Puffin has acquired The Bear in the Stars by debut author and print-maker Alexis Snell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 13:19:07 UTC ]
Fitness guru Joe Wicks is leaving Bluebird for HarperCollins, signing a multi-book deal for adult lifestyle and children's titles with the publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 00:41:19 UTC ]
Dr Ranj Singh, of ITV’s "Dr Ranj: On Call" and CBeebies' "Get Well Soon" series, has signed a three-book deal with Hachette Children's Group—including a picture book celebrating key workers in the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 20:36:34 UTC ]
Wren & Rook, an imprint of Hachette Children's Group will publish Sinead Burke's "empowering" non-fiction children's book Break the Mould: How To Take Your Place In The World. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 21:49:23 UTC ]
PW spoke with the panelists from BookExpo Online's New Picture Book Showcase about their featured stories, delving into their inspiration and hopes for each title. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Faber Children’s is publishing While We Can’t Hug, a picture book that "shows us how to be affectionate while social distancing". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 00:49:38 UTC ]
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is releasing her new book, "The Ickabog," in free online installments. The first two chapters are out now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-05-26 19:33:57 UTC ]
One evening a week or so ago, I was speaking to a friend in another publishing company, sitting at the kitchen table, glass of wine in hand, in today’s sad Zoom substitute for meeting up for a post-work drink. She referred obliquely to the famous WW1 recruitment poster, the one with the little... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-22 09:54:33 UTC ]
Buster Books, the children's imprint of Michael O’Mara Books, will publish CBeebies presenter Dr Jess French's first book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-21 16:01:48 UTC ]
Máire Zepf and Sarah Crossan are among the winners at KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 00:57:46 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired a pandemic-inspired picture book from author Michelle Robinson, with illustrations by Emily Hamilton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-17 13:35:10 UTC ]
The virtual 2020 Bologna Children's Book Fair is running through Thursday, and includes the 2020 Children's Publishers of the Year announcement. The post Bologna Children’s Book Fair Online This Week Names 2020 Best Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-05 14:13:20 UTC ]
The winners of the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year have been revealed as an online edition of the 57th Bologna Children's Book Fair (BCBF) launches, with Italian publisher Camelozampa named the winner in the Europe category. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-05 09:16:49 UTC ]
CEO Jessica Ewing said frontline employees deserve to benefit from the company's growth this year, as parents look for ways to entertain and intellectually nourish their children during the pandemic. Literati, which runs a subscription service for children's books, could be shipping "about a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-05-01 05:01:00 UTC ]
“Big Idea,” “The Magical Yet,” “I Am Leonardo da Vinci” and other new books that delight and teach. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-04-30 15:50:46 UTC ]
Looking back and charting changes in a business as multi-faceted and all-encompassing as children’s books is a tricky business. Given that the peak titles from the past last a very long time while most titles fade away fairly fast and the least successful disappear surprisingly completely it is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-29 19:37:34 UTC ]
Random House Children’s Books will launch Magic Tree House Home Adventures, an online program of activities, crafts, recipes, reading challenges, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-04-24 17:57:06 UTC ]
Emma Blackburn is leaving Bloomsbury Children's Books after eight years to join Hachette Children’s Group in the role of picture book and non-fiction publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-24 10:24:27 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children's Books has acquired fantasy author Lev Grossman's first children's book,The Silver Arrow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 07:26:16 UTC ]
On “Mondays With Michelle Obama,” which begins today at 12pm EST, and will run from through May 11, the former first lady will livestream a reading of a classic children’s book as part of the PBS Kids Read-Along series. She joins an ever-expanding pool of celebrities reading books for kids... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-20 14:10:58 UTC ]