Recently, at New York’s Antiquarian Book Fair, I discovered a very unusual children’s book. Kriebeltje de Boskabouter (in English: Tickle, the Forest-Gnome) is one of the current listings at the rare books dealership Type Punch Matrix; this Dutch children’s book from the 1940s tells the story of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-03-11 18:16:56 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Children’s UK has snapped up three more books from creative duo behind bestselling illustrated children’s book series Supertato. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 09:55:42 UTC ]
Penguin Random House will not be sending its teams to the rescheduled Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 07:09:51 UTC ]
If you thought the Choose Your Own Adventure books were magical, one Sri Lankan children’s book author might be up your alley. Sybil Wettasinghe, the 90-year-old author of The Umbrella Thief, a classic children’s book in Sri Lanka, set a new Guinness World Record yesterday with the publication... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-03-06 19:45:46 UTC ]
Check out these collected ink pieces that speak to childhood and nostalgia with children’s book tattoos for ideas on your next piece. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-06 11:38:25 UTC ]
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has been criticized, and lauded, as a parable of the welfare state. Both sides have it wrong. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2020-02-28 16:14:35 UTC ]
Early last year, the city of Baltimore faced an odd political scandal involving then-Mayor Catherine Pugh and her self-published children’s book series about a health-conscious young girl named Healthy Holly. The Baltimore Sun broke the news that while Pugh was a board member of the University... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-27 20:09:58 UTC ]
I do not understand why you would turn to The Office for anything other than its grimly comic tableaux of late-capitalist malaise and self-deluded mediocrity. Apparently I have missed its potential to teach 4- to 8-year-olds the “importance of teamwork” and “that it’s always OK to ask for help.”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-25 21:39:17 UTC ]
Simon Cowell and his six-year-old son are teaming up with Hachette Children’s Group on a new picture-led children’s book series called Wishfits. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 09:57:41 UTC ]
The 2020 edition of Bologna Children's Book Fair will feature four of the most visible publishing leaders in today's African markets. The post At Bologna Children’s Book Fair: A Program on African Innovators appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-02-21 18:31:14 UTC ]
For his latest project, the writer best known for “The Da Vinci Code” is turning his attention to a younger audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-20 14:15:06 UTC ]
Is there anything LeBron James can’t do? Before you attempt to form a response, let me save you some time; the answer, of course, is no. Case in point: HarperCollins yesterday announced a two-book deal with the LeBron James Foundation. James’ debut, a picture book titled I Promise,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-19 16:36:39 UTC ]
There comes a time in every parent’s life when they briefly think, “Wow, I bet I could easily write and publish a really great children’s book and make a lot of money.” Thankfully, most do not even try… Not so Jeff Bridges, who has illustrated his daughter’s new book, Daddy Daughter Day, which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-18 15:32:11 UTC ]
ReedPop announced the author lineup for BookExpo’s 2020 Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, which will be held on Friday, May 29, at the Javits Center in New York City, and hosted and moderated by renowned children's author Judy Blume. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tuesday 10 March Omar Ghobash in Conversation with Philippe Sands11.45-12.15, English PEN Literary Salon (3E90), OlympiaOmar Ghobash is a former diplomat and the author of Letters to a Young Muslim (Picador 2018), an exploration of the complexities of life as a modern Muslim, written as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-02-17 10:55:59 UTC ]
November may seem far away, but political titles for young readers are already hitting shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bookselling Without Borders is a global partnership of independent publishers that supports travel to international book fairs and residencies for booksellers. It is currently accepting applications for 2020 fellowships. BWB connects booksellers to the international book community through... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-12 09:46:49 UTC ]
Children’s book publisher Lee & Low Books, a minority-owned company that focuses on multicultural literature, recently released the results of a survey geared towards finding out one thing: What do the numbers say about the widely perceived lack of diversity in the publishing world? The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-29 21:40:46 UTC ]
This is a sad and simple human gesture in the face of death. Within hours of learning Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter crash, novelist Paulo Coelho—most famous in the US for his 1988 novel The Alchemist—deleted the draft of a children’s book he had been working on with Bryant. As Coelho to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-28 16:12:50 UTC ]
Jerry Craft’s story exploring ‘friendship, race, class and bullying in a fresh manner’ is the first graphic novel to win the long-running American children’s awardFor the first time, a graphic novel has won the Newbery Medal, the oldest and most prestigious children’s book award in the US. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-01-28 16:03:46 UTC ]