November is Picture Book Month, so these illustrated little gems are deservedly in the spotlight. In a recent blog post for Books Are Magic, novelist and bookstore owner Emma Straub curated a list of picture books. Among Straub’s picks for the best picture books of 2019 is a wonderful biography... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-11-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
‘Gay adults grew up reading straight romances,’ says writer Daniel Haack after US library withdraws Prince & Knight from shelvesThe author of a rhyming picture book removed from the shelves of a West Virginia library has hit back at protesters, suggesting that anyone concerned the book could... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-11-20 12:31:16 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has signed a deal for four picture book texts from debut writer Lu Fraser. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-20 06:15:25 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books is publishing a new "showstopping" children's picture book from author–illustrator team David Walliams and Tony Ross, called The Creature Choir, in time for Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 16:36:42 UTC ]
The organizing guru talks about her latest book, “Kiki & Jax,” a picture book with a familiar message. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-11-04 14:15:00 UTC ]
Booksellers talk color trends, tell terrible jokes, and happily sort through stacks of new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 12:00:47 UTC ]
This list showcases 10 great recent picture book biographies by and about trailblazing women—get ready to inspire the young reader in your life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-10-21 10:33:42 UTC ]
A buyer circles back to talk sell-through on bookseller favorites. Plus, a holiday preview! Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 12:00:02 UTC ]
Publisher Walker Books has snapped up The House at the Edge of Magic, a middle-grade comic fantasy adventure by picture book author Amy Sparkes in a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 00:50:05 UTC ]
Jim Field makes his author-illustrator début with the perfect picture book for budding language learners. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 20:29:18 UTC ]
Puffin has acquired the first children’s book from author–illustrator Keri Smith, Wreck this Picture Book, due to publish in autumn 2020 as part of a global release. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 10:22:48 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s has landed a new picture book from Giles Andreae and illustrator Guy Parker-Rees to mark 20 years of Giraffes Can’t Dance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 00:47:25 UTC ]
Hachette Children's Group has acquired the first collaboration on a picture book between France-based author team Myriam Dahman and Nicolas Digard and Kate Greenaway Medal longlisted illustrator Júlia Sardà: The Wolf’s Secret. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 02:56:28 UTC ]
Oxford University Press has signed husband-and-wife team Naomi and James Jones' debut picture book in a five-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 08:36:11 UTC ]
Many parents want their kids to be bilingual but don’t have the tools to teach them. Enter Habbi Habbi, a platform that makes learning new languages fun. My 3-year-old has been playing in her room by herself for an hour. I’m beginning to worry she is up to no good: Is she “decorating” her walls... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-10-03 10:00:03 UTC ]
‘Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum’ is the #9 book in country, and one of three new titles at the top of our picture book list. Plus ‘This Tender Land’ sells well in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, and debut novel ‘The Secrets We Kept’ gets the nod from Reese’s Book Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books Group imprint Candlewick Press has acquired rights to a new children’s picture book by Caldecott medallist Jon Klassen. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 11:17:10 UTC ]
Trigger Publishing children’s imprint Upside Down has snapped up a “heartwarming” picture book debut which aims to help children to deal with emotions and boost self-confidence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 08:35:17 UTC ]
Frances Lincoln Children's Books has commissioned a fictionalised picture book from Zoë Tucker and illustrator Zoë Persico, inspired by young climate activist Great Thunberg. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 12:43:38 UTC ]
Del Rey unveils a new Max Brooks novel, a Pushcart Prize winner sells a romance trilogy, a National Book Award winner sells a picture book, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]