A three-book series with illustrator Ashley Evans opens with a picture book based on the Alphabet Rockers' song 'Not Alone.' The post Sourcebooks in a Picture Book Deal With Socially Conscious Alphabet Rockers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-03 21:01:10 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two non-fiction picture books and two picture books by debut author and illustrator Ellan Rankin, winner of the 2020 Carmelite Picture Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 20:16:52 UTC ]
Children’s Books Ireland is giving 6,000 books to children in the run-up to Christmas, supported by the Arts Council and KPMG. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-22 20:52:56 UTC ]
Louisa Danquah and Leanne Nulty are to join Simon & Schuster Children's Books in January. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-20 05:19:34 UTC ]
An even busier Bologna Children's Book Fair than in the past will feature a new parallel general-publishing conference, 'BolognaBookPlus.' The post Bologna Children’s Book Fair Joins London Book Fair in Moving to June appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-18 13:58:55 UTC ]
As many on this side of the pond may not know, Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford is currently all that stands between the United Kingdom and compete moral ruination. In a year where a particularly grotesque grotesquerie of Brexiteer Tories consolidated power,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-17 19:04:34 UTC ]
According to UK study, just 5% of children’s books have black, Asian or minority ethnic protagonists – a small improvement from 1% in 2017Two years after the stark revelation that only 1% of British children’s books featured a main character who was black, Asian or minority ethnic, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-11 00:01:23 UTC ]
Representation in children’s books is still not reflective of society, according to reading charity BookTrust and the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-10 16:08:26 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed Noa and the Little Elephant: A Tale of Friendship and Survival, a “poignant” picture book from author and illustrator Michael Foreman, in partnership with the wildlife conservation charity, Tusk. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 16:02:51 UTC ]
In 1988, Katherine Paterson wrote in the Book Review that children need not only the happily-ever-after of fairy tales, but also “proper endings” in which “hope is a yearning, rooted in reality.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-11-06 10:00:04 UTC ]
A digital Irish children's book festival is launching later this month, in association with Dublin's Pavilion Theatre. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-04 03:24:57 UTC ]
A cooperative effort produces series of international discussions on children's book markets, author-illustrator relations, and bookselling. The post This Week: Discussions on Children’s Books in México and Germany appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-03 19:45:48 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) has won a seven-publisher auction to publish middle-grade and picture books by Sir Lenny Henry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-31 06:26:43 UTC ]
Canongate is to publish illustrated children's book The Biggest Footprint by brothers Rob and Tom Sears next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-28 15:40:51 UTC ]
Looking to celebrate undiscovered authors and illustrators, Ehomebooks launches the International Children’s Picture Book Award. The post Vietnamese Publisher Ehomebooks Launches the International Children’s Picture Book Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-28 14:05:06 UTC ]
A reader visited the Story Museum in Oxford, England to learn how the space modified its "interactive" exhibits for COVID-19 compliance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-28 10:36:00 UTC ]
Jimmy Fallon, local authors and devoted regulars are rallying to help Once Upon a Time in Montrose — the country's oldest kids' bookstore — survive the pandemic that has destroyed so many small businesses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-27 12:00:02 UTC ]
Check out wonderful picture book biographies of inspiring Black icons, including Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-26 10:33:00 UTC ]
More than 200 children's authors and illustrators, including Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman and Cressida Cowell, have signed a letter condemning the government’s vote rejecting the extension of its free school meal scheme over the holidays. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 00:51:58 UTC ]
Children's titles from Rob Biddulph, Kes Gray and Serena Patel are among the winners of Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards in partnership with BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 18:29:53 UTC ]