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New Voyage for Little Toot

by Sally Lodge | 10/12/2007 @ 06:00AM

Working in his Manhattan studio in the late 1930s, magazine illustrator Hardie Gramatky often watched boats maneuvering on the East River. He was especially drawn to one small tugboat that seemed to have a mind of its own and appeared never to be in the right place at the right time. This appealingly errant vessel inspired the artist to create watercolors and sketches of tugs and to pen an acco...
Children's Book Reviews: 10/15/2007

| 10/12/2007 @ 06:00AM
Licensing Hotline: October 2007

By Karen Raugust | 10/11/2007 @ 07:00AM

Henry Holt has announced a deal with Lego artist extraordinaire Sean Kenney for three 32-page picture books—one per season starting in spring 2009—that will instruct readers how to build Lego models designed by Kenney.
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 10/8/2007

| 10/05/2007 @ 06:00AM
On the Road with Deborah Wiles

By Craig Morgan Teicher | 10/04/2007 @ 05:47PM

Author Deborah Wiles tells PW that touring for a YA novel is not just about selling books: it’s about getting kids interested in reading them.
Macmillan Acquires Kingfisher

| 10/01/2007 @ 02:10PM

Holtzbrinck’s Pan Macmillan division has acquired British children’s publisher Kingfisher from Houghton Mifflin for an undisclosed sum.
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 10/1/2007

| 09/28/2007 @ 06:00AM

Picture Books The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z! Steve Martin , illus. by Roz Chast. Doubleday/Flying Dolphin , $17.95 ISBN 978-0-385-51662-4 Actor, playwright and novelist Martin (Shopgirl) branches into picture books for this nutty abecedary. No humdrum “A is for apple” list, this volume faces outrageous, alliterative couplets with full-page cartoons approximating th...
Entering 'Dangerous' Territory

by John Sellers | 09/28/2007 @ 06:00AM

Even before Steve Ross became president and publisher of HarperCollins's Collins division, he had to look no further than his own home to see the potential that U.K. bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys had in the U.S. market. Ross bought his copy at a local bookstore, not knowing he'd be joining the company in a few months' time.
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 9/24/2007

| 09/21/2007 @ 06:00AM
Still Klutzy After All These Years

by Bridget Kinsella | 09/14/2007 @ 06:00AM

If Willy Wonka had gone into publishing he might have created Klutz Press, the company co-founded 30 years ago by John Cassidy in Palo Alto, Calif., as a way of having fun at making a living. About the same time as the debut of the Pet Rock, Cassidy and Stanford buddies Darrell Lorentzen and B.C. Rimbeaux decided they wanted to produce a “scam” product of their own and created an in...
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 9/17/2007

| 09/14/2007 @ 06:00AM
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 9/10/2007

| 09/07/2007 @ 06:00AM

Picture Books What Will Fat Cat Sit On? Jan Thomas . Harcourt , $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-206051-0 Fat Cat is ready to take a seat, and all the other animals firmly believe it's not a matter of “what” but rather “whom” he will choose for his resting place. Solidarity quickly breaks down—“Sit on the Pig! Sit on the Pig!” shrieks Chicken in full Furie...
Children's Audio Reviews: Week of 9/10/2007

| 09/07/2007 @ 06:00AM

The Aurora County All-Stars Deborah Wiles , read by Kate Jackson. Listening Library , $30 unabridged, five CDs, 5.5 hours ISBN 978-07393-4883-3 Jackson hits a home run as the inspired choice to read Wiles's (Each Little Bird That Sings) latest, a heartfelt story with baseball at its center. Her slightly raspy voice, shaded with an occasional twang, is perfect for bringing to life the cast of...
Teen Marketing 2.0

by John Sellers | 08/31/2007 @ 06:00AM

Yes, teens spend a lot of time online. But for publishers trying to use that to their advantage, it takes more than just shifting promotional dollars to the Web. “Part of the trick to marketing books to teens online is that the most effective results seem to come from the coverage that appears most organic, viral and uncommercial in nature,” says Tracy van Straaten, v-p of trade pub...
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 9/3/2007

| 08/31/2007 @ 06:00AM
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 8/27/2007

| 08/24/2007 @ 06:00AM

Picture Books What Happens on Wednesdays Emily Jenkins , illus. by Lauren Castillo. FSG/Foster , $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-38303-9 Radiant mixed-media art by a debut illustrator captures the warmth and candor in Jenkins's (Five Creatures) sparkling slice-of-life tale, narrated by a much-loved child in Brooklyn.
Ulysses Press Builds on 'Mugglenet'

by Bridget Kinsella | 08/24/2007 @ 06:00AM

With more than 335,000 copies of Mugglenet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7 in print since its November 2006 publication, Berkeley, Calif.—based Ulysses Press plans to use the more than $2 million it will earn from its bestselling title to help continue what it calls “auteur publishing.
Licensing Hotline: August 2007

By Karen Raugust | 08/23/2007 @ 04:10PM

When the long-awaited fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise is released on May 22, 2008, Scholastic and DK—both long-time partners of Lucas Licensing on Star Wars—will release a range of children’s books appropriate for a PG-13 movie.
Mike Lupica to Write Series for Children

By Dermot McEvoy, Children's Bookshelf | 08/23/2007 @ 04:00PM

Mike Lupica, sports columnist for the New York Daily News and bestselling children’s author, has signed with Philomel Books to write a new middle-grade series called Comeback Kids.
Children's Bookshelf Talks with Peter Sís

by Sally Lodge, Children's Bookshelf | 08/23/2007 @ 06:00AM

Peter Sís, two-time Caldecott Honor artist (for Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei and Tibet: Through the Red Box) draws from his own childhood in his latest book, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain.

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PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Dan Gemeinhart
Dan Gemeinhart spoke with PW KidsCast about his new middle grade novel, ‘Coyote Lost and Found,’ the follow up to ‘The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,’ and returning to his beloved characters.