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ttyl Series Tops List of Most Challenged Titles
The ALA has released its list of the top 10 most challenged books of 2011, along with its 2012 State of America's Library Report. Among the most challenged books are mainstays like Brave New World and To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as more recent books like The Hunger Games trilogy and Lauren Myracle's ttyl series.
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Big Bird and Friends Go Ape for Comics
Sesame Workshop has licensed Ape Entertainment and its Kidzoic imprint to produce original print and digital comic books for young readers featuring the Sesame Street characters.
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This Week in Children's Apps: April 5, 2012
This week in children's apps features Horton Hatches the Egg, the Dr. Seuss story retold with professional narration as an app.
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Open Road Hires Director of Children's Acquisitions
Timothy Travaglini, formerly a senior editor at Putnam Books for Young Readers, has been named director of children’s acquisitions for digital publisher Open Road.
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In Brief: April 5
This week, YA authors gather in New York City for a TEDx Talk; a celebration of Latino children’s literature in Alabama; San Antonio names its first poet laureate; and Jennifer A. Nielsen launches a new trilogy.
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New England Family Restaurants to Promote Local Picture Book
To capture the whimsical spirit of a forthcoming picture book into a publicity campaign, Islandport Press in Yarmouth, Maine, is teaming up with a nearby chain of family eateries – Weathervane Seafood Restaurants, headquartered in Kittery – to promote Brian Benoit's Crustacean Vacation, illustrated by Marty Kelley.
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Día Initiative Extends Its Literacy Outreach
Founded in 1996 by poet and children’s book author Pat Mora, El día de los niños/el día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) was inspired by the Mexican tradition of celebrating El día del niño, or the Day of the Child, on April 30.
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B&N to Restore Marshall Cavendish Titles to Stores
The Authors Guild has brokered a one-time truce in Barnes & Noble's battle with Amazon that resulted in the bookstore chain's policy to not carry print books in its stores without the ability to sell e-book editions. In a letter sent to its members, the guild said that Barnes & Noble has agreed to its request to bring Marshall Cavendish children's books back to their stores' shelves.
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Great Start for Children's E-book Sales in 2012
The Association of American Publishers publishes monthly sales revenue estimates based on figures supplied by participating publishers. This report – now called the Monthly StatShot – has now expanded to embrace new categories, including e-book data for children’s and young adult books.
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Bologna 2012: Trends of the Show
By most accounts, this year's Bologna Book Fair was a vibrant one, with packed schedules and continued excitement for fiction. Unlike two years ago, when Hervé Tullet's Press Here was the title everyone was talking about, attendees didn't crown a book of the fair, and were by and large pleased about that. As Wernick & Pratt agent Marcia Wernick put it, "There was no buzz book this year, and it's been really nice. Everyone can focus on getting stuff done."
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Licensing Hotline: March 2012
Bookstores are among the retail chains helping consumers whet their appetite for licensed merchandise based on The Hunger Games. The movie’s $152.2 million opening-weekend box office take was the third largest for any film and the largest ever for a non-sequel.
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Obituary: Jacqueline Miller
Jacqueline Miller, the doyenne of agents for children’s books in France, died on Friday, March 16, on the eve of the Bologna Book Fair, a fitting place for her friends and colleagues from France, the USA, Germany and the U.K. to share memories of her.
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Filsinger & Co. Breaks into Children's Publishing
Filsinger & Company, founded by president Cheryl Filsinger in 1974 to publish Locus, a directory of New York City art galleries and artists, recently entered the young readers' market with its release of Neighbors: The Yard Critters, Book 1 by George Held.
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 29, 2012
This week in children's apps features two The Little Blue Doggy, a tale showcasing the importance of family.
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Ruckus Ramps Up
Since its launch in September 2010 by former Simon & Schuster executive Rick Richter, Ruckus Media Group had released 20 apps, but the company plans a big increase in 2012, with 100 new titles scheduled. To increase its output, Ruckus is using a mix of original stories and licensed properties; in the past few months, it has signed licenses with a diverse roster of companies.
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Bologna 2012: Photos from the Fair
Children's book publishers from around the world, schedules packed with meetings, award announcements, elegant parties, mouth-watering meals, and—everywhere you look—books: the 2012 Bologna Children's Book Fair was as busy as ever. For those who couldn't attend, here's a photo-tour of this year's show.
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S&S Goes Medieval with HIT's Mike the Knight
HIT Entertainment has signed Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing as its first licensee in the U.S. and Canada for the CG-animated television series Mike the Knight.
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Kingfisher Launches Line of Beginning Readers
Kingfisher expands its list of nonfiction children's books this month with the debut of Kingfisher Readers, a line of illustrated books featuring topics designed to capture the interest of children reading on five levels.
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‘Looking for the Next Thing’ at Bologna 2012
Amid the sounds of people packing boxes and dismantling stands, a few stalwarts were still getting business done as a productive Bologna Children’s Book Fair came to a close on Thursday afternoon. “I’m going to wrap up a number of deals here,” said agent Marcia Wernick of the Wernick & Pratt Agency. “That hasn’t happened for me in at least 15 years.”
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