The murderous unicorns are coming! A 28-year-old lawyer and debut children’s book author from England, Annabel Steadman, has landed what is reportedly the largest children’s book deal ever—a healthy seven figures—for a fantasy adventure series, Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. The series is set in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 16:36:23 UTC ]
Bonnier Books UK's Templar imprint has acquired cartoonist Tom Gauld's first picture book, The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 04:10:24 UTC ]
Big Picture Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired a non-fiction children’s book from Channel 4 News weather presenter and meteorologist Liam Dutton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-04 23:38:38 UTC ]
Still planning to mount a first children's book fair in Moscow next year, BolognaFiere is 'in' Moscow this week but primarily digitally. The post Bologna Children’s Book Fair Is on the Ether With Moscow appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-03 18:24:47 UTC ]
"The One and Only Sparkella" is dedicated to the actor's daughter, Everly, "who loves sparkly, rainbow-y things." Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2020-09-01 00:28:27 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children's UK is to publish two rhyming picture books by author Mark Sperring and illustrator Matt Hunt, with the first out next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 22:03:02 UTC ]
A groundbreaking children’s book based on an equally groundbreaking sports hero comes out today: Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh, featuring the story of the first centenarian marathon runner, is also the first children’s book from a major publisher that features a Sikh main... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-08-25 16:06:55 UTC ]
In August 2019, The Bookseller reported that children's books accounted for just 4.9% of review space, despite making up a third of the market. Latest figures from Books in the Media shows that this figure has dropped to 4.3%, when looking at reviews from the past 12 months. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 01:05:09 UTC ]
In “I Promise,” LeBron James and the illustrator Nina Mata give hope to kids when they need it most. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-08-20 09:00:01 UTC ]
Norton Young Readers, the children's imprint of W W Norton, will publish Every Night Is Pizza Night, a debut children's book from J Kenji López-Alt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 17:21:41 UTC ]
Remember 2018, when things were definitely really bad but we could still touch people who didn’t live with us? It was a simpler (but—make no mistake—still terrible) time, when the House was flipped, everyone was in their feelings, and the city of New York was captivated by a very attractive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-08-13 14:41:38 UTC ]
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books will publish Thank You, a picture book inspired by the lockdown clapping for the NHS, by Joseph Coelho and illustrator Sam Usher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 02:37:23 UTC ]
A prolific writer, she published more than 75 books, including a Best Seller and a National Book Award finalist, all while encouraging aspiring authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-08-05 21:52:08 UTC ]
Puffin has revealed it has chosen Adam Larkum to be the illustrator of Captain Tom’s forthcoming picture book for young readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 13:03:42 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children's is to publish two picture books from author and illustrator Jan Fearnley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 05:37:49 UTC ]
Princeton Architectural Press will publish Sean and Karin Hepburn Ferrer's Little Audrey's Daydream, about actress Audrey Hepburn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 02:24:58 UTC ]
Aspiring illustrator Ellan Rankin has been announced by Hachette as this year's winner of the Carmelite Picture Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-03 00:33:10 UTC ]
Fourteen bookshops across London, Bucks and Oxfordshire have joined forces to collect donations of used children's books to be gifted to those in need. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 14:23:44 UTC ]
Children's independent Fisherton Press will publish We Love the NHS on July 5th 2020, the 72nd birthday of the NHS. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 06:40:02 UTC ]
The Diddle That Dummed (Hodder Children's) by Kes Gray and Fred Blunt has been selected as the Booksellers Association's Children's Book of the Month for July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 02:25:08 UTC ]