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Craig Virden Dies

By Diane Roback | 05/06/2009 @ 05:33PM

Craig Virden, former head of children’s books at Random House, died Wednesday morning of a pulmonary embolism. He was 56.
In S&S Kids Reorg, New Roles for Chanda, Anastas; Dryden to Leave

By Jim Milliot | 05/06/2009 @ 04:26PM

In a reorganization in the Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing division, Justin Chanda will take over day-to-day reponsibilities of the Atheneum and Margaret K. McElderry imprints; v-p and publisher Emma Dryden, who had been in charge of those imprints, is leaving the company. Other changes include the departures of Frank Totaro and Kevin Lewis, and the promotion of Mara Anastas.
PW's Review of "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

| 05/05/2009 @ 01:24PM

Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series comes to a close with the release of The Last Olympian, which goes on sale today and has a 1.2-million copy first printing. The PW review follows.
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 5/4/2009

| 05/04/2009 @ 06:00AM

Among this week's reviews: the latest picture books from Vera B. Williams and Jane Yolen, debut novels from Hallie Durand and Jacqueline Kelley, and a round-up of titles commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Children's Sales to Stay Soft

by Diane Roback | 05/04/2009 @ 06:00AM

Areport from Publishers Weekly and the Institute for Publishing Research projects soft sales for children's books through the end of 2012, with the lowest numbers in the five-year span expected for 2009. According to the new PW/IPR Book Sales Index, total children's trade sales totaled $3.16 billion in 2008; that number will dip to $3.
Pannell Awards Announced

By Diane Roback | 05/01/2009 @ 08:33PM

The 2009 Pannell Awards have been announced. In the children's specialty category, the winner is Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop in LaVerne, Calif. In the general bookstore category, the winner is Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, with honorable mention going to That Bookstore in Blytheville, in Blytheville, Ark.
Capstone Teaches How to Get Stimulus Funding

By Calvin Reid | 05/01/2009 @ 12:56AM

Capstone Publishers, a Mankato, Minn.-based library market publisher, offered an audience of school library professionals a Web-based seminar on how to organize to get funding for their libraries from the stimulus plan.
Kids' Authors in Abundance at L.A. Festival

| 04/30/2009 @ 06:00AM

From all reports, last weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was a rousing success. Children’s authors met their fans and signed thousands of books.
‘The Sorceress’ Heats Up with Marketing Muscle

By Shannon Maughan | 04/30/2009 @ 06:00AM

The “Summer of the Sorceress” campaign, which heralds the arrival of The Sorceress, third book in Michael Scott’s bestselling Immortal Secrets of Nicholas Flamel fantasy series, kicked off last weekend with RHCB’s first-ever PDF/e-book giveaway.
Q & A with Gayle Forman

By Sue Corbett | 04/30/2009 @ 06:00AM

Bookshelf spoke with Gayle Forman about her new novel, If I Stay (Dutton).
The Last Hurrah for Percy Jackson

By Matia Burnett | 04/30/2009 @ 06:00AM

Fans have only five days left to wait for the May 5 release of The Last Olympian, the fifth and final book in Rick Riordan’s mythological fantasy series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Here’s a roundup of the plans for The Last Olympian.
Muggles at the Museum

By Karen Springen | 04/30/2009 @ 06:00AM

A few weeks ago I opened an invitation to the preview reception for the world premiere of Harry Potter: The Exhibition.” I instantly followed the instructions to RSVP “by owl or online.” Fortunately, the party was at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, where I live.
Jane Smiley and S.E. Hinton Keep It Real (and Funny) at L.A. Times Festival

By Wendy Werris | 04/30/2009 @ 04:00AM

“My name is Susie, but you can also call me Your Majesty,” quipped S.E. Hinton at the beginning of the discussion about her work with Jane Smiley at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on April 26.
Multi-Platform 'Mackenzie Blue' Arrives

By Evie Nagy | 04/30/2009 @ 04:00AM

When HarperCollins publishes the first Mackenzie Blue novel on May 5, author and Buzz Marketing Group founder Tina Wells hopes the book will be only one of many ways that tween girls will engage with the title character—a 12-year-old student and aspiring pop star.
More Merchandise for a Curious Monkey

By Karen Raugust | 04/30/2009 @ 04:00AM

Universal Studios Consumer Products will launch a licensing program focusing on infant merchandise, ranging from layette and nursery décor to early development toys and daily-care essentials, based on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s new Curious Baby Curious George brand extension.
Free Speech Groups Criticize Dismissal of Wisconsin Library Board Members

By Lynn Andriani | 04/29/2009 @ 02:01PM

Four members of a library board in West Bend, Wis., were dismissed last week for refusing to remove controversial books from the library’s young adult section—and yesterday, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the National Coalition Against Censorship, the Association of American Publishers and PEN American Center criticized the firings.
Children's Galleys to Grab

by John A. Sellers | 04/27/2009 @ 06:00AM

Even in lean times, there's no shortage of galley giveaways at BEA. Here are some to look out for. Brave New Worlds Alphas by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown/Poppy) is a Clique spinoff set at an elite island boarding school, starring Clique's Skye Hamilton. The Amanda Project: Book 1: invisible i by Stella Lennon (HarperTeen).
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 4/27/2009

| 04/27/2009 @ 06:00AM

This week's reviews include new picture books from Ed Young and Vladimir Radunsky, summer-ready fiction from Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han, and a pair of translated novels from popular Japanese series.
Scholastic Web Game Show to Test Kids’ Knowledge

| 04/23/2009 @ 10:39PM

On April 30, Scholastic will host a live game show, to be webcast on the publisher’s Web site, in which four teams of New York City fifth-graders will test their book knowledge in a trivia competition. The competition, to be held at the Scholastic Auditorium in the company’s NYC headquarters, will be hosted by the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jon Scieszka.
Licensing Hotline: April 2009

By Karen Raugust | 04/23/2009 @ 10:00AM

The success of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight books, movies and DVDs has carried over into licensed merchandise as well. A case in point: Borders, which has featured front-of-store displays of non-book merchandise, much of it exclusive, along with complementary books and media, since November.

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