The next challenge for Julia Donaldson’s monster is to get its claws into parents and persuade more of them to read aloudIt is 21 years since Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler published The Gruffalo’s Child, the sequel to their bestselling Gruffalo picture book of five years earlier. While the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-05-01 17:56:06 UTC ]
The man made flood that miraculously saved our heroes at the end of O Brother Where Art Thou were an actual occurrence in the 19th and 20th century — and a fairly common one at that — as river valleys across the American West were dammed up and drowned out at the altar... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-11-12 15:30:32 UTC ]
A steep decline in returns somewhat offset a drop in gross sales in May, leading a decline of 12.1% in net sales compared to May 2019. The month did see a jump in adult e-book sales, with sales rising 30.6%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a steep decline, the number and types of black-owned independent bookstores are growing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Only 51% of pre-school children are read to on a daily basis, a “steep decline” from 69% five years ago, Egmont Publishing has revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]