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Sasquatch Books Launches New YA Imprint with 'Anti-Racism' Title
Spruce Books, a new imprint from Seattle’s Sasquatch Books, will specialize in visual titles that encourage digital natives to make change in their own lives and communities.
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Libraries Adapt Quickly to Launch Summer Reading Programs
After months of uncertainty, libraries are slowly reopening and kicking off their summer reading programs.
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PW Launches New School and Library Newsletter
On June 29, Publishers Weekly will roll out a new email newsletter, School & Library Spotlight, with a mission to inspire and educate the librarians and teachers who work with children from pre-K through 12th grade.
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Mrs. Wordsmith Builds Vocabulary and Sales
We took a look inside the London-based publishing and ed tech startup Mrs. Wordsmith, which is designed to help children ages 4-to-11 improve vocabulary, literacy, and emotional intelligence.
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#KidLit Rally for Black Lives Draws Wide Viewership
The recent killing of George Floyd and the widespread protests in response to police brutality remain uppermost on the minds of a lot of members of the children’s book community, if the overwhelming success of last Thursday evening’s #KidLitRally4BlackLives is any indication.
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In the Field: Stopping the Covid Slide
Suzanne Tonini, collection development supervisor for Denver Public Schools, shares how her city’s public schools and libraries are continuing to meet students’ educational needs amid the pandemic.
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Pandemic Best Practices
School librarians weigh in on the strategies that have worked for their communities during the current crisis.
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Equity and the Role of Print
Where do physical books fit into Covid-era distance learning?
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Children's Publishers Share Pandemic Progress Report
We checked in with a number of publishers and educational companies to see how their distance learning efforts went, and what summer and a new school year might look like.
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Kids Authors Go Digital: Graduation and Commencement
As educators look for creative ways for their students to celebrate their achievements, several publishers are giving a platform to children's and YA authors to contribute their words of wisdom.
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We Need Diverse Books Steps Up to Help KidLit Community
In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, as well as the current tumult in cities across the U.S., We Need Diverse Books has launched two initiatives to help amplify the voices of children's book writers and illustrators.
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LBYR Matching Todd Parr Book Sales with Donations
Throughout June, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Hachette Book Group will match every copy of a Todd Parr book bought directly from the publisher by indie bookstores with a donated copy that will be given to the Children’s Book Project, a literacy nonprofit.
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In Brief: June 4, 2020
This week, L.C. Rosen and Phil Stamper celebrate Pride; Sam Wedelich redraws the classics; Victoria J. Coe welcomes a very good guest; and Lindsay Lackey virtually visits the Centennial State.
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Children's Authors Spearhead #KidLit Rally for Black Lives
In support of the global protests that are currently being held against police brutality and racism, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds and fellow children's authors and activists Kwame Alexander and Jacqueline Woodson are leading the virtual #Kidlit Rally for Black Lives on Thursday.
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Lerner Boards Up Offices, Moves Up Pub Date for Book on Protests
While almost every indie bookstore in Minneapolis has been touched by protests in the wake of George Floyd's killing by a police officer just over a week ago, local publishers have been affected as well—though none so dramatically as Lerner Publishing Group.
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BookExpo 2020: YA Editors' Buzz
Last Friday, BookExpo hosted its annual Young Adult Editors' Buzz, uniting five editors and their respective debut authors in conversation about their highly anticipated new books.
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Jeff Kinney Names 10 Inaugural Who Was? History Bee Champions
More than 25,000 students from 49 states participated in the inaugural Who Was? History Bee national competition for young historians in grades three to five, inspired by the Who Was? series of children’s biographies.
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Children's Job Moves: May 2020
Job moves in children's publishing during May 2020.
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Penguin and Ladybird Announce New Partnership
Penguin Young Readers has teamed up with Ladybird, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, to develop and publish select books for young readers in the U.S. market.
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BookExpo 2020: Tuning in to Children's Book Coverage
This year's BookExpo is practicing social and professional distancing by bringing the widespread children's publishing community together with a roster of online events to be held Thursday and Friday.
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