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Spotlight on Children: What's for Breakfast
Booksellers attending tomorrow morning's Children's Book and Author Breakfast at 8 a.m. will break bread with a quartet of authors hailing from as far away as England and as close by as Manhattan. Sharing the stage with master of ceremonies Sarah, duchess of York, are fellow London resident Cory Doctorow, Boston's Mitali Perkins, and New Yorker Richard Peck.
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Chronicle Kids Grows Up
While Chronicle Books has worked hard to establish itself as a force in children's books since the company started a children's publishing program in 1988, those who work for the company will be the first to admit that they were not quite ready to talk to older readers. Up until recently, that is.
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Penguin Marks 75 Years with a Book Fair All Its Own
In celebration of Penguin Books' 75th anniversary and in collaboration with Mrs. Nelson's Toy and Book Shop in LaVerne, Calif., the Mayfield Junior School in Pasadena hosted the first-ever book fair devoted entirely to one publisher. The fair was held on May 17–19 and was replete with children's authors, giveaways for the students and a friendly greeter dressed in a penguin costume. "This was a unique opportunity for Penguin to show off the depth of its list," said director of national field marketing Howard Wall, who coordinated the event at the K-8 private school. "Our goal was to get kids excited about Penguin books, and we succeeded beautifully."
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Military Group to Add Musical Notes to BEA Children's Breakfast
Those attending the Children’s Book and Author Breakfast at BEA next Wednesday will be treated to a musical interlude as well as to speeches by master of ceremonies Sarah, Duchess of York and panelists Cory Doctorow, Mitali Perkins, and Richard Peck. Scheduled to provide an opening act is musical group 4TROOPS, a quartet of soldiers who have served on the front lines in Iraq or Afghanistan. The four musicians each performed while serving overseas, and now have now come together to sing on behalf of all troops, to honor their sacrifices, and to create awareness for their needs.
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Folio Unveils Children's Book Division
Four-year-old agency Folio Literary Management is expanding its presence in the children's book market with the launch of Folio Jr., which will represent creators of middle-grade and young adult novels, as well as "selective" picture books. Two new hires at the agency--Marcy Posner and Emily van Beek--as well as Folio’s Molly Jaffa will represent clients for the division...
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Sesame Street Starts Subscription Model for E-Books
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit that produces Sesame Street, and e-content delivery provider Impelsys have launched a new online Sesame Street eBookstore. Readers can subscribe with Impelsys to get unlimited access to a library of more than 100 Sesame Street eBooks for an annual fee of $39.99, although the company is offering an introductory price of $24.99 through July 4.
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This Week in Children's Apps: May 19, 2011
This week we're featuring the first app by pop-up book designer David Carter ((How Many Bugs in a Box?); and a series of apps based on the Stella and Sam books by Marie-Louise Gay.
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ABC and ABA to Formalize Potential Merger Plan
The Association of Booksellers for Children and the American Booksellers Association moved another step closer to a possible merger this week with the release on Thursday of a letter of agreement. The letter explains that the groups intend to enter into a "good-faith process at the staff level to generate a formal plan for how ABC will be integrated into ABA should a merger vote be approved."
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Children's News Briefs: May 13
Aladdin's Lamp Children's Bookstore, in Arlington, Va., will close at the end of June, Fox 2000 will release Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, on March 25, 2011, and Al Roker's latest pick for his Book Club for Kids is Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller (Bloomsbury).
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People: May 13
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing has several promotions. Anica Rissi has been promoted to executive editor at Simon Pulse; she was previously editor. Emilia Rhodes has been promoted to assistant editor at Simon Pulse, from editorial assistant. Kate Angelella has been promoted to associate editor at Aladdin; she was previously assistant editor. Alyson Heller has been promoted to assistant editor at Aladdin, from editorial assistant. Teresa Brumm has been promoted to national accounts manager; she had been assistant national accounts manager. And Taryn Rosada has been promoted to associate publicist, from publicity assistant.
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Patterson, Brown Win Top Honors at Children's Choice Awards
The Children's Choice Book Awards, the only national award chosen by children, were presented by the Children's Book Council in a ceremony on Tuesday night in New York City, hosted by Mo Willems. Little, Brown won both top honors at the ceremony: James Patterson was chosen Author of the Year for Max (A Maximum Ride Novel), and Peter Brown was named Illustrator of the Year for The Curious Garden.
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AFCC: New Festival Highlights Children's Content from Asia
The inaugural Asian Festival of Children's Content www.afcc.com.sg came to a close on May 9. More than 600 authors, illustrators, publishers, retailers, distributors, rights agencies and media professionals converged at The Arts House in Singapore to listen to 70 speakers from 15 countries including the US, UK, Canada, France, New Zealand and Australia discuss materials for children and how Asian content can get greater attention internationally.
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Latest CPSIA Hearing Leaves Publishers Empty
A Congressional hearing last Thursday on a possible amendment to the CPSIA did not address the needs of the book publishing industry. Although the AAP's Alan Adler said the association is glad the Congress is willing to re-examine the issue, the proposed amendment does not address the industry's concerns.
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People: May 6
There are a number of promotions and new hires this week. Kathy Dawson was promoted to associate publisher and editorial director at Dial; at Scholastic, Stacy Lellos is now v-p, trade marketing, and Rachel Coun has been promoted to executive director, hardcover marketing; Geof Smith was made executive editor at Random House Children's Books; and Alexandra Penfold has been promoted to editor for the Paula Wiseman imprint at Simon and Schuster.
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Scholastic Summer Challenge Launches with Live Game Show
Do you know what object Laura treasures most in Little House in the Big Woods? The name of Phileas Fogg’s French valet in Around the World in 80 Days? Or who Mary Anne’s boyfriend was in the Baby-sitters Club series?* Well, the ecstatic New York City fourth- and fifth-graders who packed Scholastic’s auditorium certainly did, when the publisher hosted its second annual Ultimate Author Showdown last Friday afternoon. Luckily, the authors competing on stage did, too—mostly.
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PEN World Voices 2010: Children's Authors on Culture and Identity
Identity and influence were the main topics of conversation for a group of children's book authors at a panel entitled "A Gathering of Voices," held last Thursday during the sixth annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in New York City. Moderated by Elizabeth Bird, NYPL senior children's librarian and Fuse #8 blogger, the panel featured authors David Almond, Francisco X. Stork, Janne Teller, and author/illustrator Ed Young, all of whom also appeared on other panels during the festival.
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Kids + Summer = Movies
Kids' publishers gear up for the summer movie season: A roundup of this summer's movie tie-in books for kids and teens.
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Beyond Comic Books: Marvel Inks Kids' Book Deals
Marvel Entertainment, the publisher of such popular superhero characters as Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Hulk, has inked separate deals to launch a children's book publishing program at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and to expand its publishing partnership with Bendon Publishing in Ashland, Ohio. Both programs feature Marvel characters in a variety of trade books aimed at kids that include novels, early readers, and pop-up books as well as story, activity, and board books.
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In Brief: April 29
This week: an appearance for Earth Day, a novel about the childhood of Pablo Neruda, and a picture book reissued from 1972.
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L.A. Times Festival: Reading 'Tween the Lines
In a room packed with eager and passionate young fans clamoring to hear some of their favorite writers, YA authors D.J. MacHale, Gordon Korman, and Pseudonymous Bosch were introduced to thunderous applause last Saturday at a Los Angeles Times Festival of Books panel called Young Adult Fiction: 'Tween the Lines. Neal Shusterman, author of such novels as Unwind, Everlost, and Downsiders, moderated the panel. kicking off the conversation by asking the panelists to describe their latest books.
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