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Kennedy Center Curtain Goes Up on Jacqueline Woodson's 'Locomotion'
Three-time Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Woodson's adaptation of her 2006 novel, Locomotion, had its world premiere at the Kennedy Center's Family Theater on October 23. Directed by Jennifer L. Nelson, the play runs through October 31.
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In Brief: October 28
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Islandport to Publish First New Ipcar Book in Over Two Decades
A sought-after children's book author and illustrator in the 1940s, '50s and '60s,Dahlov Ipcar has in more recent years seen her picture books languish. That is, until Islandport Press in Yarmouth, Maine, began republishing them in 2008. Now Islandport is about to publish the 92-year-old author/illustrator's first new book in more than two decades.
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Rights Report: October 21
This week in rights news, three fiction properties will be heading to the big screen: Judy Blume’s YA novel Tiger Eyes, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson, and Cate Tiernan's 15-volume Sweep book series.
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Powell's Books Wins Visit from Suzanne Collins
Scholastic announced Thursday that Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., has been selected as the winner of the publisher's in-store display contest, earning a visit from Suzanne Collins. Participating bookstores were challenged to create a display reflecting the look and spirit of Mockingjay, the final installment of The Hunger Games trilogy.
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In Brief: October 21
In brief this week: Sarah Dessen and... racecars?; remembering Coleen Salley; Tonya Hurley's graveyard reading; James Kennedy's dance-party dome; and YA authors at the Boston Book Festival.
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Book on Pioneering Aviatrix Takes Flight
Born in 1911, Elinor Smith began flying lessons at the age of 10 and became the youngest licensed pilot in the U.S. at 16. And 82 years ago today, on October 21, 1928, the 17-year-old did what no other pilot has ever done before or since: she flew her biplane under all four bridges that span New York City's East River. That feat and Smith's other flying accomplishments are chronicled in Soar, Elinor! by debut author Tami Lewis Brown, illustrated by François Roca.
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'Nightshade' Viral Promotion Campaign Snags Fans
To build a fan base for first-time author Andrea Cremer's Nightshade well before it went on sale this week, Penguin Young Readers Group sought out potential YA readers where they were sure to be: online.
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A Graphic Take on Homer: Gareth Hinds's 'The Odyssey'
With The Odyssey, just published by Candlewick, Gareth Hinds continues his project of reinterpreting classic texts in the graphic novel format. The 256-page work, in watercolor and pastel, hopes to find a wide audience in schools and libraries, while still appealing to adults.
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The Very Busy Publishing House
Random House Children's Books has signed a deal with Chorion, which represents The World of Eric Carle for licensing, for a line of coloring and activity books for North American distribution. The titles will feature line art versions of illustrations from the author's classic picture books.
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Open Road Media in Deal with Albert Whitman; Adds More Mysteries
Children's book publisher Albert Whitman & Co. has reached an agreement with Open Road Integrated Media to publish all 150 titles of Whitman's Boxcar Children Mysteries series in e-book format.
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In Brief: October 14
In brief this week: Judith Viorst and Lane Smith at Books of Wonder; the return of Wordstock; the 10-year anniversary of 'Because of Winn-Dixie'; and a gallery featuring the artwork of five children's book illustrators.
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Seven Stories to Publish Simultaneous Adult/YA Book
When novelist, screenwriter, and poet Barry Gifford submitted a manuscript of 42 interlinked short stories to his longtime publisher, Dan Simon at Seven Stories, both Simon and the press’s publicist Ruth Weiner thought that their kids would enjoy it. Now Seven Stories is in the midst of readying Gifford’s Sad Stories of the Death of Kings (Oct.) for both children and adults.
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Three David Macaulay Books Relaunched
Published in 1973 and 1977, David Macaulay's Cathedral and Castle won Caldecott Honors for their crisp black-and-white line art and meticulous architectural detail. In 2003, the author added Mosque to his canon of books on monumental structures. This month, Houghton Mifflin publishes Built to Last, which brings together revised versions of the three books in a single volume.
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Riordan Debuts New Series in Austin
The Lost Hero, the first novel in bestselling author Rick Riordan's highly anticipated new series for middle-grade readers, Heroes of Olympus, was released to great fanfare on Tuesday, as Bookpeople in Austin, Tex. hosted what Riordan described last week as a "worldwide party."
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Galley Talk: 'A Tale Dark and Grimm'
Andrea Greenlee, children's bookseller at Page One Bookstore in Albuquerque, recommends a new story collection.
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'Ballet for Martha': Collaboration Breeds Collaboration
"Sometimes art is made by one artist, working alone, but sometimes it is the result of artists working together--collaborating--to forge something new." That's the opening passage of Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca. But the line also applies to the creation of the book itself.
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From Graeme Base, a Picture Book with a Different Look
Motivated by an ancient legend of a golden snail, Wilbur sets sail for the Ends of the Earth to find-—and finally liberate-—this creature in Graeme Base’s The Legend of the Golden Snail, just out from Abrams Books for Young Readers.
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In Brief: October 7
In brief this week: Sonia Sones's banned book; this year's Carle Honors; Gordon Titcomb and Wendell Minor's 'The Last Train'; Cinda Williams Chima on tour; and Ann Angel's launch party for 'Janis Joplin.'
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Little, Brown to Publish Official 'Twilight' Guide
Frankfurt is a long way from Forks, but that’s where Little, Brown Books for Young Readers announced the spring 2011 publication of Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, a full-color encyclopedic guide to the world of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. Featuring both illustrations and photographs, it will offer character profiles, family trees, maps, outtakes, and an interview with Meyer.
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