Random House buys a children’s book from Jimmy Kimmel, Sourcebooks lands a buzzy thriller by an indie bestseller, Atria spends six figures on a literary debut, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Surely the book missing from every child’s bedtime routine is an alphabetical retrospective of Metallica. No? Well, we’re getting one, anyway. The heavy-metal band is filling that presumed void by releasing an illustrated children’s book titled “The ABCs of Metallica” this fall — introducing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-11 17:25:00 UTC ]
God, Metallica is getting dangerously close to grandad-rock* (Lars Ulrich is 55), but it’s obviously a very rock and roll thing to keep fathering kids until you die (what’s up Rod Stewart). And look, everyone knows that parenthood does weird things to your brain, like making you think your... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-11 15:22:05 UTC ]
Rachel Syme writes on “The Saga of Baby Divine,” Bette Midler’s best-selling autobiographical children’s book, from 1983. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2019-06-25 19:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Larson writes about the illustrator Gyo Fujikawa, whose children’s books celebrated the beauty and power of the natural world and the earthly pleasures of the people walking around in it. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2019-06-21 19:01:35 UTC ]
Naomi Fry writes about Judith Ker’s children’s book “Mog the Forgetful Cat,” and also about “The Tiger Who Came to Tea.” Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2019-06-20 09:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books will this October start publishing a young fiction series set in a magical werewolf world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 00:29:34 UTC ]
Children’s booksellers “out in public” encounter their young customers everywhere. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-19 12:00:26 UTC ]
Booksellers weigh in on the controversial issue of publishers postponing and pulling books in response to criticism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
ABA’s premier children’s bookselling event is on track to be the largest yet as it heads to the City of Bridges for Quidditch and education. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Close to 70 children’s book creators will be in Pittsburgh to meet with booksellers at educational sessions, signings, and receptions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jia Tolentino writes about the children’s book “The Westing Game,” by Ellen Raskin. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2019-06-13 16:15:43 UTC ]
An attorney for former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she has now fulfilled her end of a 2017 deal in which the University of Maryland Medical System paid her $100,000 for 20,000 copies of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books. Pugh “has 100 percent performed her... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-06-11 09:00:00 UTC ]