Vera B. Williams' family saved pennies and nickels to get by during the Depression. So her mother's purchase of a "real chair" — neither stick-hard nor someone's castoff but brand new and cushiony — was an extravagance. "I don't intend to work all my life and have nowhere to sit down," the woman... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
While overall attendance was down from last year, outgoing director Hut Landon said the exhibitor pool was almost identical to the 2014 show, and that there were more children's authors in attendance than last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
If there was a theme to this year's Heartland Fall Forum, it was that despite geographic differences, the attendees are all one big family, especially when it comes to sharing children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recordings of longer works usually get the most attention in the audiobook world, but two recent splashy releases are reminders that picture books can also make for quality audio productions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
An Oscar nominee at age 9, Quvenzhane Wallis is now getting an early start on a writing career. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's books were well represented at this year’s Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance's 40th anniversary Discovery Show, held at the Hilton Raleigh North Midtown in Raleigh, N.C., from September 18–20. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has acquired world rights to Zog and the Flying Doctors, a new picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The deal for world rights to the book, which is a follow-up to Zog and features Zog the dragon, Princess Pearl and Sir Galahad, was made by Alison Green of Alison Green... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Lisa Watts, who helped to teach a generation of children about computers a quarter of a century ago, hopes new books will inspire tomorrow’s programmers“Back in the 1980s, the big question was: what are we going to do with these computers? We were empowered – we had a ZX81 or a BBC Micro... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Remember those customized children's books that the rich kids in school used to get, featuring a story with their name and face pasted onto the pages? It turns out that these things are still going, but now the companies that make them are harnessi... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author SF Said on how almost all the world’s problems come down to ‘us and them’ – and how children’s books can knock down the barriers Do you believe it’s the books we read when we are young that have the deepest impact? Let us know by emailing [email protected] or on Twitter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Eric Carle Honors, held on September 24, marked a milestone – the annual awards ceremony, art auction, and gala event turned 10 this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Describe your role My job title is picture book designer but people outside the industry always think that I must illustrate all the books! Unfortunately I’m not that talented (though I do a mean stick man) so I end up describing my job as being an editor for the illustrators. Working in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) is hoping to get kids across the country reading in October through the "Read Everywhere in 2015", campaign. For the campaign, also known as "Níl Turas Níos Fearr Ná Turas le Leabhar!" in Irish, CBI will run a range of activities, including a "The Danger is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chelsea Clinton has written a wonky, 402-page non-fiction tome and call-to-action dense with charts, graphs, statistics, and bullet points about the world's great challenges. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's books boosting the global publishing industry. Here's what you need to know to capitalize on this opportunity. The post 3 Key Takeaways from the Nielsen Children’s Book Summit appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book team at Nielsen held its second-annual Children's Book Summit, to discuss the current children's publishing market, presenting data that showed a wide range of sales and demographic trends. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The summer was one of rediscovered classics, movie tie-ins, and backlist at indie bookstores across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stanfords has launched a Children’s Book of the Month promotion, which will begin with City Atlas by Martin Haake (Wide Eyed Editions). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adult coloring books come with Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian themes from religion publishers this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s has acquired the bestselling self-published title The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep after the title shot to number two in the charts last week following extensive media coverage. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]