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Children's Institute Slated for BEA

By Judith Rosen | 03/08/2012 @ 03:00PM

As reported last month, BookExpo America, in conjunction with the ABC Group at the American Booksellers Association, is introducing its first children's day for children's booksellers.
'Catching Fire' Shipping Error Angers N.E. Booksellers

By Judith Rosen | 03/08/2012 @ 03:00PM

Every year booksellers' resentment against Scholastic Book Fair paperbacks, which they are unable to sell, flares up during book-fair season. This week the flames were fanned a little higher when copies of Scholastic Book Fairs' paperback edition of Catching Fire were accidentally shipped to big box stores in New England.
Children's Illustrator Kickstarts an Arts Center

By Marc Schultz | 03/08/2012 @ 03:00PM

Award-winning children’s book illustrator R. Gregory Christie launched a Kickstarter campaign this month for a children’s bookstore and arts literacy center concept he’s opening in Decatur, Ga.
What's Selling at Reading Frenzy BookShop

| 03/08/2012 @ 03:00PM

At Reading Frenzy BookShop in Zimmerman, Minn., owner Sheri Olson talks about her success with a quartet of titles across several genres.
Disney Launches First Language Learning App

| 03/07/2012 @ 10:00AM

Disney Publishing Worldwide has launched its first language learning product, Learn Chinese: Toy Story 3. The app will be available in the U.S., China, Australia, and 25 additional countries throughout Europe and Asia.
Scholastic Launches Storia, a New Digital Platform

By Jim Milliot | 03/05/2012 @ 09:00PM

After more than 18 months of development, Scholastic has begun beta tests for Storia, its proprietary e-book platform for selling and distributing its trade titles as well as digital editions of titles from other children’s houses. The beta test features 1,300 titles with the vast majority published by Scholastic
Bologna Briefcase: What the Agents Are Bringing

By Diane Roback | 03/05/2012 @ 12:00PM

"Modern Family meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” “Heathers meets The Craft,” and “Titanic in outer space” are just some of the intriguing-sounding projects that will be on offer later this month at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. We asked some American agents to tell us about two projects they have high hopes for.
Figment Acquires Inkpop from HarperCollins

By Carolyn Juris | 03/01/2012 @ 03:00PM

Figment, the online writing community for teens and young adults, has purchased Inkpop, a similar HarperCollins initiative.
This Week in Children's Apps: March 1, 2012

| 03/01/2012 @ 03:00PM

This week in children's apps features a pair of Dr. Seuss apps: The Lorax and Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur?
Points of Sale: Tips for Children’s Booksellers

By Judith Rosen | 03/01/2012 @ 03:00PM

This column grew from first-hand experience that many of the best bookselling ideas come from other booksellers. Each tip offers an inventive way to solve problems that you may not have even been aware of: like making series stand out.
Penguin Launches Richelle Mead Community-Based App

By Gabe Habash | 03/01/2012 @ 03:00PM

Bestselling author Richelle Mead will get her own app, The World of Richelle Mead, launching March 2 from Penguin.
iStoryTime Releases First Wee Sing App

| 03/01/2012 @ 10:00AM

iStoryTime and Wee Sing have announced their first education app, called Wee Sing & Learn ABC.
Go, Reader, Go!: Read Across America 2012

By Karen Springen | 03/01/2012 @ 12:00AM

March 2 is the debut for the film version of The Lorax, the date Dr. Seuss would have turned 108, and the 15th annual Read Across America Day – a recipe for, as Theodor Geisel might say, "biggering" the number of bookworms in the United States.
Owlkids Books Names Karen Boersma Publisher

By Laura Godfrey | 02/28/2012 @ 12:00AM

Owlkids Books has announced that, as of March 5, it will have a new publisher to develop its growing books division: Karen Boersma. Boersma has been v-p and publisher of Kids Can Press for the last 14 years.
Obituary: Atha Tehon

| 02/23/2012 @ 03:00PM

Award-winning children’s book designer and art director Atha Tehon died on February 15, at the age of 86. As art director at Dial Books for Young Readers for 32 years, and as a freelance designer for Farrar, Straus and Giroux, she worked with many of the top authors and artists in the business, including Maurice Sendak, William Steig, Jerry Pinkney, and Stephen Kellogg.
BEA Finalizes Lineup for Children's Breakfast

| 02/23/2012 @ 03:00PM

BookExpo America has announced that Glee's Chris Colfer, author of the forthcoming The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell (Little, Brown), will serve as emcee for the BEA convention's Children’s Book and Author Breakfast.
HarperCollins Plans Middle Grade Group Tour for Fall

By Sally Lodge | 02/23/2012 @ 03:00PM

Nine middle-grade authors will vie to win "Best in Class" this fall, when HarperCollins sends them out on its Class Acts tour to schools and bookstores across the country.
Optimistic Toy Fair Crowds Face 'Augmented Reality'

By Karen Raugust | 02/23/2012 @ 03:00PM

The approximately 30 publishers exhibiting at the 2012 New York International Toy Fair, held at the Javits Center from February 11-15, saw full aisles and strong orders for the first time in several years.
Fourth Story Media's Lisa Holton Joins Callaway Digital Arts

By Calvin Reid | 02/22/2012 @ 10:00AM

Callaway Digital Arts announced that Lisa Holton, founder of children’s digital media producer Fourth Story Media and former president of Scholastic trade publishing, has been named v-p of content development.

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