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Fall 2019 Middle Grade Spotlight

| 09/13/2019 @ 07:00PM
Middle Grade Marketing Then and Now

Compiled by Shannon Maughan | 09/13/2019 @ 07:00PM

Publishers provide some historical perspective on how promotional efforts have evolved in the digital era.
Author-Tested Middle Grade Marketing Tips

Compiled by Shannon Maughan | 09/13/2019 @ 07:00PM

Though marketing departments do great work launching middle grade books out into the world, their job ideally includes a strong partnership with the authors whose titles they are promoting. For their part, middle grade authors quickly learn that they play a big role in inspiring readers, and that self-marketing is part of getting through to those readers and building a successful writing career.
Taking Middle Grade to Market

By Shannon Maughan | 09/13/2019 @ 07:00PM

With an increasing number of books for the middle grade audience in the pipeline, publishers share their strategies for capturing the interest of preteens.
Scholastic and The Dodo Pair for Children's Nonfiction

By Karen Raugust | 09/12/2019 @ 04:00PM

Scholastic has secured the rights to publish children's nonfiction titles tied to The Dodo, a media brand for animal lovers.
Abrams to Launch Hasbro's Cubby Hill Brand

By Karen Raugust | 09/12/2019 @ 04:00PM

The brand's debut will be in the form of a jacketed hardcover picture book called 'The Welcome Wagon: A Cubby Hill Tale,' written and illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld.
Book Drive for Border Kids Kicks Off

By Claire Kirch | 09/12/2019 @ 03:00PM

A group of concerned citizens in Minnesota is launching a charitable book drive to benefit refugee children more than 1,000 miles away at the Mexican border.
2019 National Book Festival in Photos

Compiled by Emma Kantor | 09/12/2019 @ 03:00PM

Tens of thousands of book lovers of all ages turned out for the 19th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival, which took place August 31 in Washington, D.C.
In Brief: September 12, 2019

| 09/12/2019 @ 02:00PM

This week, Sandra Boynton's pajama party is no snooze; Lindsay Lackey brings a reptilian friend on her debut tour; Holly McGhee and Pascal Lemaître inspire kids to listen up in New Jersey; and Bao Phi's second picture book gets off on the right foot.
Margaret Anastas to Helm New Imprint at Viking Children's

By John Maher | 09/12/2019 @ 09:00AM

The HarperCollins Children's editorial director will join Viking Children’s Books next month, where she will launch an as-yet-unnamed imprint dedicated to publishing commercial picture books and picture book franchises.
2019 Decatur Book Festival in Photos

Compiled by Emma Kantor | 09/10/2019 @ 03:00PM

The 14th annual AJC Decatur Book Festival took place August 30–September 1 in Decatur, Ga, bringing together more than 250 authors, including a number of children's and YA writers.
Licensing Hotline: September 2019

By Karen Raugust | 09/10/2019 @ 02:00PM

Read on for news about Baby Shark in North America; Running Press's new Baby Rocker board book series; a new in-world cookbook tied to the just-opened Star Wars theme park attraction; and more.
Author-Illustrator David Kirk Launches Pipweasel Publishing

By Claire Kirch | 09/05/2019 @ 04:00PM

Author-illustrator David Kirk, best known for his Miss Spider series of 23 books, has decided to break free from corporate publishing and be his own boss.
Author Julia Watts Disinvited from Teen Lit Festival

By Claire Kirch | 09/05/2019 @ 04:00PM

YA author Julia Watts has been removed from the slate of authors participating in LitUp, a teen literary festival sponsored by the Knox County (Tenn.) Public Library, after a member of the organizing committee expressed concerns that she has also written erotica.
Magic Cat Imprint Joins Abrams Family

By Sally Lodge | 09/05/2019 @ 03:00PM

Abrams will welcome a new children's imprint in fall 2020, when the company becomes the North American publisher of Magic Cat, an independent, London-based publishing house recently founded by Rachel Williams and Jenny Broom.
2019 Beijing International Book Fair in Photos

Compiled by Teri Tan | 09/05/2019 @ 03:00PM

The Beijing International Book Fair, held August 21–25, hosted more than 2,600 exhibitors (of which 1,600 came from overseas) and more than 300,000 attendees.
In Brief: September 5, 2019

| 09/05/2019 @ 02:00PM

This week, Kwame Alexander and Jason Reynolds journey to Scotland; it's hammer time for David Shannon; CBC Diversity and Candlewick gather in Boston; and Tracy Banghart has a royal book launch.
Children's Job Moves: August 2019

| 08/31/2019 @ 02:00PM

Job moves in children's publishing during August, 2019.
Bologna’s Moscow Debut to Seed New Fair

By Ed Nawotka | 08/30/2019 @ 11:00AM

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair has organized a new professional program focused on children’s books for the Moscow International Book Fair, taking place September 4–8.
Beijing 2019: Continued Focus on Children’s Content in Print and Digital

By Teri Tan | 08/22/2019 @ 04:00PM

The Beijing International Children's Book Fair, occupying a full hall and running concurrently with the much larger Beijing International Book Fair, is back for a second year with an emphasis on children’s content and licensing.

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