-
'Find Waldo Local' to Return in 2013
Candlewick's Find Waldo Local promotion, which the publisher produced last month in conjunction with the American Booksellers Association, was such a resounding success that Candlewick announced that it will sponsor it again next summer.
-
Children's Book Sales Are Strong – No Matter Who's Doing the Buying
The AAP’s monthly StatShot shows that children's books stayed solid in April 2012 compared to April 2011, with overall sales up 24.3 percent, according to the 20 publishers reporting.
-
SCBWI Summer Conference: A Gathering of "Kindred Spirits"
This year's sold-out summer conference of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators opened with an homage to the 2012 London Olympics: executive director Lin Oliver lit and held up a tiny match at the podium, to the refrain of "Bugler's Dream." Held in Los Angeles August 3 through 6, SCBWI's 41st summer conference drew more than 1200 attendees from 46 states and 15 countries, and included 411 published authors.
-
This Week in Children's Apps: August 9, 2012
This week in children's apps features The House That Went On Strike, a story of self-respect.
-
What's Circulating at Takoma Park Maryland Library
Karen MacPherson, children and youth services librarian at the Takoma Park Maryland Library, recently took time out from a busy summer reading club schedule to share some titles that are currently popular with patrons.
-
This Week in Children's Apps: August 2, 2012
This week in children's apps features Alligator at Saw Grass Road, a Smithsonian app about how dangerous life is for an alligator's young.
-
Month9Books Debuts with Anthology of Dark Fairy Tales
Meghan Cox Gurdon's now infamous June 2011 Wall Street Journal essay, which decried the darkness of today's YA fiction, launched a flurry of commentary – and at least one new publishing house. Month9Books, a startup focusing on speculative fiction, will release its first title on October 16.
-
In Brief: August 2
This week, R.J. Palacio encourages kids to write fan fic; a basketball star-turned-author spends time with his biggest fans; Portland children go hog wild with Olympic fever; and actor Chris Colfer shares the glee he gets from writing.
-
Little Pickle Press: Big Ideas for Young Readers
Rana DiOrio, a former investment banker in San Francisco, sought to publish a series of picture books relating meaningful, complex concepts to children, and to do it in the most environmentally sustainable way possible. "I got laughed at," says DiOrio. So she assembled an advisory board and formed her own publishing company.
-
New Harry Potter Site Launches; J.K. Rowling Live Webcast Scheduled
Scholastic has launched the Harry Potter Reading Club, an online portal aimed at educators, librarians, after-school program coordinators, and parents.
-
In Brief: July 26
This week, an author-illustrator shows off her artistic skills; a picture-book hero rounds out his résumé with a stage production; a library in Washington State hosts a prehistoric party; and an author gets a warm welcome to her new hometown.
-
Cat in the Hat App and E-books Launch
Random House Children's Books and Dr. Seuss Enterprises have launched a digital book publishing program based on the PBS Kids show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!. The program includes six e-books and the first ever Dr. Seuss coloring app.
-
Seven Stories Creates Children's Imprint
This fall, Seven Stories Press, which in the past has published one-off books for kids, is gathering four new titles together under its first children’s imprint, Triangle Square Editions.
-
DreamWorks Animation to Buy Classic Media
DreamWorks Animation, the studio responsible for the Madagascar and Shrek film series, has agreed to acquire Classic Media, owner of vintage and new entertainment properties including Rocky & Bullwinkle, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and VeggieTales, for $155 million.
-
The Changing World of World Book
Few publishing companies have been more dramatically affected by recent social trends and technological advances of the past few decades than encyclopedia publishers. World Book, Inc., headquartered in Chicago since 1917, is moving forward by referring back to its origins as a consumer-based company. It is launching a new children’s trade book publishing company while continuing to serve the institutional market it has moved into in recent years.
-
Wright to Head Viking Children's
Writers House agent Kenneth Wright is moving back to the publishing side of the business. Wright is joining Viking Children's Books as v-p and publisher where he will handle strategy and editorial direction, reporting to Don Weisberg.
-
New Stats Show Great Gains in Children's Fiction in 2011
The second annual edition of BookStats, a collaborative venture between the Book Industry Study Group and the Association of American Publishers, has just been released and brings good news for children's fiction.
-
This Week in Children's Apps: July 19, 2012
This week in children's apps features Where Do Balloons Go?, Jamie Lee Curtis's children's book that now comes to tablets.
-
Kids' Books at Comic-Con 2012: Photos from the Show
Comics, costumes... and children's books. All were on full display during Comic-Con International, held July 12 to 16 at the San Diego Convention Center. From paranormal novels to ParaNorman the movie, from the Hunger Games to fans hungry for an autograph, check out our collection of photos from the show.
Browse archive by date:
