Obituary: Jean Craighead George
Distinguished children's book author and noted naturalist Jean Craighead George died on May 15. She was 92. Best known for the Newbery-winning novel Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor title My Side of the Mountain, George penned more than 100 books for young people. more...
Book News
05/22/2012 @ 10:00AM
Cartoon Network has licensed Penguin Young Readers Group for books tied to its series Adventure Time, starring Finn the Human and Jake the Dog. The show is in its fourth season and is the #1 television program on Mondays for children 6-11.
Industry News
05/18/2012 @ 10:00AM
Magic Town, the virtual children's picture book world featuring over 70 stories (with many more to come) from major publishers like Hachette and Simon & Schuster, has launched its Web site, with an app for the iPad and then the iPhone to follow soon.
Book News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
Writer Sarah Moon came out as gay at 14 years old. The experience, she says, left her hungry for community – and for stories from others who’d gone through what she had. Moon says her idea for The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves grew from wanting to give today’s teens connections like the ones she’d found.
Industry News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
This year’s Children's Book Week, the nation's longest-running literacy initiative, kicked off celebrations on May 7 with the Children's Choice Book Awards in New York City. Over the next several days, bookstores and libraries across the U.S. hosted author readings, story times, theater productions, illustration demonstrations, and more.
Industry News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
In response to Julie Bosman’s front-page New York Times article in October 2010, called “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children”, poet and business, educational, and self-help writer Linda Eve Diamond launched National Picture Book Week last May. Instead of holding a second National Picture Book Week this spring, she set up a new Web site that highlights the beauty of picture books to host a blog she began for National Picture Book Week.
Book News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
Kristin Cashore's third novel, Bitterblue, hit bookstores May 1 and hit the New York Times list (at #2) two weeks later. The Times reviewer called it "thrillingly imagined and beautifully executed." "I read that sentence over a couple of times," Cashore admits.
Industry News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
Candlewick plans to expand its MoshiMoshiKawaii publishing program, launched in 2011 with three search-and-find titles, with the addition of two smaller-format activity/search books in August of this year.
Book News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
By now most people know the story of Stephen Colbert showing his picture book I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) to Maurice Sendak during their January interviews on the Colbert Report. But what was the genesis for the book?
Industry News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
Daniel Nayeri has been appointed to the newly created position of digital editorial director of the HMH Children's Book Group. PW caught up with Nayeri, who is finishing his job as editor at Clarion Books, an HMH imprint, to talk about his new post, which he starts on May 27.
Industry News
05/17/2012 @ 03:00PM
Because of the success of their recent Children's Book Week supplement, the San Francisco Book Review and Sacramento Book Review have announced they will include the popular child-reviewed feature every month, beginning with the next issue in June.
"Tales from the Slush Pile" is an original comic that follows the trials and tribulations of a children's book writer. Its creator, Ed Briant, has written and illustrated a number of picture books, including Paper Parade, Seven Stories, A Day at the Beach, Don't Look Now, and If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now. He is also the author of the YA novel Choppy Socky Blues.
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Flavorpill cites Gossip Girl, among others.
A new musical based on Jewish-cooking-themed children's books, including Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher and Beautiful Yetta.
With the growing availability of tools to modify organisms, a creature like the Hunger Games's Mockingjay is not an impossible fantasy.
J.K. Rowling's manuscript for the first Harry Potter novel will be exhibited at the British Library.
| 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 | Dinosaur Pet [With CD (Audio)] Neil Sedaka / Author, Marc Sedaka / Author, Tim Bowers / Illustrator |
| 2 | Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Eric Litwin / Author, James Dean / Illustrator |
| 3 | Duckling Gets a Cookie!? Mo Willems / Author, Mo Willems / Illustrator |
| 4 | Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker / Author, Tom Lichtenheld / Illustrator |
| 5 | Are You a Cow? Sandra Boynton / Author, Sandra Boynton / Illustrator |
| 6 | The LEGO Ideas Book Daniel Lipkowitz / Author, Sebastiaan Arts / Contribution by, Tim Goddard / Contribution by, Deborah Higdon / Contribution by, Barney Main / Contribution by, Duncan Titmarsh / Contribution by |
| 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 |
