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Myracle Honored at NCAC Gala
This past Monday night, the National Coalition Against Censorship held its annual “celebration of free speech and its defenders,” which focused this year on the censorship of books in schools and libraries. Two hundred people turned out for the event, which raised close to $150,000 for the organization.
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Earmarks Ban Would Affect RIF, ROR and 11 Others
A rider attached by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), which proposes banning earmarks for the next three years, could have a devastating effect on educational programs like Reach Out and Read, Reading Is Fundamental, and Teach for America, which would lose their federal funding. The vote on the ban is scheduled to take place on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
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ABC Booksellers Overwhelmingly Approve Merger With ABA
By a vote of 105 to 23, Association of Booksellers for Children members approved a merger with the American Booksellers Association. This marks the culmination of a process set in motion nearly two years ago when the ABC board, concerned about the organization's long-term survival given that nearly two thirds of its budget is funded by publishers, initiated possible merger discussions with ABA.
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Yaged Named to Head Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Jonathan Yaged has been named president of the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. Yaged, who starts January 3, had been with the Disney Book Group for about 10 years before leaving in February...
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What Children's Publishers Are Doing in the Apps Space
Like their adult counterparts, children’s publishers are developing apps slowly. We spoke with a number of children's divisions and houses and found that many publishers are experimenting with different formats...
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Toy Story at the Chains
It's not only Borders that is dedicating more space to educational toys. Late last week Barnes & Noble announced that it has begun testing what it calls "the ultimate play room," or 3,000 sq. ft. toy and game boutiques, in five New York-area stores. In addition, the retailer expanded the Toys & Games departments in all its stores nationwide.
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Rainforest Action Network Issues Guides to Forest-Friendly Books/Publishers
The Rainforest Action Network has issued a report and consumer guide aimed at encouraging holiday shoppers to buy children's books from publishers that have paper policies that commit them to phase out buying Indonesian paper and pulp from controversial suppliers.
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Ithaca Kids' Book Fest 2010: 'The Wondrous, Mighty, Gorgeous Alphabet'
The theme of this year's Ithaca (New York) Kids' Book Fest was "Love Those Letters," and Tad Hills's How Rocket Learned to Read, the story of Rocket the dog and his encounter with "the wondrous, mighty, gorgeous alphabet," offered the perfect vehicle for the festival's alphabet-related activities. A copy of the book was given to every pre-K, kindergarten and first grade child in the Ithaca school district.
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Random House to Shutter Tricycle Press
As of January 31st Random House Children's Books is discontinuing the frontlist publishing program of Berkeley-based Tricycle Press, the 18-year-old children's book imprint. As part of the change, v-p and publisher Nicole Geiger and her four-person editorial team will leave the company on the 31st as well. Tricycle marketing and publicity manager Laura Mancuso will stay on in the same capacity at RHCB.
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Two NYC Kids' Stores Celebrate 70 Years—Combined
This fall two New York City independent children's bookstores are hitting big numbers, at least birthday-wise. Bank Street Bookstore is marking its first four decades, while Books of Wonder just turned 30.
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A Night at the Otters, Honoring Hicklebee's
True, there are fewer limos arriving out front for the Otters than for the Oscars, but it is nonetheless the premier gathering of the San Francisco Bay Area children’s book literati. Every year the Northern California Children’s Booksellers Association presents its Otter Award to an individual or organization for an “ongoing and unique role in bringing children and books together.” This year, the 22nd Otter Award went to sisters Valerie Lewis and Monica Holmes, who run Hicklebee’s Children’s Books in San Jose. Read on for a photo-tour of the celebration, which was held November 6 at the offices of Chronicle Books.
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Benton Named Scholastic Trade Publisher
Lori Benton, whose career in children's publishing includes a long run at Harcourt's children's division where she rose to v-p and publisher, has been named v-p and publisher for the Scholastic Trade Publishing division. In her new role, which begins January 3, Benton will oversee direction of the publishing program for all imprints. She succeeds Suzanne Murphy who moved to Disney Publishing in June, and will report to Ellie Berger, president of Scholastic Trade Publishing.
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Borders Expands Games and Toys
In an interview with PW earlier this fall, Borders CEO Mike Edwards said that as more books are sold in digital formats, retailers need to redeploy the space they have used to sell trade titles. At Borders that has meant adding more educational toys and games and branded books.
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NECBA's Holiday Top 10+
'Tis the season for top 10 lists. But this fall the New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council just couldn't cut off its biannual selection of the season's best. So it is featuring 11 middle-grade and young-adult fiction titles culled from galleys and ARCs by booksellers throughout the region.
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Chronicle to Distribute The Creative Company
Starting January 1, Chronicle Books will handle retail and library wholesale distribution in the U.S. and Canada for the two trade divisions of The Creative Company, a 78-year-old children's book publisher in Mankato, Minn.: Creative Paperbacks, primarily paperback nonfiction titles, and Creative Editions, its picture book line. TCC will continue to sell its Creative Education titles into the school and public library markets.
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Rochester Children's Book Festival 2010: "Such a Happy Place to Be"
Now in its 14th year, the Rochester Children's Book Festival has grown from a small, church-basement event to an all-day celebration with five to six thousand visitors. Held this year on Saturday, November 6 at Monroe Community College, this year's festival featured presentations, readings, and book signings by 42 authors and illustrators, plus a craft area with projects designed especially for the festival's featured titles.
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New Children's Bookstores to Open in Mass., Wash.
At both ends of the country, two new children's bookstores are about to open their doors. Nancy Oliver is just one month away from opening Wit and Whimsy, a children's bookstore in Marblehead, Mass. And The Bookworm Burrow will open in Bellingham, Wash., on November 16, focusing on picture books, both new and used.
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Halloween 2010: A Photo-Essay
As they have done for many years running, several children's book publishers celebrated Halloween in a big way this year, celebrating the holiday with office parties--and book-themed costumes. And as we've done for many years running, we're compiling some of the best photos we've received from the festivities. Read on for plenty of silly, spooky, and literary fun.
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The Little Book Publisher That Could
These days it takes nerve to start a children's book publishing company. But this fall the five-women staff of packager Downtown Bookworks is launching their own line of quirky children's titles.
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Licensing Hotline: October 2010
In licensing news, Sterling launches its first-ever movie tie-in program, Chronicle adapts a Pixar short film into a picture book, and Michael's will be offering a line of Dr. Seuss arts and crafts, in an exclusive arrangement.
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