Next month Penguin Random House Children’s is adding 20 titles to its ‘A Puffin Book’ collection of classic children’s books, including titles by Penelope Lively and Noel Streatfeild. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
See the first glimpse of the Sherlock star as the Marvel superhero and Sophie Turner do witty Jon Snow and Justin Bieber impressionsBenedict Cumberbatch has been filming in New York, Oxford, London and Nepal for his latest film release, Doctor Strange. For those unfamiliar with the Marvel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A watercolor of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet created by illustrator E.H. Shepard is being auctioned this week. Shepard illustrated many classic children's books, including A.A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh," "When We Were Very Young," "Now We Are Six" and "The House at Pooh Corner." Shepard drew Pooh... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twenty-four years after the death of classic children's author Dr. Seuss, his hidden manuscript was published today to the delight of fans of all ages. Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s is adding books by Noel Streatfeild, Erich Kastner and Anne Fine to its A Puffin Book list of classic children’s titles. PRH launched A Puffin Book last year to replace Puffin Modern Classics and is adding 20 further titles to the list in July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week: new Richard Ford, how music was captured, and classic children's books get gnarly. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The discovery of new unpublished chapters reveals author Roald Dahl planned to include more children in his classic children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but dropped them from the final version. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scarry's son Richard Scarry Jr. recently found a manuscript by his father and completed the illustrations. The book will be released on Aug. 26. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recently discovered work by two classic children’s authors will appear on bookstore shelves in the coming months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin is launching a new list of classic children’s books, with the first 20 titles to hit... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train Your Dragon book series, and Greg Childs, former executive producer for CBBC & Cbeebies, discuss the re-introduction of classic children's TV. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, has died at the age of 83. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The parody of the classic children's book "Goodnight Moon," which got a hilarious analog update for the digital generation is a holiday hit. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 10:44 Anova imprint Collins & Brown will be heading off to the Small Blue Planet to create a Clangers craft project book, based on the classic children's television series. Publisher Katie Cowan acquired world rights in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 21/06/2011 - 07:55 Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood and Christopher Eccleston are to star in an adaptation of Mary Norton's classic children's novel The Borrowers this Christmas. The 90-minute drama, penned by Merlin" writer Ben Vanstone and produced by Working Title... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 21/03/2011 - 15:36 Jacqueline Wilson is to write an updated version of E Nesbit's classic children's novel Five Children and It in a new deal with Puffin. Elv Moody, editorial director for Classic Puffin, and Alexandra Antscherl, Puffin senior... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]