Wimpy
Kid Takes to the Thanksgiving Skies Again in Macy's Parade For the seventh year running, Jeff Kinney's iconic Wimpy Kid, aka Greg Heffley, will be a helium balloon star in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This beloved character, who has an updated likeness this year, will be cheered on by some 3.5 million spectators and more than 50 million TV viewers. more
IN THE MEDIA
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From the Hollywood Reporter:
Amblin options film rights to social media star Zach King's debut novel; Harper nabs book rights. Click here 
From the Daily Dot:
Readers are demanding a young adult fiction category at the Hugo Awards. Click here
From the Associated Press:
Veronica Roth on her new book and tour. Click here
From the New York Times:
Lord of the Flies Six Decades Later, by Lois Lowry. Click here
From School Library Journal:
The Magical and Messy Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Conversation with Javaka Steptoe. Click here
From Brightly:
The Joy of Feel-Good Children's Books, by Todd Parr. Click here
From Bustle:
10 Self-Published YA Novels That Need to Be on Your Radar. Click here
From Paste:
The 30 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. Click here |
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From the Guardian:
The nominations for the U.K.'s 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have been announced. Click here
From the Guardian:
Daycare centers in Washington state are warned off scary stories for children. Click here
From the Guardian:
Writing YA fiction requires new skillsets. Click here
From the Guardian:
Stephen King pens a picture book about a train that comes alive. Click here
From Entertainment Weekly:
The five scariest lines from Elena Ferrante's creepy children's book The Beach at Night. Click here
From Creative Review:
Flying Eye's beautiful books for curious children. Click here
From Inverse:
The 8 Best YA Novels For People Who Don't Like YA Novels. Click here
From the Ugly Volvo:
Harold's Mother and the Purple Crayon. Click here
Amazon to Buy
Tata-Owned Publisher: E-commerce giant Amazon will acquire the
Indian publishing business Westland for an undisclosed sum.
LifeWay
Bookstores Ban Author: LifeWay, a chain of Christian bookstores,
has banned Christian author Jen Hatmaker over her recent support of LGBT
rights.
Booker Winner
Beatty On Music, Politics: The author of 'The Sellout' on truth
and contradiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the elusive gauge of progress
in America.
Elizabeth and
Alice: On the last love affair of poet Elizabeth Bishop, and the
losses behind her much-anthologized vilanelle “One Art.”
Gone Girl With
Dragon Tattoo On Train: Why are there so many books with “girl”
in the title? And when will the madness stop? Emily St. John Mandel
investigates—with charts!
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