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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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Characters, Ink: A Children's Bookseller's Tattoos
Becky Quiroga Curtis, children’s book buyer for Books & Books in Coral Gables, Fla., wears her passion for picture-book illustration on her sleeve—literally. On her arm are tattoos of some of her favorite children’s book characters, all original designs by the books’ illustrators.
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Court Denies Injunction Against 'Elf Off the Shelf'
A judge has denied a request for the injunction against F+W Media and its Adams Media line, which faced legal woes over its big holiday title, the seasonal parody Elf Off the Shelf. This means Adams can return to actively promoting the book to its accounts and on its special ElfOfftheShelf.com Web site.
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Pamela Paul, Brooke Gladstone Address Children's Book Council
There was good news to report at the Children's Book Council's annual meeting, held this past Tuesday in New York City. CBC chair Megan Tingley of Little, Brown rounded up many of the CBC's accomplishments over the past year, and journalists Pamela Paul and Brooke Gladstone spoke with CBC members about their work.
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Read to Lead Kicks Off Reading Day
Read to Lead may be the newest literacy organization on the block, but its founder and head, Trey Holder, president and COO of Mercury Retail Services, likes to think big.
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Lobster Press Pauses to Catch Up
Lobster Press has closed its Montreal office and cut staff, but publisher Alison Fripp says the company will focus on its backlist and catch up on unpaid royalties.
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Porter Square Celebrates One Year of Fresh Ink
Last Friday night about 100 young people between the ages of 8 and 15, some still in soccer clothes, along with their parents came to Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass., to celebrate the first anniversary of Fresh Ink, a galley-reading program for children.
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Vonnegut Library Says 'Slaughterhouse-Five' Repealed Ban Not Enough
Though the ban on Slaughterhouse-Five has been lifted in Republic, Mo., copies of the book are being held at a location that forces students to go get it.
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This Week in Children's Apps: September 22, 2011
This week in children's apps features two Mercer Mayer storybook apps and My Little Pony from Ruckus Media.
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