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  • The 2007 Cuffies

    | 01/18/2008 @ 12:00AM

    For our annual “Off the Cuff” awards, we canvassed retailers around the country. The winners of our poll (and selected bookseller comments) appear below. Favorite Picture Book of the Year Toy Boat by Randall de Sève, illustrated by Loren Long (“a beautiful and timeless new classic”) Favorite Middle Grade Novel The Wednesday Wars by Gary D.

  • Roaring Brook Moving in New Directions

    By Sally Lodge | 11/29/2007 @ 07:00AM

    Soon after marking its fifth anniversary, Roaring Brook Press has more news to report. The house is gearing up to welcome a new executive editor, Nancy Mercado, on December 3. Deirdre Langeland came on board last March to head up the Flash Point nonfiction imprint. And Roaring Brook publisher Simon Boughton has taken on responsibility for Kingfisher’s U.S. operations.

  • Lorraine to Retire from Houghton

    | 10/16/2007 @ 01:30PM

    Children's book editor and publisher Walter Lorraine will retire at the end of the year, following a 55-year career in children’s books with Houghton Mifflin.

  • Writing for a Younger Audience

    By Joy Bean | 04/05/2007 @ 06:00AM

    Adult authors writing for children is nothing new these days, as the likes of Alice Hoffman, Joyce Carol Oates and James Patterson can now be seen scattered throughout the kids' department, but this spring there are a few new entries into the market.

  • Facts and Figures 2006: Lemony Endings, Sweet

    by Diane Roback | 03/23/2007 @ 06:00AM

    For Lemony Snicket and HarperCollins, The End is here—the end, that is, of an extraordinary run that began back in 1999 with The Bad Beginning.

  • Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Turns Five

    By Sally Lodge | 03/22/2007 @ 12:00AM

    In May 2002, the newly launched American children's division of U.K.-based Bloomsbury, under the editorial direction of Victoria Wells Arms, published its first list of 20 titles. Almost five years later, Bloomsbury USA Children's Books has grown significantly in annual output and sales, and has established its own editorial identity on these shores. Arms, who stepped down last fall to spend more time with her toddler twins, is now editor-at-large for the imprint. At the helm is Melanie Cecka, publishing director of Bloomsbury USA Children's Books and Walker Books for Young Readers, who arrived at Bloomsbury in 2004 as executive editor after 10 years at Viking Children's Books.

  • The 2006 Cuffies

    | 01/22/2007 @ 12:00AM

    Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year.

  • Q&A with Robin Adelson

    By Diane Roback | 10/04/2006 @ 06:00AM
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    Weddings and Funerals and Everywhere in Between

    By Diane Roback | 08/31/2006 @ 12:00AM

    We asked editors to tell us the strangest place they were ever pitched a children's book, and collected their stories.

  • New YA Imprint at Llewellyn

    By Claire Kirch | 01/26/2006 @ 12:00AM

    New Age publisher Llewellyn Worldwide continues to expand in new directions by launching a YA fiction imprint, called Flux, this fall.

  • A Chat with the 2006 Newbery and Caldecott Winners

    by Diane Roback | 01/25/2006 @ 07:00AM

    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.

  • The 2005 Cuffies

    | 01/13/2006 @ 12:00AM

    Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year.

  • Best Children's Books of 2005

    By Jennifer M. Brown and Diane Roback | 11/02/2005 @ 07:00AM

    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.

  • Q & A with Janet Schulman

    | 10/05/2005 @ 12:00AM

  • The 2004 Cuffies

    | 01/10/2005 @ 12:00AM

    Children's booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) books of the year.

  • Chick Lit for Teens and Tweens

    by Kit Alderdice | 11/18/2004 @ 12:00AM

    A breakout category for adults proves successful for younger readers as well.

  • The 2003 Cuffies

    | 01/19/2004 @ 12:00AM

    For our 14th annual "Off-the-Cuff" Awards, booksellers choose their favorite (and not-so-favorite) children's books of the year.

  • Best Children's Books 2003

    | 11/10/2003 @ 07:00AM

    PW's children's editors choose the year's most distinguished titles.

  • HarperCollins Inks Deal for Berenstain Bears

    By Jim Milliot | 03/03/2003 @ 07:00AM

    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.

  • The 2002 Cuffies

    | 01/13/2003 @ 12:00AM

    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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