Egmont has snapped up a picture book of "The Great Realisation", Tomos Roberts' poem in response to Covid-19 that has been viewed more than 60 million times since it was posted online in April. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 12:53:30 UTC ]
Nosy Crow has acquired Granny Came to England on the Empire Windrush by Patrice Lawrence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-21 14:26:59 UTC ]
Multi-award winning author and illustrator Kadir Nelson's art featured on The New Yorker and Rolling Stone Magazine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-18 14:37:17 UTC ]
Scholastic UK has acquired Silence is Not an Option: You Can Impact the World for Change by Stuart Lawrence, the younger brother of Stephen Lawrence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 10:32:15 UTC ]
Who better to write books than the book experts? Check out some excellent picture books written by librarians for their tiniest patrons. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-15 10:31:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group will host two virtual open days to discover picture book writers and illustrators from the North of England and Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 07:22:21 UTC ]
Children's bookshop Button & Bear in Shrewsbury is to close blaming the "fickle" high street and customer expectations on price. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-08 23:59:54 UTC ]
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 ]