Walker partners with Save the Children on free picturebook

Walker Books is releasing picture book Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Halls and David Litchfield early and for free digitally in partnership with Save the Children’s #SaveWithStories campaign. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 21:43:34 UTC ]

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Festival Five with NSK Juror Adib Khorram, by The Editors of WLT

Interviews Adib Khorram is an author, graphic designer, and tea enthusiast. Iranian American, he was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. A theater kid in high school, he went on to study design and technical theater at Southern Illinois... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2020-09-25 11:55:24 UTC ]
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Obituary: Sam McBratney

Irish children's author Sam McBratney, most widely known for the classic, bestselling picture book 'Guess How Much I Love You,' died on September 18; he was 77. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Guess How Much I Love You author Sam McBratney dies aged 77

The Northern Irish author was best known for his story of Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare, which sold more than 50m copiesSam McBratney, the author of the bestselling picture book Guess How Much I Love You, has died at the age of 77.The Northern Irish author died on 18 September, his... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-09-21 14:12:28 UTC ]
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Walliams teams up with Stower for monstrous new picture book

David Walliams has announced his “monstrously funny” next picture book for HarperCollins Children's Books, Little Monsters, with new illustrator Adam Stower. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 05:46:06 UTC ]
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Eva Eland wins Klaus Flugge Prize

Eva Eland has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 23:50:00 UTC ]
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Festival Five with NSK Juror Cynthia Weill, by The Editors of WLT

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[ World Literature Today | 2020-09-15 19:14:18 UTC ]
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M G Leonard moves to Walker Books for new series

Walker Books has signed M G Leonard's new middle-grade series, launching with Twitch in June 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 04:55:35 UTC ]
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Templar Books to publish cartoonist Tom Gauld's debut picture book

Bonnier Books UK's Templar imprint has acquired cartoonist Tom Gauld's first picture book, The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 04:10:24 UTC ]
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Walker and Kids in Museums team up for Where's Wally? Hallowe'en partnership

Walker Books has launched a Where's Wally? title as part of a Halloween event to be run in UK museums, in partnership with charity Kids in Museums. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 04:03:16 UTC ]
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Clavis Names Amal Karzai’s ‘My Key’ Winner of Inaugural U.S. Key Colors Competition

Karzai’s picture book My Key was awarded top honors—$8,000 and a publishing contract from Clavis—in the first-ever Key Colors Competition in the United States. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S to launch Sperring and Hunt picture book series

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Giving Voice to Indigenous Children: Spotlight on Rebecca Thomas

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Letter to Hans Christian Andersen

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[ Book Riot | 2020-08-12 10:33:00 UTC ]
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Frances Lincoln to publish charity picture book by Coelho and Usher

Frances Lincoln Children’s Books will publish Thank You, a picture book inspired by the lockdown clapping for the NHS, by Joseph Coelho and illustrator Sam Usher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 02:37:23 UTC ]
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Rosen and Blake team up for poems on migration

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 11:53:23 UTC ]
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Goodnight Moon redrawn as Good Morning Zoom for Covid-era kids

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[ The Guardian | 2020-08-04 11:13:49 UTC ]
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Walker Books lands Ladybird publisher Stowell's Norse Gods series

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