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‘Catching Fire’ Catches Fire
Cindy Dobrez is a popular woman. Why? The influential Holland, Mich., middle-school librarian, who has served on the Printz Award committee, is among the lucky few who last week received an advance readers' copy of Catching Fire—the highly anticipated second book in Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy about teens forced to fight to the death on live TV.
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Geringer to Work with Egmont USA
Laura Geringer has partnered with Egmont USA, to selectively edit children's titles for the house on a nonexclusive basis.
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Q & A with Sandra Day O'Connor
Bookshelf spoke with former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor about her new picture book, Finding Susie (Knopf).
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Chance Find Leads to New Lobel Picture Books
When a rare book dealer called Adrianne Lobel last September with news he’d found three small books handcrafted by her father, legendary author and illustrator Arnold Lobel, she wasn’t immediately sure how interested she was in acquiring them.
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A Very Scarry Summer
In celebration of what would be Richard Scarry’s 90th birthday, Sterling Publishing will be honoring the life and work of the beloved author and illustrator—who wrote and illustrated more than 300 books, and sold more than 200 million copies worldwide—with a 90-day promotion.
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New Line from Lerner
Lerner Publishing Group, which publishes children’s fiction and nonfiction for both the trade and for the school/library markets through its nine imprints, will launch a new brand of nonfiction titles for K-2 readers designed to appeal to schools and libraries: Lightning Bolt Books.
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Krieger to Retire from Aladdin
Ellen Krieger, v-p and associate publisher of Aladdin, will retire at the end of June.
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Harper Offers Teens Some Summer Chills
On the heels of last fall’s vampire-focused Pitch Black promotion and tour, HarperCollins is gathering a group of writers for a campaign that’s equally at home with the darker side of YA fiction: its Supernatural Summer promotion.
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Need a Summer Job? Promote a Book!
Authors Jake Halpern and Peter Kajawinski hit upon a novel way to get the word out about their new fantasy novel, Dormia (Houghton, May): a virtual summer “internship” for readers ages 11 to 17.
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R.L. Stine Visits Chinese Fans
Published in the U.S. by Scholastic, R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps novels have sold more than five million copies in China since 2002, when Jieli Publishing House launched the series there. Stine spent two weeks touring five cities across the country.
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Barron’s Scores with ‘Museum’
Barron's novelization of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is the top seller this week for the reference and educational publisher.
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Phoenix Books Launches Children's Line
California publisher Phoenix Books is launching a children’s division. The first book, published under the already existing Dove imprint, will be released in September, with Carl Reiner’s Tell Me Another Scary Story... But Not Too Scary! The line will also include a series for tweens called I (heart)..., about celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Robert Pattinson, Selena Gomez and the Jonas Brothers.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 5/25/2009
Among this week's reviews are picture books from George McClements, Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Bob Barner; novels from Susane Colasanti, Adam Rapp and Blake Nelson; and an Iraq war memoir from a young soldier.
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Amulet Announces 'Wimpy Kid' Contest Winner
Amulet Books has announced the winner of its Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Comic contest. The winner, chosen by Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney, is Thomas Kaili Fields, age 13, of Cathedral Grade School in Belleville, Ill.
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Arabic-Language Children’s Prize to Launch
Arabic-language children’s publishers have a new book prize: the Etisalat Award for Arab Children’s literature, which promises one million dirham ($270,000) to the best Arab children’s book of the year. The award will be presented for the first time during the annual Sharjah World Book Fair this November.
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Visiting Bookstores Virtually
Two Random House Children’s Books authors have recently embarked on national book tours—without hitting the road. Jerry Spinelli (Love, Stargirl, Knopf) and Libba Bray (The Sweet Far Thing, Delacorte) are promoting the recent paperback editions of their bestselling novels with virtual bookstore “appearances” to launch the Dial Into Summer program.
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Meeting Rick Riordan: Claire and Rachel’s Excellent Adventure
PW’s Midwest correspondent takes her daughter on a road trip to meet Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan.
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Q & A with Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Bookshelf spoke with children's author Amy Krouse Rosenthal about her four spring picture books.
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Hitching a ‘Ride’ with Sarah Dessen
For many teen girls, it just wouldn’t be summer without a new Sarah Dessen novel to kick back with. Happily, the bestselling author—whose books have combined sales of over four million copies—won’t be disappointing any of her fans this year. Her latest, Along for the Ride (Viking), goes on sale June 16 with a 250,000-copy first printing.
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Knopf to Publish ‘Eragon’ Novelty Book
This fall, Knopf Books for Young Readers will publish Christopher Paolini’s Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia, a novelty gift book tie-in to the author’s bestselling Inheritance cycle novels.
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