What promises to be a picture-perfect annual BookExpo event makes its debut today. During the “New Picture Book Showcase,” eight authors and illustrators will share their most recent contributions to the genre in a panel moderated by Sarah Enni, host of the 'First Draft' podcast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Delegates to the IPA Nairobi seminar will hear about the work of Puku, a foundation rushing to generate children's books in endangered African languages. The post South Africa’s Puku Foundation: Children’s Books To Save Languages appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-28 05:30:54 UTC ]
Debut author Kelly McCaughrain has won a trio of prizes at the Children’s Books Ireland awards—a first in the 29 year history of the prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 12:44:25 UTC ]
Puffin has launched its first ever subscription box service with boxes for children aged three to five-years-old. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 05:36:25 UTC ]
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and it’s the perfect time to discover some new stories about Asian people, places, food and culture. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2019-05-20 09:45:24 UTC ]
A shop in Brixton only sells books featuring black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) protagonists. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Caroline Mickler Ltd has been appointed UK agent to represent the licensing rights for Paul McCartney’s first picture book Hey Grandude! (Puffin), by brand owner MPL Communications. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The children's novelist inspiring BAME readers to see themselves positively in the stories they read. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not many writers can say they’ve transitioned from love poems to children’s novels about anthropormorphic jazz musicians like “Duck Ellington.” Poet, educator, New York Times bestselling author Kwamé Alexander has done it all. His newest work, “The Undefeated,” is his “love letter to black... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bologna Children's Book Fair organizer BolognaFiere announces a new relationship with Moscow International Book Fair and an homage to author Gianni Rodari. The post Bologna Children’s Book Fair Announces Moscow Book Fair Partnership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andersen Press will publish “the first Brexit picture book”, Smriti Prasadam-Halls and illustrator Robert Starling’s The Little Island. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie and Amnesty International have announced at Bologna Children’s Book Fair that they will collaborate on a children’s book, with themes based around the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh will leave office at midnight over a scandal caused by her self-published Healthy Holly books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wanting to see more African characters in children's books—both in Africa and internationally—publishers Sarah Odedina and Deborah Ahenkorah have formed a new partnership. The post Reflecting a Diverse Reality in Children’s Books: New African Literature Partnership appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nosy Crow has bought three picture books by author-illustrator Chris Naylor-Ballesteros on the eve of the Bologna Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the 2019 Bologna Children's Book Fair opens, we bring you a selection of rights deals to children's and YA titles from Slovenia, Finland, Germany, and the USA. The post As Bologna Children’s Book Fair Opens: Rights Roundup of Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s divison Puffin has snapped up Anthony Browne's new picture book entitled Our Girl. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fashion designer Paul Smith is teaming up with illustrator Sam Usher to publish his first children’s book with Pavilion Children’s Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Number of books featuring African Americans has more than doubled in the past decade, with Asian Americans triplingCampaigners have hailed a “seismic shift” in US children’s publishing after statistics showed that the number of kids’ books featuring African-American characters has more than... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Boy at the Back of the Class is "a future classic", Waterstones Children's Book Prize judges say. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]