Scribble acquires Jennifer Higgie picture book

Miriam Rosenbloom, commissioning editor of Scribe’s children’s imprint Scribble, has acquired the world rights for Jennifer Higgie’s debut children’s picture book, There’s Not One. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Book Deals: Week of September 2, 2019

Del Rey unveils a new Max Brooks novel, a Pushcart Prize winner sells a romance trilogy, a National Book Award winner sells a picture book, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children's UK nets Richard Jones picture book

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has acquired a dog-themed picture book from Richard Jones, his first as both author and illustrator. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 16:59:01 UTC ]
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Klaus Flugge Prize winner returns with 'powerful' new picture book

Klaus Flugge Prize winner Kate Milner's new picture book has been snapped up by indie Barrington Stoke.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 07:38:33 UTC ]
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Chisholm, Hood and McLaren make Bookbug Picture Book Prize shortlist

Alastair Chisholm, Morag Hood and Meg McLaren have made the 2020 Bookbug Picture Book Prize shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-27 21:03:28 UTC ]
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Writing the Past: An Indie Success Story

An indie author looks to his ancestral history to write his debut children’s book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP snaps up QI producer's debut children's series

Oxford University Press has snapped up rights to QI assistant producer Anne Miller's debut children's series, with illustrations by Becka Moor.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-22 05:01:02 UTC ]
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‘Do black people read?’ What my years in publishing have taught me about diversity in books | Natalie Jerome

Malorie Blackman laments the lack of BAME children’s characters. I know – it’s a real battle to get writers of colour publishedMy daughter, like me, is of mixed heritage. She has wildly curly hair, as have I. When she was born four years ago I was given five copies of the same kids’ picture book... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-17 07:00:41 UTC ]
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Shrine Bell snaps up Dyu's children's debut

Vertebrate children’s imprint Shrine Bell has snapped up Lily Dyu’s debut children's book. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 13:02:33 UTC ]
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PRH Children’s acquires Vincent’s Fairy Tales for Millennials

Penguin Random House UK Children’s has bought world rights to 12 fairy tale retellings by Bruno Vincent, author of the Enid Blyton for Grown-ups series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 19:08:41 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 5, 2019

The 2018 back-to-school picture book ‘We Don’t Eat Our Classmates’ is the #8 book in the country, thanks to some timely promotion. Plus Laura Lippman’s latest Baltimore crime novel, ‘Lady in the Lake,’ stirs up local interest, and ‘Ask Again, Yes’ is the summer reading pick of ‘The Tonight Show.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cumberbatch and Walliams to star in Tiger Who Came to Tea adaptation

Benedict Cumberbatch, David Walliams, Tamsin Greig, David Oyelowo and Paul Whitehouse will star in the upcoming TV adaptation of Judith Kerr’s classic picture book The Tiger Who Came to Tea (HarperCollins Children's Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-28 22:45:17 UTC ]
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Egmont signs Matt Carr picture book

Egmont has snapped up a picture book about a "David Bowie-esque rhinocorn" by Matt Carr.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-24 15:26:49 UTC ]
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Picture Book Literary Agents Open to Submissions

Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry. Find picture book literary agents open to submissions in this post. List will be updated regularly. The post Picture Book Literary Agents Open to Submissions by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2019-07-19 15:00:04 UTC ]
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Lydia Monks | 'Everyone should have a farmyard picture book in their portfolio'

Ahead of the 10th birthday of What the Ladybird Heard, Lydia Monks reviews her career so far. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 21:08:25 UTC ]
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Puffin snaps up WriteNow mentee's picture book debut

Penguin Random House division Puffin has acquired a picture book about a day in the life of two gay dads and their adopted daughter, by WriteNow mentee Gareth Peter, illustrated by Garry Parsons. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 03:54:45 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan signs two more from Marie Kondo

Tidying expert and author Marie Kondo has signed a deal to publish a graphic novel and picture book with Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 02:18:15 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s acquire three titles from Hendra and Linnet

Simon & Schuster Children’s has acquired three more books by picture book duo Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-14 03:41:36 UTC ]
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HCG signs Ben Brooks’ debut fiction

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired The Impossible Boy, the debut children’s fiction title from Ben Brooks, who wrote Stories For Boys Who Dare To Be Different for Quercus. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 04:12:17 UTC ]
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R.L. Stine’s ‘Little Shop of Monsters’ and ‘Rotten School’ headed to the screen

More books by R.L. Stine, whose "Goosebumps" and "Fear Street" series inspired the nightmares of a whole generation, are headed to the screen. Stine's picture book "The Little Shop of Monsters" and his book series"Rotten School" are set to be adapted into animated on-screen content. It's not... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-08 17:25:00 UTC ]
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Disney designer’s Wolfboy goes global

Bloomsbury Children’s is to publish a picture book by Disney art director Andy Harkness on both sides of the Atlantic in winter 2021, after acquiring the manuscript ahead of this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair.     Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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