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Licensing Hotline: September 2019
Read on for news about Baby Shark in North America; Running Press's new Baby Rocker board book series; a new in-world cookbook tied to the just-opened Star Wars theme park attraction; and more.
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Author-Illustrator David Kirk Launches Pipweasel Publishing
Author-illustrator David Kirk, best known for his Miss Spider series of 23 books, has decided to break free from corporate publishing and be his own boss.
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Author Julia Watts Disinvited from Teen Lit Festival
YA author Julia Watts has been removed from the slate of authors participating in LitUp, a teen literary festival sponsored by the Knox County (Tenn.) Public Library, after a member of the organizing committee expressed concerns that she has also written erotica.
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Magic Cat Imprint Joins Abrams Family
Abrams will welcome a new children's imprint in fall 2020, when the company becomes the North American publisher of Magic Cat, an independent, London-based publishing house recently founded by Rachel Williams and Jenny Broom.
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2019 Beijing International Book Fair in Photos
The Beijing International Book Fair, held August 21–25, hosted more than 2,600 exhibitors (of which 1,600 came from overseas) and more than 300,000 attendees.
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In Brief: September 5, 2019
This week, Kwame Alexander and Jason Reynolds journey to Scotland; it's hammer time for David Shannon; CBC Diversity and Candlewick gather in Boston; and Tracy Banghart has a royal book launch.
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Children's Job Moves: August 2019
Job moves in children's publishing during August, 2019.
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Bologna’s Moscow Debut to Seed New Fair
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair has organized a new professional program focused on children’s books for the Moscow International Book Fair, taking place September 4–8.
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Beijing 2019: Continued Focus on Children’s Content in Print and Digital
The Beijing International Children's Book Fair, occupying a full hall and running concurrently with the much larger Beijing International Book Fair, is back for a second year with an emphasis on children’s content and licensing.
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#KitLitforCelina Gathers Books for Young Tornado Victims
According to children’s author Michelle Houts, a single page torn from a book inspired her to organize a book drive to benefit children in Celina, Ohio, after a tornado devastated the rural town of 10,500 people.
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Bookseller’s Nonprofit Will Give Books to Students in Need
Copperfield’s Books children’s specialist Patty Norman has launched a nonprofit children’s literacy organization that aims to put books into the hands of every child in three counties north of San Francisco.
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Points of Sale: An Rx for Shelf Talkers
RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth, N.H., has launched the RiverRun Rex campaign to encourage the store’s customers to write their own shelf talkers.
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: All of Our Coverage
In our back-to-school edition, we take a look at Follett’s new Book eFairs, the ongoing advocacy efforts of school librarians, digital resources for the classroom, and more.
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: AASL’s Best Apps and Websites for Teaching and Learning
We’ve compiled highlights from the AASL’s 2019 lists here, annotated with commentary from ed tech experts.
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: Indie Bookstores Support Title 1 Schools
Literacy efforts are flourishing in the partnership between independent bookstores and schools serving low-income students.
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: Bringing Gatekeepers Together
Across the country, educator nights are deepening ties for booksellers and teachers.
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: Advocacy in the Field
Teachers and librarians share their best ideas for boosting awareness and support of their programming.
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: School Librarians Build Up the Advocacy Pressure
As reductions in education funding still loom nationwide, school librarians seek out ways to showcase and defend the benefits of the work they do.
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School & Library Spotlight Fall 2019: School Library Advocacy Close-up
Suzanna Panter, library program manager at Tacoma Public Schools, has developed a series of videos that highlight her school library and how it benefits students.
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Follett Launches Book eFairs
In time for the new school year, Follett Corp. is rolling out Follett Book eFairs, an online expansion of the company’s book fairs business, which debuted in fall 2017.
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