Maurice Sendak: An Appreciation
Historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus remembers Maurice Sendak, who died on May 8. more...
Authors
05/11/2012 @ 07:00PM
In Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World’s Most Celebrated Illustrators, children’s literature historian Leonard S. Marcus interviews a diverse group of artists about everything from their own childhoods to the mechanics of their craft.
Authors
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Onstage at a Saturday, May 5 afternoon session during the week-long PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in New York City, David Levithan and Brian Selznick had freewheeling discussion that careened from Selznick’s work specifically to film and literature in general, with plenty of laughs in between.
Industry News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Satellite radio listeners can now listen to interviews with favorite children’s book authors and illustrators on the airwaves. “The Book Report with JJK,” hosted by author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, is a new semi-monthly segment aimed at kids 10 and under that will air during the Absolutely Mindy Show on Sirius XM’s KidsPlace Live channel (ch. 78).
Book News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Most counting books are content to stop at 10 or 20. You might even find one that goes up to 100. A new, large-format picture book from a husband-and-wife team has blown past the competition by taking readers up to 1,000,000 – and showing them exactly what that number looks like. But a project that ambitious is not without design and production challenges.
Industry News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
In our regular roundup of Canadian children's book news: HarperCollins Canada buys Key Porter’s backlist by poet Dennis Lee; Breakthrough Entertainment is developing a series of Margaret Atwood books for TV; Simply Read Books is delving into the app market; and First Book is branching out north of the border.
Industry News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Approximately 200 children's book authors, illustrators, and librarians from all over Minnesota braved the rain and cold last Saturday afternoon to gather at Willard Hall, on the University of Minnesota's main campus in Minneapolis, to honor the 2012 Kerlan Award recipient, professor emerita Karen Nelson Hoyle.
Industry News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
This past Monday night the children’s book industry turned out in its finery for the Children’s Choice Book Awards, this year voted on by more than 900,000 children. The gala event also served as a kick-off to the 93rd annual Children’s Book Week. Join us on a photo-essay recapping the evening’s festivities.
Industry News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
This week in children's apps features My Mom's the Best, an app that takes players through the animal kingdom and shows how baby animals of all shapes and sizes love their moms.
Industry News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Don’t sound the death knell for print just yet. The Monthly StatShot just released by the Association of American Publishers showed solid growth for children’s hardcover and paperback sales in February 2012 over the same period last year.
Industry News
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
This week, S.E. Hinton visits the East Coast; James Patterson reveals his newest character; Mary Pope Osborne donates a trove of books; Sujean Rim meets little Birdies; Charlesbridge Publishing Mounts an Art Exhibit; and a wrestler-turned-author launches a new series.
"Tales from the Slush Pile" is an original comic that follows the trials and tribulations of a children's book writer. Its creator, Ed Briant, has written and illustrated a number of picture books, including Paper Parade, Seven Stories, A Day at the Beach, Don't Look Now, and If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now. He is also the author of the YA novel Choppy Socky Blues.
The Roundup for Children's
Publishing news from across the Web
Using comics books (like The Avengers) to get kids interested in reading.
The Ricky Rapper series, published in Finland, has sold more than one million copies to date worldwide.
In a "marriage made in lard," NYC children's bookstore Books of Wonder is playing host to the Baconery, which specializes in bacon-themed sweets.
After 24 years, the Banbury Cross Children's Bookshop in Wenham, Mass., will close its doors.
| 1 | Serpent's Shadow Rick Riordan / Author |
| 2 | Insurgent Veronica Roth / Author |
| 3 | Bitterblue Kristin Cashore / Author, Ian Schoenherr / Illustrator |
| 4 | Invaders John Flanagan / Author |
| 5 | Divergent Veronica Roth / Author |
| 6 | The Lost Hero Rick Riordan / Author |
| 1 | Duckling Gets a Cookie!? Mo Willems / Author, Mo Willems / Illustrator |
| 2 | Max's Easter Surprise Rosemary Wells / Author |
| 3 | Where Are Baby's Easter Eggs? Karen Katz / Author, Karen Katz / Illustrator |
| 4 | Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter Jane O'Connor / Author, Robin Preiss Glasser / Illustrator |
| 5 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick Lucille Colandro / Author, Jared Lee / Illustrator |
| 6 | Splat the Cat: Where's the Easter Bunny? Rob Scotton / Author |
| 1 | Hunger Games Suzanne Collins / Author |
| 2 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney / Author |
| 3 | The Lorax Dr Seuss / Author |
| 4 | Big Nate Lincoln Peirce / Author |
| 5 | The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart / Author |
| 6 | The Kingdom Keepers Ridley Pearson / Author |
