The Cooperative Children's Book Center of the University of Wisconsin – Madison found that of the new children's books they received at their center, less than 3 percent focused on black people and even fewer were by black authors (about 2 percent, according to the CCBC.) Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones, children's laureate Malorie Blackman, poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Phillip Pullman among supportersA national campaign to stop children's books being labelled as "for boys" or "for girls" has won the support of Britain's largest specialist bookseller Waterstones, as well as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lynch, who stars on the TV series 'Glee,' will co-write a story about a little girl who enjoys bullying others until someone takes her on. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
North Korean dictators Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung were credited with writing children's books featuring thinly veiled metaphors for North Korean political theory. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book is said to focus on the relationship between Richards and his grandfather, who got him interested in music. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Rolling Stones in their pomp were the famous five Enid Blyton could never have invented. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rolling Stone Keith Richards is to publish a picture book with illustrations by his daughter.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 'Paddington' book series was written by Michael Bond and initially illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
There has been a mixed responses from children's publishers to a campaign encouraging them to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Scholastic, Bloomsbury and Kelpies have won prizes at the 2013 Scottish... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tight restrictions on foreign transactions did not deter UK kids publishers from striking numerous deals following the China Shanghai Children's Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Considered too inflammatory to publish in the wake of 1980s UK riots, these tales of anarchic runaways are to be re-released as ebooksMichael de Larrabeiti's classic stories of anarchic, pointy-eared street children the Borribles, which were judged to be so lawless in the 1980s that their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Got a kid with an insatiable appetite for books? You may want to sign up for Oyster, then. The subscription ebook service has just launched a children's section, giving young readers all the titles they can handle. The deal also brings Disney... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A growing right wing movement France has begun attacking children's books depicting content (nudity, homosexuality) they call 'immoral.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has achieved three shortlistings for this year’s 10th Waterstones Children’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Snow Queen' inspired not only Disney's hit musical 'Frozen' but also author Karen Foxlee, who based her critically acclaimed novel 'Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy' on the wintry tale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Snow Queen' inspired not only Disney's hit musical 'Frozen' but also author Karen Foxlee, who based her critically acclaimed novel 'Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy' on the wintry tale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Taipei International Book Fair, children's publishers presented Taiwan as a market open to exploring new authors, imported titles, and innovative themes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
B.J. Novak's children's book will be titled 'A Book With No Pictures.' 'I wanted to write a book that would introduce the youngest of kids to the idea that words can be their allies,' the actor said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Linda Liukas's project, Hello Ruby, smashed its Kickstarter funding goal in under four hours.We know that the goal of teaching future generations to code will make big strides within the next year. There are already some pretty ambitious ideas out there, like video games and adorable yet highly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]