Bloomsbury Children's signs 'rare talent' Lesley Parr

Bloomsbury Children’s Books will publish Lesley Parr’s debut novel The Valley of Lost Secrets, featuring two children evacuated to Wales during the Second World War with a mystery to solve. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 20:44:09 UTC ]
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Firefly poet launches children's competition

A debut poet is encouraging children aged seven to 11 to write poems about their daydreams, for the chance to have theirs printed in his first collection.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-03 17:23:52 UTC ]
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Hodder Faith launches new children's list

Hodder Faith has created a new list for children up to age 12, to launch with Bear Grylls' Soul Fuel for Young Explorers.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 20:27:31 UTC ]
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Lucy Pearse joins S&S Children's as editorial director for fiction

Lucy Pearse is to join Simon & Schuster Children's as editorial director for fiction this autumn.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 03:18:25 UTC ]
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Angela Marsons signs 12-book deal with Bookouture

Digital imprint Bookouture has signed 12 new Detective Kim Stone books from Angela Marsons, in a "major" deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 18:02:52 UTC ]
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Meet 'Sparkella': Channing Tatum Wrote A Children's Book About Dad-Daughter Love

"The One and Only Sparkella" is dedicated to the actor's daughter, Everly, "who loves sparkly, rainbow-y things." Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2020-09-01 00:28:27 UTC ]
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Clavis CEO Sets Sights on U.S. Talent

Clavis Publisher and CEO Philippe Werck believes there is illustration talent all over the world—and in launching the U.S. Key Colors Competition, he set out to find it. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A grandfather ponders the best books to keep children — and their adults — entertained

The 1980s and ‘90s were a golden age for children’s literature. The best of the bunch feel as fresh as ever. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-26 13:17:28 UTC ]
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Penguin signs more Five Minute Mum

Penguin Random House Children's UK has acquired two new books from Instagram parenting star Daisy Upton, known to her 180,000 followers as "Five Minute Mum".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 05:40:56 UTC ]
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Cape signs Lyster on global water crisis

Jonathan Cape has signed a “radical” in-depth exploration of the global water crisis by South African journalist Rosa Lyster. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 02:54:26 UTC ]
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Happy pub day to the first mainstream children’s book featuring a Sikh character.

A groundbreaking children’s book based on an equally groundbreaking sports hero comes out today: Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh, featuring the story of the first centenarian marathon runner, is also the first children’s book from a major publisher that features a Sikh main... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-25 16:06:55 UTC ]
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Authors walk out on Bloomsbury India following book cancellation

A number of authors have withdrawn their books from Bloomsbury India, after the publishing house pulled Monika Arora's Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story, scheduled for publication this autumn.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 02:21:19 UTC ]
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Sam Thompson goes to Little Island for children's debut

Little Island Books will publish the debut children’s book of Booker-longlisted novelist Sam Thompson in 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 12:43:48 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's Group secures two YA novels-in-verse from Dean Atta

​Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two YA novels-in-verse from Dean Atta, including a "must-read queer romance" publishing in 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 01:40:21 UTC ]
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Books in the Media: Children's book reviews dip year on year

In August 2019, The Bookseller reported that children's books accounted for just 4.9% of review space, despite making up a third of the market. Latest figures from Books in the Media shows that this figure has dropped to 4.3%, when looking at reviews from the past 12 months.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 01:05:09 UTC ]
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Welbeck Children's bags vegan guide for younger readers

Welbeck Children’s has scooped Be More Vegan by food blogger, chef and author Niki Webster – a "young person’s guide to being more plant-based". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 20:03:38 UTC ]
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To get into college, they lied about test scores, talent and even race

Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz detail the fraud behind the Varsity Blues admissions scandal. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic signs Khan's 'provocative polemic' on Islam

Atlantic Books is to publish Tawseef Khan's The Muslim Problem: Why We're Wrong About Islam and Why It Matters next year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-20 20:07:42 UTC ]
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LeBron Wrote a Children’s Book and It’s Selling Really Well

In “I Promise,” LeBron James and the illustrator Nina Mata give hope to kids when they need it most. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-08-20 09:00:01 UTC ]
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Rider signs Schmidt's 'rallying cry' for women

Rider has signed the first book from Brita Fernandez Schmidt, executive director for charity Women for Women International, featuring a foreword by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-18 16:40:29 UTC ]
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