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Diversity
Social Media Campaign Goes Viral
BookCon's current lineup of white authors – and a cat – continues to roil the blogosphere. Declaring on Tumblr that "now is the time to raise our voices into a roar that can't be ignored," a group of 22 authors, publishers, and bloggers kicked off a three-day social media campaign called "We Need Diverse Books" on May 1, to call attention to the lack of diversity in contemporary children's literature. more
BookCon's current lineup of white authors – and a cat – continues to roil the blogosphere. Declaring on Tumblr that "now is the time to raise our voices into a roar that can't be ignored," a group of 22 authors, publishers, and bloggers kicked off a three-day social media campaign called "We Need Diverse Books" on May 1, to call attention to the lack of diversity in contemporary children's literature. more
Children/YA
Segment Has Strong January Led by a 65.1% increase in e-book sales, January sales jumped 43.7% in the children/young adult category in 2014 compared to January 2013, according to figures in AAP’s StatShot program. Sales of adult trade titles rose 2.8% in January as e-book sales rose 6.4%. With sales hitting $116 million, e-book sales accounted for 32% of adult trade revenue in January 2014 compared to 31% in January 2013. more
Scholastic
Debuts Storia School Edition and Core Clicks
Scholastic is launching Storia School Edition and Core Clicks, two institutional e-book subscription services that provide access to a database of fiction and nonfiction e-books designed for pre-K through grade six. more
A public memorial service for author, poet, editor, and publisher Charlotte Zolotow will be held in New York City on Tuesday, May 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Judson Memorial Church. Zolotow, the author of more than 90 titles for children who had an eponymous imprint at Harper & Row, passed away in November 2013 at the age of 98. more
IN THE MEDIA
From Slate:
What happens to boys who fall behind in school? They become men who can't catch up, says new research. Click here
From the Huffington Post:
How libraries are working to bridge the cultural divide. Click here
From Bookselling This Week:
Bookstores are gearing up for the "Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!" promotion. Click here
From the Wall Street Journal:
Next summer Meg Cabot will release spinoffs – one for middle-grade readers and one for adults - of her Princess Diaries books. Click here
From the Huffington Post:
A list of "50 of the best children's books published in the last 25 years." Click here
From the New Yorker:
Adam Gopnik on the lasting power of The Little Prince and why it's really a war story. Click here
From Grafik:
Friends reunited: Stephen Savage and his illustration hero and one-time tutor, Seymour Chwast. Click here
From CNN:
Sharing a love of reading: Anna Quindlen on raising readers. Click here |
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From the Globe and Mail:
A Canadian study finds that girls have always done better than boys at school, and the paper asks: Why? Click here
From Salon:
Louis C.K. blasts the Common Core: "It feels like a dark time." Click here
From Marketing:
McDonald's U.K. teams up with Kobo to give away free digital books with Happy Meals. Click here
From School Library Journal:
A school librarian unraveled the mystery of an unsigned mural at her school, which turned out to be painted by Robert McCloskey. Click here
From the Star Tribune:
Middle-grade author Margi Preus turns history into award-winning novels. Click here
From the New York Times:
"I've always loved books which are set in a real world with a magical edge": a talk with author Jaclyn Moriarty. Click here
From Brain Pickings:
A look at Carson McCullers's 1964 children's book, Sweet as a Pickle and Clean as a Pig. Click here
From Flavorwire:
Vintage children's book covers from all over the world. Click here |
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