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Dutton Gears Up for Grisham's Children's Debut
A 13-year-old is unwittingly is dragged into a sensational murder trial in Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, John Grisham's first novel for young readers. The book, which launches a middle-grade series starring this amateur trial attorney, will be released on May 25 with a one million-copy first printing.
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Candlewick Celebrates a Decade of Judy Moody
A decade ago, a plucky, unabashedly moody heroine first appeared in the pages of Megan McDonald’s Judy Moody, an early chapter book from Candlewick. The series is now available in 24 languages, has won more than 30 awards, and has a worldwide in-print tally of 12 million copies.
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Rights Report: May 20
Walden Media will produce a film version of Frank Cottrell Boyce’s novel Cosmic; Razorbill has acquired world English rights to a debut middle-grade novel, Giant Man-Eating Frogs with Hideous Fangs! by Richard Farr, and Tracy Gates at Viking has bought the next installments in Alane Ferguson's Edgar-nominated forensic mysteries series, The Academy.
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In Brief: May 20
This week, authors gather in Gaithersburg, Michael Buckley goes on tour in Prague, 'Gators' are on the loose in Michigan, and a bookseller dressed as a Mayan lord welcomes two visiting authors.
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Where's Waldo? At Walker Books and Candlewick
The Walker Group, including Candlewick Press, Walker Books UK and Walker Books Australia, is expanding its Where's Waldo? publishing program beyond Martin Handford's original books, for the first time. The spin-off program, which will debut in 2012 in time for the character's 25th anniversary, will include all-new content inspired by the original books, including new formats and spin-offs that incorporate the search-and-find elements of the originals.
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Children's Rights Report: May 13
A YA debut by model/actress Tyra Banks, a new novel from bestselling teen author Sarah Dessen, and a debut fantasy trilogy are among the highlights of this week's children's book deals.
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In Brief: May 13
This week, both Queen Rania of Jordan and Tony Award–winner LaChanze celebrate the release of their first picture books, and authors Andrew Clements and Lisi Harrison hit the road.
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BEA 2010: Kids' Galleys to Grab
There will be plenty of options for fans of the supernatural and dystopian at BEA this year, as well as highly anticipated books from Cornelia Funke, Cassandra Clare, Ally Condie, and many more. Here we round up the book giveaway highlights from children's publishers.
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'Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale' Comes Full Circle
Long before Mo Willems made a name for himself as an author, or Stephanie D’Abruzzo won a Tony nomination for playing Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q, the two were colleagues on Sesame Street. And though they also worked together in 2000 on Sheep in the Big City, on the Cartoon Network, their career paths had diverged a bit when Mo and his wife, Cheryl, became parents for the first time, to a baby girl named Trixie.
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Children's Rights Report: May 6
Smokewood Entertainment, the production company behind Precious, has bought film rights to Judy Moody. John Schultz (Aliens in the Attic) will direct, and Kathy Waugh and Judy Moody author Megan McDonald have written the screenplay. The The film begins production in August, and Candlewick will publish a Judy Moody movie tie-in program in spring 2011.
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Ed Young Picture Book Introduces Fictional Bear with Very Real Roots
A bear forages for food, climbs into its tree nest, and scales the snow-capped Himalayas in Moon Bear by Brenda Z. Guiberson, featuring cut-paper illustrations by Ed Young. Out this month from Holt, the book spotlights the Asiatic black bear, also known as the moon bear, for the white crescent-shaped marking on its chest. A concluding author’s note addressing the plight of this endangered species is accompanied by photos of moon bears living in a China sanctuary run by the Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation, which will receive a portion of the proceeds from the sales of Moon Bear. The publisher has also launched an on-line campaign to adopt a moon bear—with readers’ help.
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In Brief: May 6
This week in children's news, Rick Riordan launches his new series at the Brooklyn Museum, a first novelist gets some good 'Karma,' and Kids Otter Read Day is celebrated in the Bay Area.
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Toot and Puddle Ride the Rails
Last week Toot and Puddle, stars of an animated series that airs on Nick Jr. (based on Holly Hobbie's series of picture books with Little, Brown), were seen in train stations in Washington, D.C., and New York City. The duo was promoting the Read & Ride Travel Sweepstakes, sponsored by Amtrak and National Geographic Kids Entertainment, which produces the TV series. The sweepstakes offers a chance to win a three-day trip for four to Washington. Click through for some fun photos from the events.
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Katherine Paterson to Adapt St. Francis for Her Next Project
Just as the publisher of the Hollywood Reporter famously found Lana Turner at a Hollywood drugstore, Christopher Franceschelli discovered artist Pamela Dalton at a Harlemville, N.Y., farm store. The Handprint Books publisher spotted her intricate scissor-cut images hanging on the walls—and tracked her down at her studio, a quarter mile down the road. It wasn't long before he signed her up to illustrate a picture-book adaptation of Saint Francis of Assisi's 13th-century hymn, "The Canticle of the Sun," to be written by Katherine Paterson.
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In Brief: April 22
This week, Gary Paulsen concludes his national tour, an author who writes about Icelandic volcanoes gets stranded by the Icelandic volcano, and the Readergirlz distribute more than 10,000 YA books to Native American teenagers.
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 4/20/2010
This collection of web-exclusive children's book reviews from Publishers Weekly includes a starred review for a book from Deborah Hopkinson and Jen Corace, as well as titles by Tim McGraw, Walter Dean Myers, Thatcher Heldring, and Julia DeVillers.
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Macmillan Kids Gets to the Point
In this digital age, an online presence is a key part of a publisher's identity. So when a corporate reorganization brought together the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group at the end of 2008, the goal of developing a digital snapshot of the new group was also hatched. First up in that plan is the blog called Get to the Point, launched earlier this year. "We came up with the idea when all seven of the children's imprints were merged under one umbrella," says Karen Frangipane, director of marketing and digital for the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. "We began developing a number of online initiatives and the blog was one of those. Some of the imprints already had an online presence, but we thought that the blog would be a fun, interactive way to come together and present ourselves as one unified group."
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Animal Tales at the Bronx Zoo
"Every year we have amazing, beautiful babies," says Judy Frimer, marketing director of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which owns and/or manages New York City's zoos and aquarium. As a way to introduce children to baby animals at the zoo, this month WCS launched Animal Tales Extravaganza at the Bronx Zoo, a 13-week program designed to celebrate wildlife and children's literature. Each weekend between now and the end of June, the zoo is holding readings and talks by children's book authors and illustrators. Among the many participating authors and illustrators are Matthew Van Fleet (Alphabet), Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin (Click, Clack, Moo), Anna Dewdney (Roly Poly Pangolin), Peter Brown (The Curious Garden), Ed Young (Moon Bear), and Holly Hobbie (the Toot & Puddle books).
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Father-Daughter Team Brings Back Lyle the Crocodile
Nearly 50 years ago, Bernard Waber introduced a lovable crocodile named Lyle in The House on East 88th Street. Lyle was a big hit with readers: that inaugural picture book and seven subsequent Lyle the Crocodile books have sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Now, 12 years after his last book appearance, Lyle returns in Lyle Walks the Dogs: A Counting Book written by Bernard Waber and illustrated by his daughter, Paulis Waber, who is making her children's book debut. Aimed at a younger audience than the earlier Lyle stories, the book will be published (as have all the others, by Houghton Mifflin) next month.
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In Brief: April 15
The cover for 'Matched' by Ally Condie is revealed; a teenage Australian author gets a whirlwind tour of the U.S., and Archbishop Desmond Tutu's book helps teach second graders about peace, love, and acceptance.
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