#picture books

Publishing news tagged with #picture books

Page 1 of 7 pages


Indie Spotlight: September 2024

In this edition of Indie Spotlight, our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature children’s picture books. Want to see your book featured? Check out the Indie Spotlight calendar at booklife.com/indiespotlight. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book featured #picture books #feature children #indie spotlight #booklife titles


Indie Spotlight: September 2024

In this edition of Indie Spotlight, our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature children’s picture books. Want to see your book featured? Check out the Indie Spotlight calendar at booklife.com/indiespotlight. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book featured #picture books #feature children #indie spotlight #booklife titles


Picture Books for All Ages

We spoke with three teachers and librarians who find value in sharing illustrated books with older students. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #picture books


The Best Children’s Book Deals of the Day for September 4, 2024

Get crafty, get a little frightened, and get a little hungry with these excellent book deals in picture books and middle grade books. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2024-09-04 14:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #children’s book #picture books #book deals


Children’s Books About Immigrant Experiences

New picture books, graphic novels, and YA fiction grapple with the short- and long-term effects of leaving home. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #graphic novels #immigrant experiences #picture books


Obituary: Katey Howes

Children's author Katey Howes, whose picture books often focused on STEM/STEAM themes, creativity, and individualism, died suddenly on May 20 in Langhorne, Pa.; she was 47. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #children's author #died suddenly #picture books


Book Review: 3 New Picture Books by Amy Hest, Illustrated by 3 Different Artists

Picture book writers whose works look different from one another because they’re illustrated by different artists are less apt to be on your radar. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2024-05-31 09:04:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #picture book #picture books #book review


Midwestern Booksellers Report a Strong Finish to the 2023 Holiday Season

Thanks to mild weather and a strong economy, December sales at bookstores across the Midwest were up, with booksellers reporting increases ranging from 13% to 31%. Adult fiction and political nonfiction were popular, as were children's picture books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #picture books #adult fiction #strong finish


Reading Robert McCloskey’s Maine Trilogy as an Antidote to Climate Change Despair

In 1948, Viking Books published Blueberries for Sal, the first of three picture books that Robert McCloskey would write and illustrate over the next decade. Each of the three books—including One Morning in Maine (1952) and Time of Wonder (1957)—concerns McCloskey’s own family as they spend their... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-16 09:30:52 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #picture books


Gerald Rose obituary

Children’s illustrator whose picture books with his wife, Elizabeth, and authors such as Ted Hughes, are enjoyed worldwideThe illustrator Gerald Rose, who has died aged 87, was the youngest winner of the Kate Greenaway medal for children’s book illustration, in 1960. Then still in his mid-20s... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-05-12 17:25:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #children’s book #coastal town #carnegie medal #influential artist #art school #book illustration #ted hughes #picture books


Mary Rayner obituary

Children’s author who devised the adventures of the Pig family and illustrated stories including Dick King-Smith’s The Sheep-PigThe writer and illustrator Mary Rayner, who has died aged 89, was best known for her picture books about Mr and Mrs Pig, and the escapades of their 10 piglets. In... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-03-23 16:59:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #short stories #family life #picture books


Graham Oakley obituary

Illustrator and author widely admired for The Church Mice, his series of children’s picture booksGraham Oakley, who has died age 93, was an illustrator and writer known almost entirely for one series of picture books: The Church Mice, published over a period of nearly 30 years from 1972.... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-24 17:41:11 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #picture book #beautifully illustrated #picture books


TV Alert: 'Shape Island'

We take a look at the new television show 'Shape Island', based on the Shapes trilogy of picture books by frequent collaborators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #jon klassen #picture books #television show #tv alert


Obituary: Jill Pinkwater

Author and illustrator Jill Pinkwater, best known for the humorous line drawings she created for many quirky chapter and picture books by her husband Daniel, died peacefully in Rhinebeck, N.Y. on October 4. She was 81. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #died peacefully #picture books


Snowman author Raymond Briggs dies aged 88

Beloved creator of Fungus the Bogeyman and Father Christmas brought a distinctive strain of melancholy to the genre• The Snowman, the Bogeyman and Father Christmas: the world of Raymond Briggs – in pictures• Raymond Briggs obituary• Share your tributes and memories of Snowman author Raymond... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2022-08-10 07:20:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publisher penguin #numerous awards #career spanning #picture books #raymond briggs #father christmas


“Swim Team: Small Waves, Big Changes” by Johnnie Christmas

Two picture books and a graphic novel treat swimming as an expansive state of being, slippery with promise. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2022-07-29 14:07:25 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #graphic novel #picture books


Obituary: Leonard Kessler

Prolific children's book illustrator Leonard Kessler, known for his wide range of early readers, picture books, and concept books, died on February 16 at age 101. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #children's book #picture books #early readers #wide range #prolific children #leonard kessler


20 of the Best Picture Books You’ve Never Heard Of

If you want to expand your picture book horizons past the classics, pick up one of these hidden gems of the format! Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2021-12-29 11:34:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #picture book #hidden gems #picture books


Report shows fourfold rise in minority ethnic characters in UK children’s books

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education welcomes steep increase in representation, but warns there are ‘no quick fixes’The proportion of children’s books featuring a minority ethnic character has almost quadrupled in the last four years, according to a new survey – but researchers say “we... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-11-04 14:36:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #quick fixes #picture books #books featuring


Roger Boore obituary

My friend, Roger Boore, who has died aged 82, was a Welsh-language publisher and author. He will be remembered for his dedication to the Welsh language and its propagation, particularly among children. A chartered accountant, returning to his native Cardiff in the late 1960s, and with a growing... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-10-10 16:09:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #astrid lindgren #maurice sendak #tomi ungerer #european publishers #picture books #growing family #late 1960s #chartered accountant