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Award-winning children's author and poet Mary Ann Hoberman died July 7 following a long illness; she was 92. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's book author Jim Murphy, best known for his carefully researched nonfiction documenting dramatic events in history, died suddenly on May 1; he was 74. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's book author Patricia MacLachlan, widely lauded for her spare, realistic stories about everyday family life, died on March 31 at her home in Williamsburg, Mass. She was 84. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's book author and illustrator, fine artist, and educator Ashley Bryan, widely known for his passion for poetry and vibrant retellings of folktales rooted in the Black oral tradition, died peacefully on February 4; he was 98. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Steve Jenkins, widely praised for his distinctive and detailed cut- and torn-paper collages depicting animals and the natural world, has died at age 69. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer says they had not realised they should speak up about the title when the book was first published, but it will henceforth take the heroine’s female nameAlex Gino’s award-winning children’s novel about a trans girl, George, is being renamed Melissa, after Gino and publisher Scholastic said... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2021-11-02 14:38:09 UTC ]
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Broadcaster Gabby Logan and award-winning children's author Sharna Jackson are among the judges announced for this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 18:21:06 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's book author and poet Eloise Greenfield, known for her positive depictions of Black family life, her biographies spotlighting notable Black figures in U.S. history, and her efforts to fight racism, died on August 5; she was 92. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke to award-winning children’s illustrator David Small, who returns this October with a "fictional follow-up" to his 2009 memoir Stitches. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children’s author Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s first foray into adult fiction has gone to Picador for a significant six-figure sum after a “hotly contested” 13-publisher auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Helping every kid to become a book lover” is the motto at Thinkingdom Children’s Books, which was established in 2002 to translate classic and award-winning children’s books. Less than one year later, it published two well-known authors: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the... Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morton Schindel, founder of the Weston Woods Studios, a company lauded for its quality audiovisual adaptations of award-winning children’s books, died on August 20. He was 98. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's author Rhoda Blumberg, who translated her passion for history into more than 25 nonfiction books, died at home on June 6. She was 98. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children’s author Meg Rosoff has slammed the UK government for failing children and discrediting the creative arts in a stinging attack. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher, editor, and award-winning children's book author James Cross Giblin died on Sunday, April 10, following a long illness. He was 82. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's author Judith St. George, widely known for her many titles drawing on events and figures of American history, died in her home in Bloomfield, Conn., on June 10. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myers, author of such books as 'Hoops' and 'Monster,' recently published an essay lamenting what he saw as a lack of diverse characters in children's literature. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walter Dean Myers, the award-winning children’s author best known for his many novels that portray the often difficult life experiences of young African-Americans, died on July 1 following a brief illness. He was 76. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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