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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Jeff Zentner
Three friends in small-town Tennessee navigate the last year of high school, and beyond, in Zentner's 'The Serpent King.'
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Gavriel Savit
In 'Anna and the Swallow Man,' Savrit writes of a seven-year-old orphan and the titular figure as they attempt to escape the Germans in 1939 Poland.
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Hitchcock set her debut YA novel, 'The Smell of Other People's Houses,' in her home state of Alaska.
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Terry Fan and Eric Fan
The Fan brothers tell the story of a friendship between a topiary artist and an orphan named William in 'The Night Gardener.'
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts: Kate Berube
A child overcomes her fear of dogs in author-illustrator Berube's first picture book, 'Hannah and Sugar.'
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Spring 2016 Flying Starts
We profile six children's book creators to watch whose debuts published this past spring.
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CBC Panelists Weigh in On Writing Diverse Characters
Writing authentic diverse characters was the topic of discussion at a Children's Book Council panel on June 15 in New York City.
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Chris Colfer's Ever-Expanding Land of Stories
As he neared "The End" of the fourth volume in his bestselling The Land of Stories series, author Chris Colfer had an epiphany.
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Authors Respond to Disinvites from Schools
The day before Kate Messner was scheduled to speak to students about her latest novel, the author received a troubling message from the school’s administrators: Don't come.
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Obituary: Michael McCurdy
Illustrator, printer, and publisher Michael McCurdy died on May 28 in Springfield, Mass. He was 74.
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Obituary: Lois Duncan
Lois Duncan, author of more than 50 books for children and teens including 'Killing Mr. Griffin' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' died on June 15. She was 82.
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Obituary: Rhoda Blumberg
Award-winning children's author Rhoda Blumberg, who translated her passion for history into more than 25 nonfiction books, died at home on June 6. She was 98.
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Q & A with David Friend and Nancy Paulsen
Married for more than three decades, David Friend and Nancy Paulsen had a seamless author-editor rapport after she acquired 'With Any Luck, I'll Drive a Truck,' written by Friend and illustrated by Michael Rex.
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2016 Ned Vizzini Teen Literary Prize Awarded
YA author Ned Vizzini, who committed suicide in 2013, is being honored with a new award that celebrates emerging young authors.
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HarperCollins Welcomes Judith Kerr's First Novel in 37 Years
'Mister Cleghorn's Seal,' venerable author Judith Kerr's first children's novel since 1987, is about a man who rescues an orphaned sea pup and brings him home to his city apartment.
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YA Author Julie Kagawa Holds First-Ever Virtual Reading Through AltspaceVR
On May 19, Julie Kagawa, bestselling author of the Iron Fey series and the Talon Saga for Harlequin Teen, became the first author to hold a virtual reading using the AltspaceVR platform.
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Q & A with Liz Kessler
British author Liz Kessler's first YA novel, 'Read Me Like a Book,' is the story of Ashleigh, whose encounter with an inspiring teacher makes her realize that not only is she smart, but she is also gay.
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Kate DiCamillo Launches New Stint as CSLP Spokesperson
Kate DiCamillo is well suited to her role as 2016 National Summer Reading Champion for the Collaborative Summer Library Program, a title she is reprising from 2015.
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