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Two Contests Give a Shot at Fame, Patterson Style

| 02/05/2013 @ 02:00PM

Kids ages eight to 15 can enter James Patterson's I Funny. You Funny? contest, inspired by the author's 2012 middle-grade novel about a classroom cutup, by submitting a link to a video showing up to 60 seconds of them doing a standup routine.
LeapFrog Gets Disney E-books

| 02/05/2013 @ 10:00AM

LeapFrog has announced the release of interactive e-books from Disney Publishing Worldwide as part of LeapFrog's new third-party developer program for its platforms.
Request for 2012 Sales Figures: Children's Books

| 02/04/2013 @ 10:00AM

Publishers Weekly is once again compiling its yearly bestseller lists, based on publishers’ sales reports. This list will be printed in the 2012 Facts & Figures feature in our March 18 issue. We need your responses by Friday, February 22.
Templar Publishing Buys Piccadilly Press

| 02/01/2013 @ 10:00AM

In an important children’s deal in the U.K., Piccadilly Press, the children’s book publisher founded by Brenda Gardner 29 years ago, has been acquired by Templar Publishing, the children’s publisher owned by Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
Crafting Publisher Introduces Tween Imprint

By Kimberly Winston | 01/31/2013 @ 03:00PM

C&T Publishing, a three-decade-old stalwart in quilting books, is carving new terrain with the spring launch of FunStitch Studio, a new crafting imprint aimed at 8- to 14-year-olds.
In Brief: January 31

| 01/31/2013 @ 02:00PM

This week, an author's book casts a long Shadow at ALA; librarians at the midwinter meeting show their support for a character's 50th anniversary; and Melissa de la Cruz gives her Blue Bloods series a celebratory sendoff.
Children's Book Sales Down in September 2012, Says AAP Monthly StatShot

| 01/31/2013 @ 02:00PM

Overall sales of children's books were down in September 2012 over the same period in 2011, according to the 21 publishers reporting figures to the AAP.
Children's Job Moves: January 2013

| 01/31/2013 @ 12:00AM

New job announcements in children's publishing for January 2013.
2013 Caldecott Caps Busy Year for Jon Klassen

By Carolyn Juris | 01/29/2013 @ 03:30PM

Jon Klassen was up early on Monday morning – not because he was expecting a career-changing phone call, but because he had a plane to catch.
'Pure Shock and Surprise' for 2013 Printz Winner Nick Lake

By John A. Sellers | 01/29/2013 @ 03:30PM

Nick Lake had been working at home in Oxford England for hours when the phone rang.
Katherine Applegate on Winning the 2013 Newbery

By Diane Roback | 01/29/2013 @ 03:30PM

Normally Katherine Applegate would have been in her house in San Francisco the morning that "the call" came in.
2013 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Coverage

| 01/29/2013 @ 09:00AM

Read PW's coverage of the annual awards from ALA, featuring interviews with the newly minted 2013 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Medalists.
Applegate, Klassen, Lake Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz

By Diane Roback | 01/28/2013 @ 12:00PM

Katherine Applegate has won the 2013 Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan (Harper); Jon Klassen has won the 2013 Randolph Caldecott Medal for This Is Not My Hat (Candlewick); and Nick Lake has won the 2013 Michael L. Printz Award for In Darkness (Bloomsbury).
A Snowman's Journey from Screen to Store

| 01/28/2013 @ 12:00AM

Nosy Crow managing director Kate Wilson watched U.K. retailer John Lewis's 2012 Christmas commercial – about a snowman's adventurous journey to find his girlfriend the perfect gift – and realized it would make a good children's title.
Getting Personal

By Karen Raugust | 01/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

Publishers controlling merchandise rights to their brands and characters are starting to experiment with print-on-demand licensed products through partners such as CafePress, Zazzle, MashOn, and Ty's Toy Box.
Obituary: Nina Ignatowicz

| 01/24/2013 @ 03:00PM

Children's book editor Nina Ignatowicz died on January 19. She was 75. Ignatowicz began her career in children's books in 1961, when she was hired by Susan Hirschman to be the receptionist for Harper Junior Books.
Reaching YA Readers on Both Sides of the Atlantic

By Matia Burnett | 01/24/2013 @ 03:00PM

On January 15, La Maison Française in New York City hosted an intimate and at times surprising two hours of conversation on trends in French YA literature.
This Week in Children's Apps: January 24, 2013

| 01/24/2013 @ 02:30PM

This week in children's apps features I Need My Monster, a story about a boy who wants his bedroom monster back. Also this week is interactive songbook Cat Doorman's Little Red Wagon and the newest Dr. Seuss app, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. There's also a new Little Critter app, Just Going to the Dentist, and Five Little Monkeys Play Hide and Seek.
Bologna Book Fair Establishes New Prize

| 01/24/2013 @ 02:30PM

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, and for the first time, BolognaFiere and the Italian Publishers Association will award the BOP – the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year.
Capstone to Publish Picture Books for the Trade

By Claire Kirch | 01/24/2013 @ 02:30PM

Capstone Young Readers trade imprint, which launched six months ago, is releasing thirteen picture books in print format this spring, followed by four to six picture books each year.

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