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German YA Sensation Makes English-Language Debut
When Colleen MacMillan, associate publisher at Annick Press, saw the German publication of Erebos, now an international sensation, for the first time at the 2010 Bologna Book Fair, she didn’t have much to go on besides its jacket image.
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'Hunger Games' Producer Nina Jacobson on the Journey from Page to Screen
When the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games opens on March 23, it will provoke both relief and anxiety for producer Nina Jacobson, who was hand-picked by the author in 2009 to bring the wildly successful YA novel to the big screen, and who has worked hard to create a faithful version of the book for audiences nationwide.
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Klassen's Next 'Hat' Swims into View
Don't be fooled by the title: Jon Klassen says This Is Not My Hat, coming from Candlewick in October, is not a sequel to his breakout bestseller, last year's I Want My Hat Back.
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In Brief: March 8
This week, celebrating World Read Aloud Day; a "yarn-bombing" at Hicklebee's in San Jose; a gathering of Girl Scouts in New York City; and book events with Lauren Oliver, Kate Ellison, and John Corey Whaley.
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Open Road Publishes Its First YA E-riginal
What started as the ghost of an idea for Andrea J. Buchanan, author of the bestselling Daring Book for Girls, has blossomed into an enhanced e-book original from Open Road Integrated Media, the company’s first for teens.
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Cover Reveal: Jessica Khoury's 'Origin'
Here's a first look at the cover art for Origin, a debut YA novel by 22-year-old Jessica Khoury, which Penguin's Razorbill imprint will release in September with an announced print run of 250,000 copies.
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In Brief: March 1: Oscars Edition
Two children’s book creators had a good night at the 84th annual Academy Awards, held this past Sunday. Hugo, based on Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret, took home five Oscars, and author/illustrator/filmmaker William Joyce won an award in the Short Film (Animated) category for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Read on for photos and more from the show.
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Former Hollywood Assistant Closes Major YA Book, Film Deal
In a bit of serendipitous deal-making fit for a Hollywood movie, former Paradigm assistant Amy Tintera's old employer sold film rights to her debut novel, Reboot, which has also just sold to HarperTeen.
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In Brief: February 23
This week, Crafty Chloe is featured on Martha Stewart; a rockin' book event for Nina LaCour's The Disenchantments; the premiere of Radio Rebel, based on the novel Shrinking Violet; a DC Super-Pets contest from Capstone; and Valentine's Day readings of Zombie in Love.
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The Return of the Beastly Babies
When Chronicle Books, long-time publisher of Jane Wattenberg’s Mrs. Mustard’s Baby Faces passed on renewing the contract for its 1990 companion volume, Mrs. Mustard’s Beastly Babies, Wattenberg decided to republish it herself.
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Fall 2012 Sneak Previews
Get the inside track on fall's biggest books for children and teens with our exclusive Fall 2012 Sneak Previews.
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In Brief: February 16
This week, Todd Parr's body of work is honored by the Family Equality Council; Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa receives a copy of William Katz's Black Indians for Black History Month; the Children's Book Council tries its hand at speed-dating; and author Robin Mellom celebrates the release of Ditched: A Love Story.
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Sourcebooks Gives 'Embrace' a Big Marketing Push
In a world where angels seek vengeance and humans are warriors, a teen must choose her destiny in Embrace, the launch title of a fantasy series by debut author Jessica Shirvington.
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Want to Get Published? Take the F Train
In a classic, serendipitous New York City moment, a book deal for a debut YA novel, Trafficked by Kim Purcell, was set in motion one evening on the subway.
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Standing the Test of Time: Celebrating a Milestone for 'A Wrinkle in Time'
It’s been 50 years since a troublemaking math-whiz, a pensive basketball player, and a child genius first "tessered" across time and the universe in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time which was celebrated at an event on February 11 at Manhattan’s Symphony Space and was simulcast to select locations.
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Barron's Brings Meerkat Bestseller to the U.S.
The pyramids of Egypt, the canals of Venice, and the Great Wall of China are some of the sites visited by a spirited family of meerkats in Where's the Meerkat?, a search-and-find picture book that has caught the fancy of young readers in the U.K.
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