Amin Aaser was a teenager living in Minnesota when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. He doesn't want other Muslim children to face the bullying that he experienced. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books will publish The Person Controller, the second children’s book from author and comedian David Baddiel. Illustrated by Jim Field, the book is about Fred and Ellie - twins who end up inside a video game, and will be published this October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leopold Blue, a coming-of-age story set in South Africa, wins the 2015 Branford Boase Award for an outstanding debut children's novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the third China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair four months away, the fair organizers have been busy expanding the program to reflect a growing Chinese market for international titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Walker Books Group will next year publish a picture book by rapper and actor Ben Bailey Smith across the Walker Entertainment and Candlewick Entertainment imprints. Smith, who raps under the name Doc Brown, has penned I Am Bear, a rap-style read-aloud story about a mischievous bear. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
With 600,000 books sold, the startup Lost My Name is redefining personalization in publishing.There's no company sign or logo out front. No indication of any kind that this quiet stretch of Pritchard's Road in East London includes the headquarters of a global publishing sensation. A squat,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Brazil this past April and May, 17.34% of all books sold were coloring books — a genre which has dominated the bestseller lists for months. The post The Coloring Book Phenomenon Takes Over Brazil appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired a children’s book by Emma Donoghue, author of adult bestseller Room. The Lotterys Plus One is a middle-grade title about Sumac Lottery, a girl with six siblings, two mums, two dads. The family all live together in a big Victorian house they all call... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lev Grossman, 'Time' magazine's book critic, was an informed and enthusiastic moderator for the May 29th BEA panel on animal fantasy in children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrators gathered on Thursday to talk about promoting children's books by African-Americans, and about striving toward a future where readers, writers, and publishers do not feel confined or limited by labels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress Julianne Moore and award-winning writer and illustrator Brian Selznick have more in common than writing books for children. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Capstone has acquired a picture book by Carmen Oliver, author and founder of book agency The Booking Biz. Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies was created to encourage literacy and is about a little girl called Adelaide and her reading buddy, Bear. In the story, Adelaide has to persuade her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
When Penguin Random House announced recently that it had acquired world rights to the next two adult coloring books from Johanna Basford, the so-called queen of coloring, it was just the latest sign that the demand for coloring books in the U.S. is continuing to surge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Templar, Bloomsbury Children’s, Andersen Press and Flying Eye Books are the winners of the 2015 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards, organised by the English Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher bought next two coloring books from Basford, the illustrator behind the bestsellers 'The Secret Garden' and 'Enchanted Forest,' which kickstarted a bonafide publishing phenomenon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin is to publish a new picture book by The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle. The Nonsense Show will celebrate surrealism, and will be published in October to coincide with US publication. Jo Hanks, editorial director at Puffin, bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Strong juvenile book sales and a commitment to education led the American Booksellers Association to launch a separate conference for children’s booksellers nearly five years ago, following its merger with the Association of Booksellers for Children. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Royal Collection Trust will publish a children's story written by the monarch when she was a young girl. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
After winning the highest-ever valuation on BBCTV’s Dragon’s Den, The Little Girl (or Boy) Who Lost Her (or His) Name – designed for individual children – sells 500,000 copiesDavid Cadji-Newby used to get an email alert every time a copy of his personalised picture book was bought from his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of Writing Programs and Writers held its annual conference from April 9-11, and effectively took over the city of Minneapolis for four days. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]