PW's editors have sorted through the thousands of books published this year to bring you what we consider to be 2015's finest titles for children and teens. Here are our selections for the year's best picture books, middle-grade, and young adult titles. more
Jeff Kinney: Diary of a Crazy Year
We spoke with Jeff Kinney on the eve of the release of Old School, the 10th Diary of a Wimpy Kid volume, and a world tour that will take him to 15 countries in 33 days, beginning today in Tokyo. According to Kinney, the publication of Old School comes as a big relief after an extraordinarily busy and eventful year. more
WNDB Teams Up with
Scholastic Reading Clubs
Nonprofit organization We Need Diverse Books has teamed up with Scholastic Reading Clubs to distribute a flyer to over 100,000 classrooms and 2.5 million students, promoting a list of 75 frontlist and backlist titles. more
IN THE MEDIA
From the Telegraph:
J.K. Rowling confirms: "I'm writing a children's book under my own name." Click here 
From the Guardian:
See which four books made the shortlist for the children's fiction prize. Click here
From NPR:
A Fine Dessert Has Award Buzz – And Charges of Whitewashing Slavery. Click here
From the New York Times:
Long Line at the Library? It's Story Time Again. Click here
From Mashable:
Louis Sachar has no idea Wayside School traumatized you as a kid. Click here
From Book Riot:
An Open Letter to Those Who Give Kids Banned Books. Click here
From Newsweek:
R.L. Stine, Master of '90s Kid Horror, Is Enjoying an Unexpected Renaissance. Click here
From Book Riot:
I Wish J.K. Rowling Would Leave Harry Potter Alone. Click here |
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From Variety:
BBC Greenlights TV Series Based on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Click here
From the Guardian:
The children's fiction prize shortlist: a judge's perspective. Click here
From School Library Journal:
A Fine Dessert author Emily Jenkins apologizes, will donate her fee to We Need Diverse Books. Click here
From School Library Journal:
IBBY's Initiatives to Bring Books and Children Together. Click here
From the Associated Press:
Laura Bush and Daughter Jenna Are Co-Writing a Children's Book. Click here
From Mental Floss:
Social Change and Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever. Click here
From the New York Times:
Rides based on Hunger Games movies will anchor new theme parks in U.S. and China. Click here
From BuzzFeed:
23 YA Novels from the '00s Everyone Will Recognize. Click here |
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