It started off modestly, but soon I was posting dozens of photos of my kids on social media. Now I’m quitting to reclaim real life, and their privacy• Charlotte Philby is the former editor of the website MotherlandWhen I made the decision, a month ago, to take myself off social media for a year, I did so for various reasons. Not least because my two-year-old had taken to running up to me with a worried expression, shouting “mummy, your phone!” whenever he found it not in my hand for more than five minutes.Having amassed some 10,000 Instagram followers as editor of Motherland, the online parenting magazine I ran for two years, I had watched myself mutate from the sort of person who purposely only ever uploaded photos of my kids in an “ironic” way, and only ever occasionally (“See my child being a total monster as we queue for soft-play on Mother’s Day!” sort of thing) to the kind who seemed to be obsessively spamming my various online profiles across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, with fragments of my life. Related: The 'sharenting' divide: Half UK parents do not post children's pictures I wonder how many special moments with my kids I missed because I was busy trying to capture them for social media Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every Primary-1 child north of the border is to receive three free picture books for Book Week Scotland 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s laureate Chris Riddell has called on education secretary Justine Greening to end the “disadvantageous school library lottery" and ensure every child in the country has access to a school library service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To encourage parents and kids to read together, Apple has debuted a new app for tvOS. The iBooks StoryTime app features "Read-Aloud" tool that narrates books and flips pages automatically. For the times when you'd rather read to your child yourself,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired a new ‘whodunit’ series by debut author Justine Windsor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s is partnering with the NSPCC for the 10th anniversary edition of the picture book Aliens Love Underpants. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher has a 20-point lead in market share over its closest competitor, HarperCollins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'New York Times Book Review' has revealed the 10 titles on its 64th annual list of Best Illustrated Children's Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twentieth Century Fox has signed the film rights to Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor, a children’s manuscript that was subject to an eight-publisher auction at the Frankfurt Book Fair last month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers across the country held parties as staffers donned costumes based on favorite characters and books. See our collection of photos from the festivities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Rapids is a new children's app that features short, illustrated stories designed to look like the text-chat feature on a smartphone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube is the content king, discoverability remains kids' publishing's white whale, top brands are so ubiquitous that they are morphing into de facto platforms, and other takeaways from the 2016 Nielsen Children's Book Summit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taking a holistic approach that might warm the heart of a millennial mom, Nielsen's third conference on the young readers' market looked at their parents, too. The post Children’s Book Summit: Nielsen on Kids, Their Trends, and Their Parents appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association fall conference may have been short, but it was packed with education. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s has acquired world rights to a children’s fiction title by actor and magician Nick Mohammed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers and publishers alike were inspired by the number of younger booksellers who attended the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association fall conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group, along with Hachette US and Hachette Australia, has won an eight-publisher Frankfurt auction to acquire debut children’s author Jessica Townsend. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s has pre-empted the world rights to Twelve Nights, the debut children’s book by Andrew Zurcher, director of studies in English at Queen’s College Cambridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Twin Cities is gaining another indie children's bookstore this spring with the opening of Babycake's Book Stack. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired the debut novel from literary journalist and scout Anna James in a “hotly contested” auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan imprint Mantle is to publish The Amazing Adventures of Freddie Whitemouse, a children's book by the late novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard, in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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