences thus far.
Peter Pauper Press Enters the Picture Book Market

By Sally Lodge | 02/05/2013 @ 03:00PM

Peter Pauper Press will expand its reach into the children's market in May, when it releases its first hardcover picture book, Hank Finds an Egg by Rebecca Dudley.
Dr. Seuss's '500 Hats' – A Book as Well as a Lifestyle

By Kimberly Winston | 02/05/2013 @ 03:00PM

For the 75th anniversary of Dr. Seuss's The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Random House Children's Books is launching Hats Off to Dr. Seuss!, a yearlong celebration of children's literacy and health, and the joy that creativity could bring them.
First Book Launches OMG Books Initiative

| 02/05/2013 @ 03:00PM

First Book, which provides new books to children in need, has announced the launch of its OMG (Offering More Great) Books initiative.
Two Contests Give a Shot at Fame, Patterson Style

| 02/05/2013 @ 02:00PM

Kids ages eight to 15 can enter James Patterson's I Funny. You Funny? contest, inspired by the author's 2012 middle-grade novel about a classroom cutup, by submitting a link to a video showing up to 60 seconds of them doing a standup routine.
LeapFrog Gets Disney E-books

| 02/05/2013 @ 10:00AM

LeapFrog has announced the release of interactive e-books from Disney Publishing Worldwide as part of LeapFrog's new third-party developer program for its platforms.
Request for 2012 Sales Figures: Children's Books

| 02/04/2013 @ 10:00AM

Publishers Weekly is once again compiling its yearly bestseller lists, based on publishers’ sales reports. This list will be printed in the 2012 Facts & Figures feature in our March 18 issue. We need your responses by Friday, February 22.
Templar Publishing Buys Piccadilly Press

| 02/01/2013 @ 10:00AM

In an important children’s deal in the U.K., Piccadilly Press, the children’s book publisher founded by Brenda Gardner 29 years ago, has been acquired by Templar Publishing, the children’s publisher owned by Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
Crafting Publisher Introduces Tween Imprint

By Kimberly Winston | 01/31/2013 @ 03:00PM

C&T Publishing, a three-decade-old stalwart in quilting books, is carving new terrain with the spring launch of FunStitch Studio, a new crafting imprint aimed at 8- to 14-year-olds.
In Brief: January 31

| 01/31/2013 @ 02:00PM

This week, an author's book casts a long Shadow at ALA; librarians at the midwinter meeting show their support for a character's 50th anniversary; and Melissa de la Cruz gives her Blue Bloods series a celebratory sendoff.
Children's Book Sales Down in September 2012, Says AAP Monthly StatShot

| 01/31/2013 @ 02:00PM

Overall sales of children's books were down in September 2012 over the same period in 2011, according to the 21 publishers reporting figures to the AAP.
Children's Job Moves: January 2013

| 01/31/2013 @ 12:00AM

New job announcements in children's publishing for January 2013.
2013 Caldecott Caps Busy Year for Jon Klassen

By Carolyn Juris | 01/29/2013 @ 03:30PM

Jon Klassen was up early on Monday morning – not because he was expecting a career-changing phone call, but because he had a plane to catch.
'Pure Shock and Surprise' for 2013 Printz Winner Nick Lake

By John A. Sellers | 01/29/2013 @ 03:30PM

Nick Lake had been working at home in Oxford England for hours when the phone rang.
Katherine Applegate on Winning the 2013 Newbery

By Diane Roback | 01/29/2013 @ 03:30PM

Normally Katherine Applegate would have been in her house in San Francisco the morning that "the call" came in.
2013 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Coverage

| 01/29/2013 @ 09:00AM

Read PW's coverage of the annual awards from ALA, featuring interviews with the newly minted 2013 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Medalists.
Applegate, Klassen, Lake Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz

By Diane Roback | 01/28/2013 @ 12:00PM

Katherine Applegate has won the 2013 Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan (Harper); Jon Klassen has won the 2013 Randolph Caldecott Medal for This Is Not My Hat (Candlewick); and Nick Lake has won the 2013 Michael L. Printz Award for In Darkness (Bloomsbury).
A Snowman's Journey from Screen to Store

| 01/28/2013 @ 12:00AM

Nosy Crow managing director Kate Wilson watched U.K. retailer John Lewis's 2012 Christmas commercial – about a snowman's adventurous journey to find his girlfriend the perfect gift – and realized it would make a good children's title.

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