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Sixth Nominee Added to Young People's Literature Category
Citing “miscommunication” between the National Book Award judges and staff, six authors have been nominated in the 2011 Young People’s Literature category of the National Book Awards.
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Amanda Hocking Inks Deal to Publish Comics
Amanda Hocking, the popular YA author who has sold millions of digital copies of self-published paranormal, fantasy and zombie novels, will team up with comics publisher Dynamite Entertainment to release comics adaptations of her Hollowland prose novel series in 2012.
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Three Questions for a Children's Bookseller: Meghan Goel
Meghan Goel, children’s book buyer at BookPeople in Austin, Tex., cues us in to the books she (and her customers) are looking forward to this season.
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CBC Plans Online Venture with Girl Scouts
As the Girl Scouts of the United States of America gears up to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2012, the organization has teamed up with the Children's Book Council to establish The Studio, a Web site that will encourage girls of all ages to create and share their own stories.
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What's Selling at The Storyteller
Linda Higham, owner of The Storyteller in Lafayette, Calif., talks about a handful of books that her staff is enjoying selling this fall — all with strong boy appeal.
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Kids' Books Front and Center at MPIBA
Given that children’s book buyer Meghan Goel of BookPeople in Austin, Tex., is president of the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association and that children’s books have been a bright spot for many stores this year, children’s authors were front and center at last weekend’s MPIBA trade show.
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NAIBA Offers Tips for Holding YA Events
"We know YA literature is hot; we know it’s good; and we know teens are reading it. But we can’t get teens in our stores when authors are in it," said moderator Heather Hebert of Children’s Book World in Haverford, Pa., as she introduced the NAIBA panel on How to Host Successful YA Events.
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NAIBA: Children's Bookselling Reconstructed
Children’s programming was an integral part of last month’s New Atlantic Booksellers Association annual conference at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City (Sept. 19-22).
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Readers Flock to Austin Teen Book Festival
An estimated 2,500 people from throughout Texas and beyond coursed the halls of the Palmer Events Center on Saturday, October 1, for the third annual Austin Teen Book Festival.
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This Week in Children's Apps: October 6, 2011
This week in children's apps features Eric Carle's Counting with the Very Hungry Caterpillar, turning the classic picture book into a counting game with five different levels.
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Lerner Partners with Scottish Publisher
Lerner Publisher Services, Minneapolis-based Lerner Publishing Group's distribution arm, announced Wednesday that Barrington Stoke, a Scottish children's book publisher, has signed with them for exclusive distribution in the U.S. and Canada.
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Spotlighting YA
Such titles as The Hunger Games, Pretty Little Liars, and the Fallen trilogy spring to mind as young adult success stories. The major players are enthusiastically publishing into the marketplace as the YA category continues to flourish. Yet there are plenty of other houses that boast thriving YA programs.
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YA Comes of Age
The young adult market these days is a bit like a nephew you haven’t seen in years: transformed from a little darling into a hulking almost-grownup who is maybe even a little scary. Teen titles dominate publishers' fall lists, and those books overwhelmingly feature menacing creatures, forbidden romances, and apocalyptic versions of this and future Earth.
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New Books from Old Masters: Seuss, Sendak, and Silverstein
Coincidentally, children's publishers have just released new books from three old masters whose last names start with "S"—Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein, and Maurice Sendak. The new titles are making news because of their authors' fame and age. Seuss died in 1991, Silverstein died in 1999, and Sendak is 83.
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This Week in Children's Apps: September 29, 2011
The week in children's apps features The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories, an app packed with seven lost Dr. Seuss stories. Richard Scarry's Busytown hits the App Store with a fully interactive location and personalized experience for players. And two classics – Romeo & Juliet and Pride & Prejudice – get enhanced digital books.
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A Lively SIBA for Children's Authors
Authors and panels focused on the children's and YA categories were perhaps the biggest draw at the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance trade show, held Sept. 17-19 in Charleston, S.C.
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What Makes a Teenage Book Blogger Tick?
Publishers and booksellers alike reach out to teen readers, not always successfully. Robby, a 16-year-old blogger, helps explain why.
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Children’s Authors Ignite MIBA
Even though there were 137 authors in attendance at this year's Midwest Independent Booksellers Association fall conference, held for the first time at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, the children's book authors stood out.
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Picture Book Stars Shine at the Carle Honors
It was an auspicious night for children's books last Thursday, with the sixth annual Carle Honors gala and presentation. Writers, artists, and industry professionals gathered to celebrate in style at Guastavino's in New York City.
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Hartlyn Lets Readers Travel the World Via Books
Inspired by their two young daughters and a quote from Maya Angelou, attorney Aisha Greene and restaurateur and education specialist Christine Mills launched Hartlyn Kids earlier this month.
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