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New YA Imprint at Llewellyn
New Age publisher Llewellyn Worldwide continues to expand in new directions by launching a YA fiction imprint, called Flux, this fall.
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A Chat with the 2006 Newbery and Caldecott Winners
On Monday afternoon, Lynne Rae Perkins, the newly minted Newbery Medalist, boarded a plane in northern Michigan to fly to New York City for the winners' now-customary appearance on the Today show the day after the announcement.
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The 2005 Cuffies
Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year.
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Best Children's Books of 2005
In a year that saw more children's books published than ever, it seemed even more of a challenge to winnow the titles to the year's best.
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Q & A with Janet Schulman
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The 2004 Cuffies
Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year.
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Chick Lit for Teens and Tweens
A breakout category for adults proves successful for younger readers as well.
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The 2003 Cuffies
For our 14th annual "Off-the-Cuff" Awards, booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) children's books of the year.
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Best Children's Books 2003
PW's children's editors choose the year's most distinguished titles.
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HarperCollins Inks Deal for Berenstain Bears
Stan and Jan Berenstain, who have had a relationship with Random House that dates back to the early 1960s, are moving their Berenstain Bears franchise to HarperCollins. In a deal negotiated by HC Children's Books editor-in-chief Kate Morgan Jackson with Sterling Lord of Sterling Lord Literistic, HC has acquired the rights to more than 50 new Berenstain Bears books in five different formats.
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The 2002 Cuffies
For these awards, booksellers were asked to vote in a variety of categories. The winners (and bookseller comments, where appropriate) appear below.
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The Funny Old Days
One of my first jobs in publishing had the illustrious title of "assistant to the institutional marketing director." As such, I was in charge of several large filing cabinets. I was very impressed by the number of files I had to manage, including a set of state files with everything from AL (Alabama) to WY (Wyoming).
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The 2001 Cuffies
In our annual Cuffies Awards, booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year
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All-Time Bestselling Children's Books
Since we last published these lists, back in 1996, a number of changes have taken place within the industry. Publishing houses have consolidated. Children's bestseller lists, once few and far between, have proliferated, as have bestsellers. The stakes have become higher, with larger advances being paid to authors and illustrators.
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Making the Transition: Six Children's Publishers on Stepping Down
A changing of the guard is underway, as a number of women who have greatly influenced children's publishing have, more or less recently, relinquished some or all of their responsibilities to a new line of command. In conversations with six well-respected editors, PW asked about their debuts in the business, highlights of their careers, current work and plans for the future.
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The 2000 Cuffies
Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year
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Best Children's Books 2000
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Subway Stories
Uninterrupted reading time is one (perhaps the only) advantage of a commute to work on public transportation. Once in a great while, if it's a particularly good book, it can even cause you to miss your stop. We asked a variety of people in children's publishing what children's book had once made them overshoot their destinations.
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The 1999 Cuffies
Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year.
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The 1997 Cuffies
Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year.
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