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Wimpy Kid Book is #1 Worldwide The ninth and latest installment of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series topped international English-language book sales in its first week. First-day sales were down from last year’s release of volume eight, but steadily rose throughout the week. The Long Haul set the largest first-day sale record for 2014. more
2014
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Goes to Torday
The Dark Wild by Piers Torday has won the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, announced Thursday evening in London. Torday told PW that he was "deeply honored and thrilled" to have won the award. "The Last Wild trilogy is for children," he said, "but the subject it addresses, the challenge of climate change, is one that faces us all." more
IN THE MEDIA
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From Publishing Perspectives:
Expanding the International Rights Market for Children's Books. Click here
From the Horn Book:
Default in Our Stars: Roger Sutton on the trickiness of assigning age and grade-level designations for books. Click here
From the Telegraph:
How do you ask the author of All the Wrong Questions the right question? An interview with Lemony Snicket. Click here
From the New York Times:
The Book That Birthed a Potty-Mouth Genre Now Has a Sequel. Click here
From the Guardian:
The Grimm brothers' fairytales have blood and horror restored in a new translation. Click here
From Variety:
The first film still from Z for Zachariah starring Chris Pine, based on Robert C. O’Brien's 1974 novel. Click here
From Mashable:
Nine writers on the inspiring books that shaped them. Click here |
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From Digital Journal:
The children's literature portal KidLit TV is launched. Click here
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
YA authors say pitching the content right is a balancing act. Click here
From Slate:
Those Happy Golden Years: More than 80 years later, Laura Ingalls Wilder's true story is published. Click here
From the Wall Street Journal:
Bruce Springsteen Discusses Outlaw Pete with Jon Stewart. Click here
From Bookish:
Six Feet Over It author Jen Longo: Lessons from Growing Up in a Graveyard. Click here
From Bustle:
In Case You Forgot, William Steig Is One Of Your Absolute Favorite Picture Book Authors From Childhood. Click here
From BuzzFeed:
24 Things All Young Adult Fans Are Tired Of Hearing. Click here |
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