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  • Obituary: Jeanie Guman

    Jeanie Guman, sales director at Disney Book Group, died on November 12 from complications due to a long struggle with leukemia.

  • In Brief: November 15

    This week, author Jill Biden shows her appreciation for the troops; an Oklahoma press rustles up interest in its new releases; publishing staffers test their children's book knowledge; Laini Taylor fans can't mask their enthusiasm; Eric Carle's caterpillar meets some fans; and supporters of girls' literacy take the (cup)cake.

  • This Week in Children's Apps: November 15

    This week in apps features a Smithsonian Backyard app, Red Fox at Hickory Lane, about Mother and Father Fox teaching their cubs to hunt.

  • News from the North: November 2012

    This installment of Canadian news spotlights publishers and authors venturing into YA for the first time.

  • Scholastic to Donate 1 Million Books to Sandy Relief

    Scholastic has announced that it will donate 1 million books to schools and libraries hard hit by superstorm Sandy. The company will also make available free to teachers online lesson plans and activities.

  • Movie Alert: 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

    On December 14, everyone's favorite Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, will embark on his first live action cinematic adventure in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and buzz has been building in the Tolkien-sphere for some time.

  • This Week in Children's Apps

    This week in children's apps features the classic picture book Goodnight Moon.

  • What's Selling at Kids Ink

    It's been a busy fall for Shirley Mullin, owner of Kids Ink in Indianapolis, who shares word of what books are moving swiftly in her store.

  • In Brief: November 8

    This week, the Boston Book Festival looks into the future; a group of Massachusetts teens get a crash-course in self-publishing; an author shakes off the "Blooz" with her new book; a town parade gets 'Rebel'lious; the 'Spirit' of John Coltrane comes alive in a new picture book; and a poet celebrates her debut book.

  • HC Releases 'Goodnight Moon' App

    HarperCollins has partnered with children's app developer Loud Crow Interactive to create an app for the classic picture book Goodnight Moon.

  • Ruckus Reader Adds New Titles; Revamped App Coming This Month

    Ruckus Media, a multimedia children's entertainment developer, is adding digital titles from five children's publishers to its Ruckus Reader app, a digital bookshelf, retail outlet and early reader learning platform.

  • Surviving Sandy: Stories from the Publishing World

    Hurricane Sandy touched millions of lives last week, including many in the children's book community. Here a few authors and publishers tell their storm stories.

  • KidLit Community Steps Up for Sandy Victims

    In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, children's author Kate Messner found a way to turn her concern into action when she pulled together KidLit Cares: Superstorm Sandy Relief Effort, an online talent auction featuring services and items donated by the children's book community and benefitting the Red Cross.

  • Nominations Open for Pannell Awards

    WNBA is now accepting nominations for the 30th annual Pannell Award for children’s bookselling, one for a general bookstore and one for a children's specialty store.

  • Modugno Joining Random House

    Maria Modugno has been named editorial director of picture books at Random House and Golden Books for Young Readers Group.

  • 'Live at the Lounge' Brings Authors to Fans' Homes

    YA readers will have a chance to spend some quality virtual time with a handful of Little, Brown authors, who are taking turns in the spotlight during the publisher's new Live at the Lounge series.

  • YA Bookstore Opens Within General Bookstore in St. Paul

    Two St. Paul, Minn., bookstores recently opened their doors with an unusual business model: Addendum, a specialty YA bookstore, is housed inside Subtext, an 1,800-square-foot general bookstore.

  • Children's Booksellers Optimistic at PNBA Show

    The change in venue from an airport hotel in Portland to an independent hotel in Tacoma helped make this year's Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association three-day show particularly vibrant for children's booksellers

  • Holiday Children's Art Auction Set for Nov. 27

    The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) announced that it will launch an online auction of original children’s art on Nov. 27.

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