Emerging
Imprints and Promising Publishers In children's publishing, sub-agents are a relatively recent phenomenon – mainly within the last few decades – and the increase in their numbers is indicative of the growing strength of the international market for children's books. In light of the Bologna Book Fair later this month, we asked a number of sub-agents to recommend a new or emerging company that is doing interesting and unusual publishing. more
Bologna
2014: What's New at the Fair? As children's publishers from around the world descend on Italy for the 51st Bologna Children's Book Fair, running from Monday, March 24 through Thursday, March 27, here's a look at some new things they can expect to see this year, including citywide programs celebrating children's literature that stretch from before the fair's official opening into April. more
IN THE MEDIA
From the Guardian:
Fiercely ideological but "quite enjoyable" children's books, supposedly written by Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung. Click here
From the Wall Street Journal:
Author C.J. Farley on how YA novels like Divergent demonize standardized testing. Click here
From the Vallejo Times Herald:
Following the demolition of its "seismically poor" building, UC Berkeley's standalone children's and YA collection will be absorbed into other campus libraries. Click here
From USA Today:
Author John Green finds no “fault” in The Fault in Our Stars movie adaptation. Click here
From HitFix:
Divergent star Shailene Woodley calls the Bella-Edward relationship in Twilight "toxic." Click here
From Retronaut:
Photos of Beatrix Potter and her real-life rabbits. Click here |
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Also from the Guardian:
How augmented reality builds a bridge between games and children's books. Click here
From School Library Journal:
In his illustrated memoir Leaving China, James McMullan explores his peripatetic childhood. Click here
From the Daily Wildcat:
The 30,000-volume children's and adolescent literature collection at the University of Arizona is getting a major makeover. Click here
From the Paris Review:
The "illicit thrill" of late-19th century children's instructional comic The Goops. Click here
From NickMom:
If Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has written a children's book, why not these guys? Click here
From BuzzFeed:
13 books every girl of the 2000s has read. Click here |
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