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The Week in Children's Apps: May 12, 2011
This week, there’s an app based on children’s character Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, and one featuring six Tiger Tales stories.
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For Jay Asher: A New Book Deal, a Paperback, and an Online Initiative
It’s a busy time in the publishing life of Jay Asher, whose 2007 debut novel from Razorbill, Thirteen Reasons Why, was a break-out bestseller.
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'Ween'-ing Over Readers One Story at a Time
David Lubar has captivated kids with such wacky characters as Campfire Weenies, Red Hot Pepper Weenies, and Road Weenies, and he has even more humorous hotdogs up his sleeve. Tor's Starscape imprint recently announced it has acquired two more of Lubar’s Weenies story collections.
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In Brief: May 12
In brief this week: a Scholastic auction benefits two literacy organizations; a New York City nonprofit encourages reading and 'green' habits; and the launch party for The Time-Traveling Fashionista.
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What's Selling at Spellbound Children's Bookshop
Leslie Hawkins, owner of Spellbound Children's Bookshop in Asheville, N.C., spotlights a quartet of new titles that are selling briskly at her store.
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Kids Can and Open Road to Publish Franklin the Turtle E-Books
Canadian children’s publisher Kids Can Press and Open Road Integrated Media will digitally publish 25 classic Franklin the Turtle titles including the 25th anniversary edition of Franklin in the Dark. The e-books will go on sale May 17.
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The Week in Children's Apps: May 5, 2011
This week, there's an app spun off of the Five Little Monkeys tale, a new Dr. Seuss app, and an app for one of Aesop’s fables.
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In Brief: May 5
In brief this week: the Annual Please Touch Museum Book Awards; the launches of Veronica Roth's Divergent and Jenny Han's We'll Always Have Summer; and the second annual Great Neck Kids Read event.
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What's New: Six Spring Sequels
We check in with the authors of six highly anticipated spring sequels, to hear about what it was like to pick up the reins and resume a previous story, and about characters who insisted they had more to say. See our interviews with Gayle Forman, Maureen Johnson, Jeanne Birdsall, Gary Schmidt, Alison Goodman, and Jennifer L. Holm.
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The Week in Children's Apps: April 28, 2011
This week we take a look at the app debut for Marc Brown's Arthur, an app that shares a Chinese take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and one that teaches kids math.
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The Big Chill: Wimpy Kid Gets Snowed In This Fall
Greg Heffley and his family will return later this year in a winter-themed sixth addition to Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Amulet Books will release the book in November; the title, print run, and on-sale date have not yet been announced.
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In Brief: April 28
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The Week in Children's Apps: April 25, 2011
This week we take a look at an app based on a children’s book about dinosaurs and one that let kids dress princesses up.
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The Big Children's Books of BEA
Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle and James Dashner's Maze Runner trilogy are both drawing to a conclusion, while noteworthy collaborations from Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman, and Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, set sail. Also look for fresh ventures from William Joyce, Maggie Stiefvater, Lane Smith, Jack Gantos, Hilary Knight, and Richelle Mead, among others, as well as a picture book debut for a charismatic little mollusk with a lot of YouTube fans, and a middle-grade debut from the lead guitarist of the Decemberists.
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Ranger's Apprentice Finished? Not Quite
Just two days after John Flanagan's internationally successful Ranger's Apprentice series "officially" came to an end with the release of the 10th book, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, Penguin has announced the fall 2011 publication of a collection of Ranger's Apprentice short stories from the Australian author.
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Meeting the Inspiration Behind 'Girl, Stolen'
For many people, watching the local news is a routine occurrence, an accompaniment to one's dinner or a way to wind down the day before bedtime. But for April Henry, it sparked an idea that prompted her to write a novel about a young woman's life-changing experience.
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The Pioneer Woman's Pioneer Dog
Dedicated blogger and author of the bestselling The Pioneer Woman Cooks, Ree Drummond adopts a very different writing style in her debut picture book, Charlie the Ranch Dog, which is told in the voice of her family's pet basset hound.
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One of Michael Vick's Dogs Gets a Second Chance
In 2007, NFL quarterback Michael Vick garnered unsavory headlines when his Bad Newz Kennels were raided, and his illegal dog fighting operation was subsequently exposed. Behind those headlines lurked the dubious fate of the 66 dogs, 51 of them pit bulls, which were taken as evidence and placed in animal shelters. The rehabilitation journey of one of those canines is chronicled in Saving Audie.
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In Brief: April 21
Lots of author events in brief this week. We've got Kevin Henkes on tour for Little White Rabbit, Sara Lewis Holmes in Arlington, Va.; Denise Fleming launching her latest—online; Saundra Mitchell in Indianapolis; and Cinda Williams Chima at TLA in Austin.
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Twitter Watch: April 21
The Twitter hashtag #culinaryliterature went viral recently. Here’s a selection of some of the funniest tweets.
Children’s Books
@tracyleacarnes: Harry Potter and the Order of Kung Pao Chicken
@rachsyme: Are You There God? It's Me, Margarine
@StackedBlog: Ramona and Beet Juice
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