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A New Role for ‘Nanny Diaries’ Authors
In 2002, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus suddenly found themselves in the spotlight when The Nanny Diaries, their debut novel based on their experiences as Manhattan nannies, hit the bestseller lists. Now, seven years later, they have published their first YA novel, The Real Real (HarperTeen), centering on a 17-year-old whose life takes a similarly dramatic turn when she is cast in a reality show filmed at her Long Island high school.
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Licensing 2009: Hello, Las Vegas!
This year’s edition of Licensing Expo International attracted fewer exhibitors and fewer attendees than in past years—many publishers brought smaller teams than usual—due to a combination of the poor economy, a tough licensing landscape and the show’s move to Las Vegas from its longtime home in New York City. But most attendees and exhibitors said they were happy with the level of business and the quality of contacts, especially given low expectations.
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HC Children's Inks Series Deal with Grogan
HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired world rights to 13 children’s books featuring the Labrador John Grogan wrote about in his bestselling memoir, Marley & Me.
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HC Children's Does Mobile Promotion for Lauren Conrad Novel
HarperCollins is launching viral mobile content, accessible by scanning 2D barcodes, for a promotion for Lauren Conrad's YA novel, L.A. Candy. The promotion coincides with the book's June 16 release; through it, readers can download book-related content, including a Q&A with the author, by downloading an application to their smartphones.
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Full Steam Ahead for The 39 Clues
Scholastic Media will promote its multimedia book series The 39 Clues through a promotion with Amtrak that will run July 1 through August 31. The partnership will feature two million branded ticket jackets, dining car placemats and seatback signage in trains.
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'Blood Ties' Takes Red House Prize
Sophie McKenzie's Blood Ties, a YA thriller that explores genetic engineering, has won Britain’s Red House Children's Book Award, the only prize voted for entirely by children (this year, more than 143,000). U.S. rights, which are held by agent Rosemary Canter, have not yet been sold.
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Q & A with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Author of more than 125 books, including 1992 Newbery winner Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor sets her latest novel, Faith, Hope, and Ivy June, in Kentucky. Bookshelf spoke to Naylor about her new book.
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The Two Worlds of Annie Barrows
Did you know that Annie Barrows, author of the popular Ivy and Bean series of children’s books (Chronicle) and Annie Barrows, co-author of the bestselling adult novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, are one and the same person? “Bless the booksellers’ hearts, but you could knock some of them over with a feather when I tell them about the connection,” says Barrows, currently wrapping up a 15-city tour for the paperback release of Guernsey.
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Rights Report: Children's Books
Kate Sullivan and Cindy Eagan at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers have bought The Thin Executioner, a standalone fantasy novel by Darren Shan, author of the Cirque Du Freak and Demonata series; inspired by Huckleberry Finn, it is scheduled for spring 2010. They also acquired a new four-book vampire series by Shan, set to start in fall 2010.
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A Tweet Treat?
Forget watching The View. On Wednesday morning, plugged-in booksellers, writers and fans instead viewed a live, one-hour Twitter exchange between Nancy Mercado, executive editor of Roaring Brook Press, and Nan Marino, author of Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me. Are author-editor tweet-fests the marketing wave of the future? Perhaps.
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I Spy... a Series with Legs
Aimed at readers who like heroines that are more concerned about pulling off covert operations than pulling off the perfect outfit, the first two books in Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls series have been steadily gaining fans for the past few years. This week, the third book, Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover, also starring teenage spy-in-training Cammie Morgan, went on sale with a 250,000-copy first printing.
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Browne Named Children's Laureate in U.K.
Anthony Browne has been appointed the sixth Children’s Laureate in the U.K. Browne, who won the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Medal, is only the second illustrator chosen as Children’s Laureate. The two-year position recognizes the contribution an individual has made to children and reading.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 6/8/2009
This week's reviews include picture books from Arnold and Adrianne Lobel, Alison McGhee and Kathryn Lasky; new fiction from Kate Thompson, Andrew Clements and Francine Prose; not to mention a roundup of some gift books perfect for graduations, birthdays and other occasions.
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BookExpo America 2009: A Lively Children's Gathering
All eyes were looking ahead to fall, as children’s booksellers and publishers arrived in New York City last weekend for BookExpo America. The season’s biggest titles were on display, and a wide range of panels and events educated and entertained. Given the state of the economy, many had voiced concerns before BEA about what the mood and the turnout might be. In the aisles of the Javits Center, though, those worries didn’t seem to be borne out.
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BookExpo America 2009: Children's Books and Authors at the Show
Our photographers walked the aisles of the Javits Center last weekend, throughout the convention, capturing the sights, highlights and mood of the show. We’ve assembled dozens of pictures of authors, illustrators, booksellers, publishers, events and book signings for your perusal. Relive all the memories, or see what you missed!
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BookExpo America 2009: It’s All About the Teen
On Saturday afternoon during BEA, a group of six young adult specialists gathered for the panel called Teens Read Books—Teens Have Money—There Are a Lot of Teens: How to Get Them Into Your Store. Emily Pardo, former events and marketing coordinator at Books and Books in Miami, Fla., started the panel off by admitting that the best ideas for reaching out to teens usually don’t come from adults, but rather teens themselves.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 6/1/2009
This week's reviews include a new picture book from Neil Gaiman, fiction from Francesca Lia Block and Alex Sanchez, and a collection of summer board books for youngest readers.
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Hasbro Tweaks Global Publishing Strategy
Over the past six months, toy maker Hasbro has been reconfiguring its global publishing strategy, internally creating long-term story arcs to ensure continuity among the various facets of its entertainment and publishing programs worldwide. The first examples of the new strategy in action are the books being released in conjunction with Hasbro's summer films "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", to be released on June 24,
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BookExpo America 2009: Children’s Highlights for Fall
The children’s category is a bright spot in a flat industry these days, and plenty of forthcoming titles were generating buzz on the floor. Candlewick is printing 500,000 copies of Kate DiCamillo’s new novel, 'The Magician’s Elephant,' and she’ll go on a 10-city tour. 'Catching Fire' by Suzanne Collins, the followup to last fall’s 'The Hunger Games,' was a hot “get” at the show;
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Bowen to Join Greenburger Agency
Brenda Bowen, who left HarperCollins in February, is moving in a new direction, signing on as a literary agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, beginning July 6. Bowen will represent authors and illustrators of children’s books for all ages (preschool to teen) as well as graphic novels.
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