Random
House Announces New R.J. Palacio Acquisitions
Knopf Books for Young Readers will publish three new books and an e-original by R.J. Palacio, author of the bestselling novel Wonder, which has sold more than one million copies since its February 2012 release. In addition to two yet-untitled novels, the house will release 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts, as well as the e-original The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story. more
Stephan
Pastis's Juggling Act Stephan Pastis has two separate professional lives: the "Pearls Before Swine" syndicated comic strip, which appears seven days a week in more than 600 American newspapers, and the Timmy Failure series for children, with two new books due out in 2014.
Click through for a look at how Pastis keeps his two creative plates spinning simultaneously, and get a preview of the promotional push for the new novels. more
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Picture Book Touches Children's Lives –
Years Before it Hits the Shelves
It's a rare picture book that not only educates children about a serious issue, but also shows them how they can make a difference. The collaboration that will lead to The Water Princess, forthcoming from Putnam in spring 2016, unites a cast of children's book veterans – and some unlikely partners – in a project that began with the real-life story of one African girl's quest for clean drinking water, and will end with the digging of a well to serve that girl's friends and neighbors. more
Years Before it Hits the Shelves
It's a rare picture book that not only educates children about a serious issue, but also shows them how they can make a difference. The collaboration that will lead to The Water Princess, forthcoming from Putnam in spring 2016, unites a cast of children's book veterans – and some unlikely partners – in a project that began with the real-life story of one African girl's quest for clean drinking water, and will end with the digging of a well to serve that girl's friends and neighbors. more
Sabuda
Books Pop Up on Jumping Jack Press List
Jumping Jack Press, a pop-up book imprint launched in 2007 by Up With Paper, the world's largest pop-up greeting card company, has announced that it will publish a 20th-anniversary edition of Robert Sabuda's evergreen bestseller The Christmas Alphabet, as well as Sabuda's Christmas mini pop-up book. more
IN THE MEDIA
From Bustle:
YA fans and readers flooded a #sensibleYA Twitter hashtag in response to critics of "poor decision-making" in fiction for teens. Click here
From GigaOM:
E-book subscription service Oyster has teamed up with Disney and rolled out a children’s vertical. Click here
From Book Riot:
J.K. Rowling did make a mistake, but it "wasn’t the Ron-Hermione pairing." Click here
From MTV:
"It does not read, unfortunately for me, anything like the Hunger Games": Lauren Oliver on her new YA novel. Click here
From Publishing Perspectives:
In France, the right wing is attacking "immoral" children's books. Click here |
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From BuzzFeed:
Penguin Teen asked for submissions to #TwitterLoveStory, and authors including Dan Krokos and Beth Revis chimed in. Click here
From the Telegraph:
The shortlists for Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2014 have been announced in the U.K. Click here
From the Guardian:
U.K. author Robert Muchamore goes after fellow children's writers with a "big samurai sword." Click here
From Brain Pickings:
See David Hockney illustrations from a recently rereleased 1970 book of fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. Click here
From Boing Boing:
A "wonderfully weird" 1961 Russian children's book about space flight. Click here |
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