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For Boys Only: Move Books to Debut in Fall 2012
"Moving Boys to Read" is the slogan publisher Eileen Robinson has chosen for her new company, Move Books, which is slated to launch in fall 2012, and will focus on middle-grade fiction for boys.
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Atlantyca and 21st Century to Publish One Million Stilton Books
Atlantyca Entertainment has signed with 21st Century Publishing House to publish one million Geronimo Stilton books promotionally priced for children. The agreement grants 21st Century Chinese-language rights to The Little Book of Nature.
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'Shine' Withdrawn as NBA Young People’s Literature Nominee
It turns out there will be only five nominations in the Young People Literature category of the National Book Awards. After receiving a request from the National Book Foundation that she withdraw her book from nomination, Lauren Myracle consented, a move that dropped Shine from the list. Last week, Chime by Franny Billingsley was added as a sixth nominee to the category, and Harold Augenbraum, NBF executive director, confirmed Monday that NBF staff had originally misheard Shine by Lauren Myracle for Chime when the list of nominees was read by the judges over the phone.
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B&N, Simon & Schuster, and Cartoon Network Team Up to Fight Bullying
Cartoon Network, and Barnes & Noble and Simon & Schuster have announced a collaboration to promote bullying prevention during October’s National Bullying Prevention Month.
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Movie Alert: 'Breaking Dawn—Part 1'
The on-screen Twilight saga continues with the November 18 premiere of Breaking Dawn—Part 1, the first of two films based upon Stephenie Meyer's fourth book in her paranormal romance series-turned-phenomenon.
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This Week in Children's Apps: October 13, 2011
This week in children's apps features Go Away, Big Green Monster!, an app that helps kids conquer their fears.
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Four Femmes Greet Fans on 'Pen Fatale' Tour
Proving there is strength—and energy—in numbers, four YA authors (Alyson Noël, Gabrielle Zevin, Jessica Brody, and Mary E. Pearson) with recent releases from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group are winding up a group tour.
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Blizzards in the Forecast for November Wimpy Kid Tour
Most authors would hope for good weather when embarking on a book tour, but not Diary of a Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney. In keeping with the winter theme of Cabin Fever, the forthcoming sixth book in his bestselling series, the six events on the Wimpy Kid Rolling Blizzard tour will feature on-the-spot snowstorms.
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NBA Finalists Announced for Young People's Literature
The finalists for the 2011 National Book Award in Young People's Literature were announced on Wednesday. Originally five nominees were announced by former NBA Medalist Virginia Euwer Wolff; a sixth title was added a few hours later, after National Book Foundation executive director Harold Augebraum admitted there had been a “miscommunication.”
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Jackson Fish Market Books Offers Free Downloads
Two years after launching the online book service A Story Before Bed, which synchronizes children's books with a video recording capability that allows family members to document and preserve the act of reading books together, Seattle-based Jackson Fish Market Books has announced that its original digital children's books are now available for free downloads.
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Nicky Salan, Champion of Children's Literature, Dies at 77
Necia (Nicky) Salan, founder of Cover to Cover, a San Francisco bookselling institution renowned for placing children’s books in equal prominence as adult books, died at her home on October 10, after a long illness. She was 77.
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Aladdin and Simon Pulse to Distribute Beyond Words Kids
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing's Simon Pulse and Aladdin imprints have entered into a co-publishing agreement with Beyond Words Publishing and will handle sales and worldwide distribution for its children's titles beginning in January 2012.
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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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