In Conversation: Jason Chin and Katherine Roy
We asked Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin and Sibert Honor winner Katherine Roy to discuss their new picture books, and their techniques for bringing complex underwater worlds to life for young readers. more...
Middle Grade Sales Continue to Slip
A new Circana study finds sales of middle grade books fell 5% in the first half of 2024. The decline follows two years of falling sales in the segment, which remains the most challenged children's book category. more...
Licensing Hotline: July 2024
Read on for news about Sky Turtle Nova's books based on Ultraman, Worldwide Buddies' Rosie’s Rules license, IDW’s American Girl graphic novels, the expansion of Firefly Books' Gumboot Kids mysteries, a growing publishing and consumer products program for the Moomins, and more. more...
Post Wave Children's Books Enters U.S. Market
Post Wave Publishing UK Ltd., a U.K. subsidiary of Post Wave Publishing China formed in 2023, is expanding into the U.S. market with a list of preschool, picture book, and illustrated nonfiction titles for young readers. more...
'Playing the Long Game': PW Talks with Emma Hunsinger
Following the picture book 'My Parents Won’t Stop Talking'—her children’s debut in collaboration with her wife, graphic novelist Tillie Walden—Emma Hunsinger is publishing her solo debut middle grade graphic novel, 'How It All Ends.' more...
In Brief: July 25, 2024
Recently, an author was a guest at an international book festival, a community welcomed an author for a reading, award winners shared their book, and an author spoke at a New York City bookstore. more...
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of July 29, 2024
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about finding joy in difficult places, a middle grade fantasy set at a beloved library, a YA mystery following a family reuniting, and more. more...
Children's Books for Fall 2024: All Our Coverage
Our fall 2024 Children’s Preview issue spotlights innovative approaches to getting kids jazzed about reading, our comprehensive A–Z listings of forthcoming children’s and YA titles, and more. more...
Spring 2025 Sneak Previews
Take a look ahead at some of the big titles for children and teens due out next spring, in our exclusive roundup. more...
The Future of Children’s Bookselling
Forward-thinking booksellers are reinventing community programming staples, from author visits to subscription boxes. more...
Off the Beaten Path: Unusual Tales from Children's Publishers
Sometimes a book’s journey to publication is straightforward. Other times, it’s a bit more circuitous. We asked publishers to tell us their fun or unusual behind-the-scenes stories. more...
YA Romantasy: True Love or Passing Fancy?
We spoke with publishers, agents, and authors about readers’ all-consuming passion for romantasy, the influence of BookTok on sales, and why it's become a category that demands to be taken seriously. more...
Spring Flying Starts
We spotlight five of the season’s most promising children’s and YA debuts. more...
From Middle Grade Novel to Graphic Novel
There’s more to adapting a chapter book into a graphic novel than just drawing pictures to go with the words. Adapters often bring a whole new level of extratextual communication to the page. more...
2023 Children's Bestsellers: Standout Series, Spinoffs, and Staples
Our annual Facts and Figures compilation of children's and YA bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by ever-expanding illustrated and graphic novel series and their spinoffs, YA movie tie-ins and sequels, and time-tested picture books. more...-
Industry NewsMiddle Grade Sales Continue to Slip
A new Circana study finds sales of middle grade books fell 5% in the first half of 2024. The decline follows two years of falling sales in the segment, which remains the most challenged children's book category.
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Authors
In Conversation: Jason Chin and Katherine Roy
We asked Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin and Sibert Honor winner Katherine Roy to discuss their new picture books, and their techniques for bringing complex underwater worlds to life for young readers.
-
Authors
'Playing the Long Game': PW Talks with Emma Hunsinger
Following the picture book 'My Parents Won’t Stop Talking'—her children’s debut in collaboration with her wife, graphic novelist Tillie Walden—Emma Hunsinger is publishing her solo debut middle grade graphic novel, 'How It All Ends.'
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Industry News
Licensing Hotline: July 2024
Read on for news about Sky Turtle Nova's books based on Ultraman, Worldwide Buddies' Rosie’s Rules license, IDW’s American Girl graphic novels, the expansion of Firefly Books' Gumboot Kids mysteries, a growing publishing and consumer products program for the Moomins, and more.
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Authors
In Brief: July 25, 2024
Recently, an author was a guest at an international book festival, a community welcomed an author for a reading, award winners shared their book, and an author spoke at a New York City bookstore.
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Book News
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of July 29, 2024
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about finding joy in difficult places, a middle grade fantasy set at a beloved library, a YA mystery following a family reuniting, and more.
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Industry News
Post Wave Children's Books Enters U.S. Market
Post Wave Publishing UK Ltd., a U.K. subsidiary of Post Wave Publishing China formed in 2023, is expanding into the U.S. market with a list of preschool, picture book, and illustrated nonfiction titles for young readers.
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Authors
Lifting Up Young Readers: PW Talks with Deborah Ellis
Deborah Ellis, activist and author of more than 30 fiction and nonfiction books for children, including the Breadwinner trilogy, spoke with us about her new middle grade novel, 'The Outsmarters.'
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Book News
Rights Report: Week of July 22, 2024
New deals for Angela Montoya, Jesmeen Kaur Deo, Julie Soto, Andrew Joseph White, and others.
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Book News
2024 Adult Books on Children's Lit
This collection of new and forthcoming nonfiction books for adults provides a new take on childhood classics and their beloved creators.
