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Bookstores Celebrate Hobbit Day
Wednesday’s release of the movie trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, based on the J.R.R. Tolkien classic, is boosting the excitement surrounding this year’s Hobbit Day, which will be celebrated worldwide this coming Saturday, Bilbo Baggins’s birthday. Also, Friday marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit, and some booksellers have already gotten in the party mood.
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A Sneak Peek at David Wiesner's Next Picture Book
Three-time Caldecott Medalist David Wiesner gave a preview of his latest picture book, Mr. Wuffles! (Fall 2013), at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Boston offices to staff and a few media friends earlier this week. The story about tiny aliens crash-landing on Earth, only to be threatened by a cat – the Mr. Wuffles of the title, who thinks their space ship is a toy.
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More Than Half a Million Children and Teachers Make Their Mark on Dot Day
The fourth annual International Dot Day, inspired by Peter H. Reynolds’s The Dot (Candlewick), drew nearly 620,000 participants at more than 15,000 events worldwide on Saturday, September 15. As a result of the interest, the Dot Club Web site was relaunched earlier this week as a year-long resource for educators and families to support "creativity with a purpose."
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Q & A with Jill Abramson and Jane O'Connor
Two publishing luminaries who happen to be sisters – Jill Abramson, executive editor of the New York Times, and Jane O’Connor, v-p and editor at large of Penguin Young Readers Group and author of the Fancy Nancy series – have teamed up to write a picture book, Ready or Not, Here Comes Scout!.
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In Brief: September 13
In brief this week, Niall Leonard (husband of Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James) talks up his YA novel on the Today show; the seventh annual Princeton Children's Book Festival; and author events with Kenneth Oppel, Erin Fry, and Joan Holub.
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The Return of Captain Underpants
He may not have worn his character's signature red cape – or visible underwear – but for the more than 500 fans who flocked to the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, Ill., on September 10 to meet Dav Pilkey, the author was every inch the superhero.
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YA Authors Dare to Promote a Colleague's Debut
In celebration of Jeanne Ryan's September 13 YA debut, Nerve, about a dangerous game of dares that are broadcast online, one community of first-time authors officially challenged another to a Dare-Off, the video results of which will be unveiled on the two communities' blogs.
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Roald Dahl Comes to E
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and several other Roald Dahl classics will be published as e-books by Puffin for the first time in the U.S. on September 13, Roald Dahl’s birthday.
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HarperCollins Signs Peter Lerangis to Seven-Book Deal
HarperCollins Children's Books has bought Seven Wonders, a seven-book middle-grade adventure series by Peter Lerangis, author of three books in Scholastic’s bestselling The 39 Clues series. The first book, The Colossus Rises, goes on sale February 5, 2013, with six more novels to follow every nine months.
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Two of a Kind
In February of this year, Neal Porter, editorial director of Neal Porter Books at Roaring Brook Press, was in an editorial meeting discussing various titles on the fall list when someone brought in the PW starred review of Z Is for Moose, a March 2012 picture book by Kelly Bingham, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Greenwillow). The book features an overzealous moose eager to jump into the alphabet lineup before his appropriate turn, and a very organized zebra who wants to keep things in order. “It was a great review,” Porter recalls. “And... it sounded sorta, kinda close to the premise of my book.”
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Series Watch: The Unwind Trilogy
On August 28, Simon & Schuster released UnWholly by Neal Shusterman, the second volume in a dystopian trilogy begun with 2007's Unwind, about teenagers on the run in a world in which their organs can be harvested and "donated" to other people. According to Nielsen BookScan, UnWholly racked up 6,094 copies in sales overall in its first week on sale.
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Mets Pitcher Dickey Signs Children's Book Deal
R.A. Dickey, who pitches for the New York Mets, has signed a three-book deal with Penguin's Dial Books for Young Readers.
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Sourcebooks Gives 'Linnea in Monet's Garden' a New Life
After a three-year hiatus, Swedish author Christina Björk's Linnea in Monet's Garden, the story of a girl who visits the artist's Giverny home, will soon be available again to U.S. readers.
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The Freshman Class: Fall 2012 Fiction Debuts
Another fall is upon us, serving up a bounty of fiction debuts. Here's a look at six of them: their paths to publication, and where these newbies might go from here.
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'Artemis Fowl' E-Book Giveaway at Starbucks
Children's book fans who love their lattes can enjoy a special treat this week at Starbucks. For the first time, the ubiquitous coffee shop chain, in partnership with Apple's iBookstore, is offering a children's book as part of its Pick of the Week promotion.
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Seven Authors for Seven Novels in New Orca Series
In an unusual venture, Orca Books is publishing the Seven series, a septet of adventure novels written by seven different Canadian authors, among them Eric Walters, who conceived the project.
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