HCG happy to acquire emotional picture book

Hachette Children’s Group will next year publish The Colour of Happy, a picture book about emotions and empathy. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Yoto and HCG partner on Magic Faraway Tree audio recordings

Hachette Children’s Group is partnering with Yoto to offer audio recordings of Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree titles, read by Kate Winslet. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin to publish musical edition of Tom Fletcher’s Creakers

PRH division Puffin Books will next year publish a ‘musical’ edition of Tom Fletcher’s The Creakers with a CD and prompts telling readers when to listen to the songs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s to publish two more from Renée Watson

Bloomsbury Children’s Books will next year publish two further YA titles by US author Renée Watson, after bringing out her YA novel Piecing Me Together in February of this year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG and New Writing North team up for children’s prize

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) is partnering with New Writing North (NWN) on a new prize for debut children’s writers who live and work in the North of England. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Boyne writes novel about transgender teen for PRH Children's

Penguin Random House Children's will next year publish a YA book about a transgender teenager and her brother by John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salt to publish Andrew Cowan novel

Salt will next year publish Your Fault, about one boy’s childhood from first memory to first love, by Andrew Cowan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG buys 'Worrysaurus' picture book on anxiety

Hachette Children's Group has bought a picture book on anxiety, The Worrysaurus, by Rachel Bright and illustrator Chris Chatterton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG signs Little Rebels Award winner Zanib Mian in three-book deal

Zanib Mian, who won the Little Rebels Award in 2018 with her book The Muslims, has signed a three-book deal with Hachette Children’s Group (HCG). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andersen to publish second Fergal title after racking up international deals

Andersen Press will next year publish a second Fergal picture book by Robert Starling after selling rights to the first title, Fergal is Fuming, in its 18th language. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walliams visits the Arctic in latest fiction adventure

David Walliams’ November releases will be a novel about about an ice monster in Victorian times and a picture book about a baby penguin who wants to fly, HarperCollins Children’s Books has confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG signs fantasy series by debut author Bex Hogan

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a three-book fantasy set on the high seas by debut author Bex Hogan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH to publish last picture book from Michael Bond

Penguin Random House Children’s is to posthumously publish Michael Bond’s The Ups and Downs of the Castle Mice, a sequel to his 2016 picture book The Tale of the Castle Mice. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McLaughlin joins Collins for secret agent picture book

Hachette Children’s Group imprint Orchard Books will next year publish a picture book about a secret agent elephant by author Eoin McLaughlin and illustrator Ross Collins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic joins with illustrators to support refugees

Scholastic imprint Alison Green Books will next year publish a children’s book featuring artwork from 39 illustrators to support Three Peas, a charity that helps refugees. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Playwright Alan Pollock pens picture book about WW2 bear

Old Barn Books has acquired a picture book by playwright Alan Pollock about a real bear who fought in the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul McCartney pens picture book about a magical grandfather

Paul McCartney has written a picture book, inspired by his experiences as a grandfather, which will be published by Puffin in the UK and Random House Children’s Books in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG plans 20th anniversary publishing programme for Giraffes Can’t Dance

Hachette Children’s Group is preparing a new publishing programme next year to celebrate 20 years since the publication of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’ picture book, Giraffes Can’t Dance, and bring the book to an audience of new readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sandra Dieckmann signs two-book deal with HCG

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has signed a two-book deal with author and illustrator Sandra Dieckmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group buys body positive title

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a non-fiction book for teenagers about body positivity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG signs Elf on the Shelf activity title

Hachette Children’s Group is hoping to capitalise on the popularity of the American Christmas toy ‘The Elf on the Shelf’ by publishing an activity book this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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