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Pyr to Enter Young Adult Market
Citing increasing crossover appeal of some of its adult science fiction titles by young adults, Prometheus Books’s Pyr imprint is starting a series of titles aimed specifically at that audience. Lou Anders, editorial director of Pyr, will oversee the YA program which will begin in November with the publication of Lightbringer, an urban fantasy/paranormal romance by K.D. McEntire.
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Lerner Publishing Group Launches Distribution Division
Lerner Publishing Group announced this morning that it is formalizing the distribution services it has been providing to small children’s book publishers since 2003 by launching Lerner Publisher Services.
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Scholastic Releases Statement on Coal Foundation Curriculum
Children's advocacy groups sharply reprimanded Scholastic last week for distributing to schools a poster on energy sources sponsored by the American Coal Foundation. An editorial in the New York Times criticized the poster for "giving a one-sided view of coal usage." Friday, Scholastic released a statement acknowledging "that the mere fact of sponsorship may call into question the authenticity of the information, and therefore conclude that we were not vigilant enough as to the effect of sponsorship in this instance." The statement also says Scholastic will not distribute the poster any more and plans to reevaluate its editorial procedures concerning sponsored content.
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Good News for Libraries, Bad News for Publishers in Proposed CPSIA Amendment
A proposed bill that would amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 is giving hope to many of the industries affected by the Act, including children's libraries and used booksellers.
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J. Patrick Lewis Named Children's Poet Laureate
The Poetry Foundation has announced that J. Patrick Lewis has been selected as its new Children's Poetry Laureate. Presented to Lewis in a ceremony on Wednesday at the foundation's Chicago headquarters, the award entails a two-year tenure and includes a $25,000 cash prize.
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Movie Alert: Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
On June 10, Judy Moody goes from middle-grade bestseller to movie-star hopeful with the release of Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer, based on Megan McDonald’s long-running series of books about temperamental third-grader Judy and her younger brother, Stink. The film, produced by Smokewood Entertainment and distributed by Relativity Media, is an all-new adventure, in which Judy and Stink are forced to spend the summer with their Aunt Opal.
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American Girl at 25
A lot has changed at American Girl in the 25 years since Pleasant Rowland launched a mail-order children's book publishing/doll manufacturing company with 15 employees in downtown Madison, Wis., marketing its products as quality alternatives to Barbie dolls.
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Celebrating the Life of Margaret K. McElderry
Longtime friends and colleagues gathered at the New York Public Library last Friday afternoon to honor legendary editor and publisher Margaret K. McElderry, in a program called "Lessons from a Literary Legend."
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‘Star Wars’ Authors Attack the East Coast
The force will be with Star Wars fans on the eastern seaboard for the next two weeks, as DK Books launches a two-week Star Wars Attack of the Authors tour.
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From Alligators to Addiction: Children and Teen Fare at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
Sunday, May 1, the second day of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, held on the campus of the University of Southern California, was all about the children.
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Manic Night in Menlo Park: Magic Tree House Comes to the Library
"I didn't expect it to be so crowded," I hear one amazed mother say to another as more than 300 excited kids march into the Menlo Park (Calif.) Library. Waving to friends and holding on to each other's hands, they weave into the designated kids-only area, anxious to see two of their favorite characters come to life: Jack and Annie from the popular Magic Tree House series.
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Riordan, Wiesner Named Author, Illustrator of Year at CBC Gala
Rick Riordan was named author of the year, and David Wiesner was named illustrator of the year at Monday night’s fourth annual Children's Choice Book Awards, held at a gala at New York City's Chelsea Piers, which kicked off Children's Book Week. Riordan won for the first book in his new Heroes of Olympus series, The Lost Hero (Disney-Hyperion), and Wiesner for Art & Max (Clarion Books).
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Doodling for a Good Cause
Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, Eric Carle, Mo Willems, and Jon Scizezka are among the authors and illustrators joining publishers Albert Whitman & Company, Chronicle Books, Gibbs Smith Publishers, and Running Press in celebrating National Doodle Day on Thursday, May 12.
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Castellucci Joins 'Los Angeles Review of Books' as YA and Children's Editor
YA author Cecil Castellucci has accepted a position as YA and children's books editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books, a newly launched online magazine.
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Children's Art Auction at BEA to Benefit Free Speech for Kids
When the Association of Booksellers for Children merged with the American Booksellers Association last year, an ABC Children’s Group was created within ABA to serve the interests of ABC members. That group is relaunching a children’s art auction and reception that formerly benefited the ABC, which will take place on the Wednesday evening of BookExpo America this year.
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Riordan and Patterson to Appear at Lincoln Center During BEA
Rick Riordan and James Patterson will participate in a live event on May 25 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Billed as “An Evening with Rick Riordan and James Patterson, hosted by Al Roker," the event will take place on the Wednesday night of BookExpo America at Alice Tully Hall at 6:30 PM.
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Why Libraries Should – and May Be – Hawking Hocking (Soon)
For my teaching job, I recently got to borrow an iPad. Woo-hoo! No one was more excited than my 11-year-old daughter, Gigi. She immediately downloaded the Amazon app and searched for the bestselling teen books. For a mere 99 cents, she could buy Switched, the first e-title in Amanda Hocking’s Trylle Trilogy.
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Mortenson 'Under Review' at Penguin
After a damning expose on 60 Minutes Sunday night, in which the truthfulness of Greg Mortenson's memoirs Three Cups of Tea and the follow-up Stones into Schools were questioned, the author's publisher, Penguin, has said little and has not yet taken any action.
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The Week in Children's Apps: April 14, 2011
This week we take a look at apps based on the classic children’s book Pat the Bunny, and on a collection of darkly humorous poems.
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