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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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