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Despite Dip, Scholastic Moves Forward on Paper Front
A decline in the total use of paper plus the loss of a Forest Stewardship Council supplier resulted in a decline in FSC-certified paper used by Scholastic in 2009, but the company said it remains committed to getting to the 30% FSC-certified level by 2012.
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Team Monotreme: Walden Nabs an Unusual Cop Series
Having unveiled its first list this past spring, HarperCollins's Walden Pond Press imprint is making a push into Wimpy Kid territory with the acquisition of four books in a heavily illustrated middle-grade series from author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
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HEB Grocery Chain's Push for Reading
It may come as no surprise, given the HE Butt Grocery chain’s emphasis on literacy, but its HEB Plus Store in Laredo, Tex., had the biggest turnout at any stop on the route of this summer’s 17-city Junie B. Jones Stupid Smelly Bus Tour.
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Lerner's Graphic Universe Keeps Growing
Despite the economic downturn and declines in some sectors of the graphic novel market, Lerner Graphic Universe, the comics division of Lerner Publishing Group, has continued to grow and continues to expand its list of graphic novels aimed at the trade, school, and library markets.
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Adams Media to Publish Kidz Bop Book Series
Avon, Mass.-based Adams Media, a division of F+W Media, will introduce a new line of print and e-books with Kidz Bop, the popular children's music brand, a division of Razor & Tie Entertainment, which has sold over 11 million CDs of kids singing popular songs for kids over the past decade.
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Licensing Hotline: August 2010
HarperCollins has secured publishing rights to the Twentieth Century Fox feature film Rio, a 3D-animated flick about a rare bird named Blu who flies from Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro — which is scheduled for a February 2011 release. Emily Brenner, v-p and editorial director of HarperFestival, says Harper is more selective about movie properties than it was several years ago, but this one stood out.
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Drinks, Community, and 'Mockingjay'
Every so often the children's editors at Chronicle Books organize a Bay Area Children's Literature Drinks Night. Since we are so far from the New York hub of children's publishing, it is a nice way for us to create a sense of community. This time we coordinated Drinks Night with the release of Mockingjay, and the Mockingjay release party at Mrs. Dalloway's in Berkeley.
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Digital 'Firsts' from Random House and HarperCollins
Both HarperCollins and Random House revealed new e-products earlier this week. Random House Children's Books is publishing its first e-book original, a tie-in to Michael Scott's Nicholas Flamel series. Also on Tuesday, HarperCollins Children'ss Books announced the launch of its ABC Song and 123: Ants Go Marching iPhone and iPad apps.
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Montana Author Launches Publishing House
After his latest book, The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, was turned down by 15 publishers, Sneed Collard III, the author of 50 books for children, decided to take matters into his own hands. Collard, who lives in Missoula, Mont., has formed his own publishing company, Bucking Horse Books, and is publishing the 64-page picture book himself this fall.
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Movie Alert: 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'
Fans still mourning the end of Kathryn Lasky’s 15-book Guardians of Ga’Hoole series, which came to a close in 2008, will have a chance to reunite with Soren the barn owl when Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (Warner Bros.) arrives in theaters on September 24.
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Random House Revamps Seussville.com
A new spotlight is cast on the timeless books, characters, and life of Dr. Seuss with Random House's launch this week of an enhanced, interactive Web site.
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Aspiring Authors Attend WriteOnCon Conference--at Home
Without incurring travel expenses, lining up childcare, and battling crowds, more than 11,000 aspiring children's and young adult authors attended WriteOnCon, a free online writing conference held from August 10-12. From the comfort of home, they were able to log onto the conference's Web site and view blogs, vlogs, panel discussions, workshops, and live streaming presented by literary agents, editors, and published authors.
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ABC and ABA to Present Merger Plan in September
It's been over a year and a half since the Association of Booksellers for Children first began exploring the possibility of merging with the American Booksellers Association as one way of securing its future. Now that possibility is moving a step closer, with the release of a merger plan early next month, and a vote in October.
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A 'Reckless' Road Trip for Cornelia Funke
Next month, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release Cornelia Funke's Reckless, the first book in a new series that offers a dark twist on the fairytale world imagined by the Brothers Grimm. To launch the series, Little, Brown is sending Funke on the road -- and not alone.
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'Smart Chicks' YA Author Tour Ready to Roll
It's quite the big deal: 18 authors, 12 days, 11 cities. Kicking off on September 13 in Austin, Tex., and wrapping up on September 25 in Brampton, Ontario, the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour is entirely organized and funded by the participating paranormal romance writers.
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Columbus Zoo Mixes Animals and Books
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio, has launched a children's book publishing program, with the mission of extending the zoo's reach to children everywhere. The nonfiction books, which will be written by local authors, will tell stories about actual animals at the zoo, as well about special programs there.
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Pfeffer Challenges SCBWI to Join the Digital Age
In his keynote speech at the annual SCBWI conference last weekend, industry veteran Rubin Pfeffer urged the organization to transform itself into an ebook publisher as it approaches its 40th year, posing the question, "What does it mean to be relevant in the digital age?"
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A Visit to Harry Potter World
A sign welcoming visitors to Disney World in Orlando claims it's the place "where dreams come true." Not so for Harry Potter fans: their dreams are coming true a few miles away, at a new attraction inside Universal Orlando Resort’s Islands of Adventure theme park called the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. My family and I visited WWoHP just six weeks after the park's June 18 grand opening.
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SCBWI Embraces Both Change and Tradition at Annual Conference
The 39th annual Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators conference kicked off on July 30 with a celebratory parade of the organization's 150 regional advisors, across the stage of the grand ballroom of the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, to cheers and applause from the audience.
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Artists on the Rampage—for Charity
When a giant robot and genetically altered frog do battle and destroy an entire city, there are going to be eyewitnesses. That’s the concept behind Eyewitness Reports, a charity artwork auction to benefit 826LA, part of Dave Eggers’s 826 nonprofit organization.
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