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Regionals 2011: Children's Galleys to Grab
Publishers are positioning their lead fall children’s titles—and upcoming spring books—to take full advantage of the season’s regional gatherings.
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First Printing of Three Million for New Percy Jackson Book
Disney Worldwide Publishing announced that The Son of Neptune, the second installment in Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus series, will have a three-million-copy first printing, the largest in the company's history.
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'Julie of the Wolves' Released as Open Road E-book
Open Road Integrated Media has announced plans to release Jean Craighead George’s Julie of the Wolves as an e-book, along with 11 more of the author's titles, which were originally published between 1948 and 1985.
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What's Selling at Northtown Books
Monika Zerzan, children's buyer at Northtown Books in Arcata, Calif., weighs in on what books are selling well at her store this summer.
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In Brief: August 18
This week, four YA authors visit Once Upon a Time in Montrose, Calif.; the annual East Hampton Library Children's Fair; celebrating the one-year anniversary of Tinman Children's Bookstore in Spokane; and a book launch at Monkey See, Monkey Do Children's Bookstore in Clarence, N.Y.
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Egmont USA Gives YA Novel Its Biggest Launch to Date
Due from Egmont USA on September 6, Ilsa J. Bick's Ashes, a post-apocalyptic survival story for teens, will be released with the most extensive marketing push in the imprint's two-year history.
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Celebrating a Flock of Children's Book Anniversaries
There is cause for celebration on Publishers' Row. Babar is turning 80, The Phantom Tollbooth has spent five decades in print, and the Magic School Bus has been zipping along for a quarter-century. Here's a sampling of anniversary observances in the works.
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Random House to Publish Lost Dr. Seuss Stories
A greedy duck named McKluck learns a lesson in the title story of The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories, a collection of seven tales by Dr. Seuss that were published in Redbook in 1950 and 1951.
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In Brief: August 11
This week, author and bookseller events from around the country: Erin and Philip Stead in Petsokey, Michigan; Elise Allen in Pasadena; and an off-site reading organized by Queen Anne Books in Seattle.
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On My Nightstand: Julie Just's Nighttime Reading
The life of a YA-leaning literary agent is fairly dominated by guilty pleasures, so at the top of the heap, foreground, you can see galleys of new and recent books that I can tell myself are all for work.
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NY Knicks Captain Turns Children's Author
New York Knicks captain and six-time NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire will become a children's book author next year with the launch of his STAT: Standing Tall And Talented series for middle-grade readers, published by Scholastic.
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Children's Bookshelf Archive
Read past issues of PW Children's Bookshelf.
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Children's Bookshelf Archive
Read past issues of PW Children's Bookshelf.
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Children's Bookshelf Archive
Read past issues of PW Children's Bookshelf.
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Elkeles Wraps Up 'Perfect Chemistry' Trilogy
With a combined 300,000 copies in print and more than 13,000 Facebook fans, the Perfect Chemistry trilogy, which concludes on August 16 with Chain Reaction, appears to have perfect chemistry, not only among the characters on the pages but with readers as well.
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Galley Talk: 'Wildwood'
Sarah Hutton, children's book buyer and store manager at Village Books in Bellingham, Wash., shares her enthusiasm for a new novel.
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Teen Writing Workshop from 2005 Spawns New YA Novel
In spring 2005, Brooklyn high-school sophomore Julia Mayer noticed a poster at her school advertising a summer novel-writing program for teens at nonprofit organization 826NYC. Six years later, her novel is being published by Sourcebooks Fire.
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In Brief: August 4
In brief this week, it’s all about first-time authors, with launch events for debut novelists Arlaina Tibensky and Jane Paley, as well as mystery author Kathryn Miller Haines’s first book for teens.
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Scholastic Reveals 'Hugo' Companion Book Cover
Scholastic has revealed the cover of The Hugo Movie Companion Book, which releases on November 1 to coincide with the film's theatrical release on November 23. The book will have a first printing of 100,000.
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Kids, Comics, and Comic-Con International 2011
Comics aren't just for adults at Comic-Con International. Big announcements for children's comics share time with blockbuster movies and roaming hordes of costumed fans.
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