Antony Shugaar's tranlsation of 1962 Italian picture book 'Telephone Tales' by Gianni Rodari and Valerio Vidali wins ALA's 2021 Batchelder Award. The post Italy’s ‘Telephone Tales’ Wins the 2021 Batchelder Translation Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-27 20:49:31 UTC ]
In “Nicky & Vera,” Peter Sís tells the story of Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children from Czechoslovakia as World War II loomed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-01-27 06:39:32 UTC ]
Malorie Blackman, author of the bestselling Noughts & Crosses series, and Dapo Adeola, illustrator of the Waterstones Book Prize winning picture book Look Up!, are collaborating on a picture book: We’re Going to Find the Monster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 23:42:24 UTC ]
Children's indie Nosy Crow is mounting an open call for submissions from writers of colour to broaden its picture books list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 11:03:39 UTC ]
Some pleasant news! In honor of “Peace Train”s 50th anniversary, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has announced that the illustrated children’s book Peace Train, using the lyrics of the famous song, will be published May 11th via HarperCollins. It will be followed by a picture book adaptation of Stevens’ song... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-13 17:36:37 UTC ]
"It's really special that, with a book about female friendship, we have genuinely become friends through doing it,” says Lauren Ace. She is talking about illustrator Jenny Løvlie, and the pair’s début picture book The Girls, which was published in 2018 and went on to win Illustrated Book of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-08 01:57:49 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group is partnering with Commonword, the largest writing development organisation based in Manchester, in a bid to find more northern Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers currently under-represented in publishing, particularly in picture book writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-28 15:57:06 UTC ]
A new Julia Donaldson picture book, The Christmas Pine, will be published by Alison Green Books in autumn 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 03:31:45 UTC ]
She published her first book in her 40s and became the biggest selling author of the past decade in any genre – The Gruffalo alone has sold 13m copies. How did this former busker make it so big?The room where the children’s author Julia Donaldson writes – the heart of her vast picture book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-12-17 06:00:31 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has snapped up two new picture books from author-illustrator Benji Davies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 21:12:01 UTC ]
A three-book series with illustrator Ashley Evans opens with a picture book based on the Alphabet Rockers' song 'Not Alone.' The post Sourcebooks in a Picture Book Deal With Socially Conscious Alphabet Rockers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-03 21:01:10 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two non-fiction picture books and two picture books by debut author and illustrator Ellan Rankin, winner of the 2020 Carmelite Picture Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 20:16:52 UTC ]
Fox Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho invites white readers to have ‘Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,’ #5 in hardcover nonfiction. Plus Anthony Horowitz returns with ‘Moonflower Murders,’ and ‘This Is Your Time’ by Ruby Bridges joins other activist-minded titles on our picture book list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed Noa and the Little Elephant: A Tale of Friendship and Survival, a “poignant” picture book from author and illustrator Michael Foreman, in partnership with the wildlife conservation charity, Tusk. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 16:02:51 UTC ]
Looking to celebrate undiscovered authors and illustrators, Ehomebooks launches the International Children’s Picture Book Award. The post Vietnamese Publisher Ehomebooks Launches the International Children’s Picture Book Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-28 14:05:06 UTC ]
Check out wonderful picture book biographies of inspiring Black icons, including Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-26 10:33:00 UTC ]
David McKee’s now-revered picture book Tusk Tusk was once banned in a number of libraries in the UK, the illustrator said after celebrating winning this year’s BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-18 16:44:34 UTC ]
Interviews Janet Wong is a graduate of Yale Law School and a former lawyer who switched careers to become a children’s author. Her dramatic career change has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN’s Paula Zahn Show, and Radical Sabbatical. She... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-10-05 14:35:32 UTC ]
Emma Layfield, Hachette Children's Group picture book development director (North), has acquired three picture books from spoken-word poet Tony Walsh as her first acquisition in her new role in Hachette's Manchester office. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 02:22:05 UTC ]
Interviews Monica Brown is the author of the Lola Levine chapter book series, Sarai chapter book series, and many award-winning picture books, including Waiting for the Biblioburro (illus. John Parra), Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDonald... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-10-01 15:44:23 UTC ]