Nobel laureate Jon Fosse's sense for 'what it’s like for a child to familiarize themselves with world,' says Giona Winje, infuses the books coming to Bologna. The post Children’s Book Rights: Jon Fosse’s Kids’ Books Go to Bologna appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-03-22 20:31:00 UTC ]
One of my duties every single day as an author, journalist, and constituent, is to read. I study the written word the way a football coach studies football games. I don’t read for pleasure just like a football coach doesn’t attend games to zone out. As much as I’d like to avoid it, I have […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-03-11 11:48:51 UTC ]
Over 500 members of the KidLit community—including Sabaa Tahir, Angie Thomas, and Jason Reynolds—have signed an open letter to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, calling for the organization to break its silence on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has so far claimed the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-03-04 19:00:45 UTC ]
The 11th Shanghai International Children's Book Fair has announced its dates and some of its plans for its 2024 iteration. The post China’s Shanghai Children’s Book Fair Names 2024 Dates appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-02-12 17:35:55 UTC ]
Lerner Publishing Group has acquired Wellington, New Zealand–based children’s book publisher Gecko Press. The acquisition involves approximately 200 titles, including 18 to 20 new titles planned for 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
These prolific children's book authors have written hundreds of books over decades working in the publishing industry! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-12-07 11:30:00 UTC ]
With the publication of Billy and the Giant Adventure (Tundra), celebrity chef Jamie Oliver becomes a children’s book author. In the inventive and inspiring story, a group of friends enter a portal to another world, where they have a wild adventure and meet a menagerie of creatures. Oliver... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Editors at four children’s imprints that focus on promoting underrepresented authors tell 'PW' how they got their start and what they love about their work. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Nine members of the environmental group Children’s Book Creators for Conservation spent October 8–21 in the eastern South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, volunteering with the stewardship organization Wild Tomorrow. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Hidden Pigeon Company, launched earlier this year to expand the reach of children’s book author Mo Willems’s portfolio, has named four new executives to its management team, including publishing veterans Carol Roeder and Jennifer Levine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
The 10-year-old Shanghai International Children's Book Fair welcomes back its partner, Bologna, for collaboration and support. The post Shanghai’s Children’s Book Fair at 10: A Fifth Year for Its Bologna Partnership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-11-14 22:06:29 UTC ]
Two publishers in Frankfurt are seeing success with up-and-coming children's book authors, both at home and through foreign rights deals. The post Frankfurt: Swedish, Lithuanian Publishers See Booming Children’s Book Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-20 11:38:33 UTC ]
Children’s book publisher will allow US districts to include or exclude separate list, a decision that has led to a backlashThe children’s book publisher Scholastic said it will separate titles in its elementary school book fairs by race, gender and sexuality, allowing school districts to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-18 15:10:12 UTC ]
Years ago I came across a children’s book called You Will Go to the Moon. It was first published in 1959 by Mae and Ira Freeman, ten years before the first moon landing. The book predicts a future where space travel is a leisure pursuit for a baby boomer and his parents. It shows the […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-10-16 09:01:20 UTC ]
September children’s book releases include many lovely books about activism, community, hope, and celebrating identity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-09-08 10:32:00 UTC ]
The actor is now a children’s book author with his longtime friend Greta Caruso. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2023-09-07 18:05:00 UTC ]
In the 1950s, a group of women known as the Folly Cove Designers made prints that still capture the imagination today. A simple Yankee swap in 1938 between neighbors in the quaint neighborhood of Folly Cove, in Gloucester, Massachusetts—design lessons in exchange for music instruction—became... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
PW spoke to the editors and authors at Usborne about the process of bringing each new children’s book into the world, what makes the books unique, and the inherent joys of the work they do. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
You and the Universe, adapted from his posthumous 2020 Earth Day message, will bring the late physicist’s ‘extraordinary work to life for readers of all ages’A new children’s picture book by Stephen Hawking is due to be published six years after the theoretical physicist’s death.You and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-04 12:26:34 UTC ]
For the children’s book creators Doug Salati, Brian Floca, Sophie Blackall, Rowboat Watkins, Johnny Marciano and Dasha Tolstikova, the light-filled space has become much more than just a place to work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-08-03 09:01:00 UTC ]