05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus remembers Maurice Sendak, who
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Satellite radio listeners can now listen to interviews with favorite children’s book authors and illustrators on the airwaves. “The Book Report with JJK,” hosted by author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, is a new semi-monthly segment aimed at kids 10 and under that will air during the Absolutely Mindy Show on Sirius XM’s KidsPlace Live channel (ch. 78).
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
In our regular roundup of Canadian children's book news: HarperCollins Canada buys Key Porter’s backlist by poet Dennis Lee; Breakthrough Entertainment is developing a series of Margaret Atwood books for TV; Simply Read Books is delving into the app market; and First Book is branching out north of the border.
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Approximately 200 children's book authors, illustrators, and librarians from all over Minnesota braved the rain and cold last Saturday afternoon to gather at Willard Hall, on the University of Minnesota's main campus in Minneapolis, to honor the 2012 Kerlan Award recipient, professor emerita Karen Nelson Hoyle.
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
This past Monday night the children’s book industry turned out in its finery for the Children’s Choice Book Awards, this year voted on by more than 900,000 children. The gala event also served as a kick-off to the 93rd annual Children’s Book Week. Join us on a photo-essay recapping the evening’s festivities.
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
This week in children's apps features My Mom's the Best, an app that takes players through the animal kingdom and shows how baby animals of all shapes and sizes love their moms.
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
Don’t sound the death knell for print just yet. The Monthly StatShot just released by the Association of American Publishers showed solid growth for children’s hardcover and paperback sales in February 2012 over the same period last year.
05/10/2012 @ 03:00PM
This week, S.E. Hinton visits the East Coast; James Patterson reveals his newest character; Mary Pope Osborne donates a trove of books; Sujean Rim meets little Birdies; Charlesbridge Publishing Mounts an Art Exhibit; and a wrestler-turned-author launches a new series.
05/10/2012 @ 10:00AM
Amazon has purchased an exclusive license from Pottermore to loan all seven Harry Potter the titles as e-books through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library.
05/09/2012 @ 12:00AM
Honorary chairman Walter Dean Myers and his son will share auctioneer duties for BEA's Children's Art Auction. Live bidding will be opened for several rare items.
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Publishing news from across the Web
Using comics books (like The Avengers) to get kids interested in reading.
In a "marriage made in lard," NYC children's bookstore Books of Wonder is playing host to the Baconery, which specializes in bacon-themed sweets.
After 24 years, the Banbury Cross Children's Bookshop in Wenham, Mass., will close its doors.
Worldcrunch.com asks: are today's children's books about Africa still racist?
| 1 | Serpent's Shadow Rick Riordan / Author |
| 2 | Insurgent Veronica Roth / Author |
| 3 | Bitterblue Kristin Cashore / Author, Ian Schoenherr / Illustrator |
| 4 | Invaders John Flanagan / Author |
| 5 | Divergent Veronica Roth / Author |
| 6 | The Lost Hero Rick Riordan / Author |
| 1 | Duckling Gets a Cookie!? Mo Willems / Author, Mo Willems / Illustrator |
| 2 | Max's Easter Surprise Rosemary Wells / Author |
| 3 | Where Are Baby's Easter Eggs? Karen Katz / Author, Karen Katz / Illustrator |
| 4 | Fancy Nancy's Elegant Easter Jane O'Connor / Author, Robin Preiss Glasser / Illustrator |
| 5 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick Lucille Colandro / Author, Jared Lee / Illustrator |
| 6 | Splat the Cat: Where's the Easter Bunny? Rob Scotton / Author |
| 1 | Hunger Games Suzanne Collins / Author |
| 2 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney / Author |
| 3 | The Lorax Dr Seuss / Author |
| 4 | Big Nate Lincoln Peirce / Author |
| 5 | The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart / Author |
| 6 | The Kingdom Keepers Ridley Pearson / Author |
