Children’s book podcast and radio show "Down the Rabbit Hole" is starting 2021 with a new presenting and production team, including author Sam Sedgman, Scholastic's Hannah Love, Little Tiger's Charlie Morris and The Bookseller's Caroline Carpenter. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-26 02:08:20 UTC ]
Malorie Blackman, author of the bestselling Noughts & Crosses series, and Dapo Adeola, illustrator of the Waterstones Book Prize winning picture book Look Up!, are collaborating on a picture book: We’re Going to Find the Monster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 23:42:24 UTC ]
The Quarto Group's eco-imprint Ivy Kids will publish When We Went Wild, the first children's book from Isabella Tree, conservationist and author of Wilding (Picador, 2018). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-24 15:30:24 UTC ]
Children's indie Nosy Crow is mounting an open call for submissions from writers of colour to broaden its picture books list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 11:03:39 UTC ]
Puffin is publishing the first children's book by CBeebies presenter and YouTuber Maddie Moate, illustrated by Paul Boston, this September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 22:41:13 UTC ]
Seven Stories Press UK will publish The Lost Soul, the first children's book by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, translated into English by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Joanna Concejo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 16:52:22 UTC ]
“As a graphic designer, we can play a role in standing up for something.” During the protests for racial justice this past summer and over the past few years, Black Lives Matter became a movement and rallying cry, a message of optimism and hope, and a simple statement of affirmation: the lives... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2021-01-19 08:00:06 UTC ]
Walker Books has confirmed a two-book deal with comedian, film director, screenwriter, television presenter, actor and author Richard Ayoade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 21:05:17 UTC ]
Some pleasant news! In honor of “Peace Train”s 50th anniversary, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has announced that the illustrated children’s book Peace Train, using the lyrics of the famous song, will be published May 11th via HarperCollins. It will be followed by a picture book adaptation of Stevens’ song... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-13 17:36:37 UTC ]
"Rebeldita la Alegre en el País de los Ogros," by Oriel María Siu, was inspired by the glaring gap between her family's experiences and the children's books she saw on library shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-13 15:00:43 UTC ]
We've got books for the Read Harder task asking you to read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-01-13 11:32:00 UTC ]
Children’s Books North co-founders Tilda Johnson, Emma Layfield and Liz Scott are launching a mentoring scheme for emerging publishing professionals living in the North of England and in Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 12:12:39 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group is partnering with Commonword, the largest writing development organisation based in Manchester, in a bid to find more northern Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers currently under-represented in publishing, particularly in picture book writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-28 15:57:06 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed two novels by middle-grade author Nicola Skinner. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-23 00:52:01 UTC ]
Feature image from Akiko Miyakoshi’s I Dream a Journey * I knew things were going to get hard when the library closed. I am, by profession, a writer and a professor of storytelling. I’ve read to my twin children—now four—since their infancy. But as avid readers as we already were, 2020 upped our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-21 09:49:02 UTC ]
A new Julia Donaldson picture book, The Christmas Pine, will be published by Alison Green Books in autumn 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 03:31:45 UTC ]
Rocky, who was rescued from the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree this year, now stars in the illustrated children's book "Rockefeller the Christmas Owl." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-17 19:17:23 UTC ]
We take a look at how the coronavirus has prompted art and design professionals to adjust their process in innovative ways. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
We’ve gathered some unique examples of how authors are tailoring their outreach to meet the needs of students and teachers during the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has snapped up two new picture books from author-illustrator Benji Davies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 21:12:01 UTC ]