The January 2016 selection of reviews from BlueInk Review includes a science fiction novel set in space and a children's picture book about families. The post January 2016: Top Reviews of Self-Published Books from BlueInk Review appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ecco nabs a Mississippi-set debut, Kensington re-ups Marie Bostwick, Israeli musician Oren Lavie sells a picture book, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group is offering a student the chance to illustrate a picture book by Cressida Cowell, thanks to a new competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has acquired world rights to Zog and the Flying Doctors, a new picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The deal for world rights to the book, which is a follow-up to Zog and features Zog the dragon, Princess Pearl and Sir Galahad, was made by Alison Green of Alison Green... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Walker Books Group has acquired a picture book written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers and artist Sam Winston. The picture book, entitled A Child of Books, is about a little girl who sails her raft “across a sea of words” to arrive at the house of a small boy. There she invites him to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s has acquired the bestselling self-published title The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep after the title shot to number two in the charts last week following extensive media coverage. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bear Who Went Boo!, about a cheeky polar bear cub, will be David Walliams’ next picture book, published by HarperCollins later this year. Children’s publisher Ann-Janine Murtagh said the book, which will be released 5th November in time for Christmas, is a “deliciously funny new tale”... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quirk Books's 'Home Alone' picture book, new Star Wars Little Golden Books, Chronicle's bestsellers-to-brands initiative, Dynamite's expanding roster of licenses, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Walker Books Group will next year publish a picture book by rapper and actor Ben Bailey Smith across the Walker Entertainment and Candlewick Entertainment imprints. Smith, who raps under the name Doc Brown, has penned I Am Bear, a rap-style read-aloud story about a mischievous bear. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
With 600,000 books sold, the startup Lost My Name is redefining personalization in publishing.There's no company sign or logo out front. No indication of any kind that this quiet stretch of Pritchard's Road in East London includes the headquarters of a global publishing sensation. A squat,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Capstone has acquired a picture book by Carmen Oliver, author and founder of book agency The Booking Biz. Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies was created to encourage literacy and is about a little girl called Adelaide and her reading buddy, Bear. In the story, Adelaide has to persuade her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
At 1 p.m. today in Room 1A10, “Mixed Me: A Discussion with Taye Diggs and Shane Evans” will address more than just a new picture book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
This children's book not only teaches about ecology, it practices it.Despite the rise of ebooks, most children's books are still made from trees. One new picture book is designed as a simple reminder of that fact: When kids finish reading a story about an adventure in the rainforest, they can... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin is to publish a new picture book by The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle. The Nonsense Show will celebrate surrealism, and will be published in October to coincide with US publication. Jo Hanks, editorial director at Puffin, bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A picture book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin again features on a list of books to have received the most complaints from library users. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rob Biddulph was today (26th March) announced as the overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, as well as the best illustrated book category. Biddulph, who is also the art director of the Observer magazine, won the prize for Blown Away (HarperCollins Children’s Books), about a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little Tiger has acquired The First Slodge, the new picture book by author Jeanne Willis and illustrator Jenni Desmond. “We constantly look to diversify the Little Tiger list, and create surprising and inspiring picture books,” said publisher Jude Evans. “Jeanne’s text for The First Slodge... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
How can the digital age use the tried-and-true concept of a picture book to create something new and wonderful for children? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Take a peek inside 'Julia, Child,' a new picture book that draws inspiration from the energy and spirit of Julia Child as it explores the friendship of two young gastronomes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Margaret Ferguson has edited children’s books for over 30 years, and is now the publisher of Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. She talked with three-time Caldecott Honor winner and MacArthur Fellow Peter Sís, about the process of editing a picture book and how... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]