Year: 2012
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Where’s Waldo? On Main Street.
Somerville, MA — This July, 250 independent booksellers are joining together in a coast-to-coast celebration of Shop Local and the iconic children’s book character, Waldo’s twenty-fifth birthday. From Mendocino to …
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Reading Rainbow Is Back and It’s An App!
Los Angeles, CA, June 20, 2012 — Reading Rainbow host and producer, LeVar Burton, today reimagines the iconic brand as a reading adventure App designed especially for the iPad. Designed …
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Bookshare and Mada Launch Accessible Arabic eBook Collection
Bookshare, the largest online accessible library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities, in partnership with Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center), has released 100 new titles in Arabic, giving …
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Sylvan Dell Debuts New Spanish Titles
Focusing on developments in education Sylvan Dell debuted Spanish in their eBook read-aloud feature in 2007, with over 10,000 schools in the US and Canada having enjoyed eBook Site License …
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Author/Illustrator/Social Media Maven Debbie Ohi Gets the Scoop on Magic Town
The site is a virtual picture book platform and is open to submissions from children’s book authors and illustrators. More>>
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HarperCollins Launches “Epic Reads”, An Interacitve Online Platform for Their Teen Authors and Books
More at Publishers Weekly>>
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‘Hattie Ever After’, The sequel to ‘Hattie Big Sky’, Will Be Released in 2013
Via author Kirby Larson’s blog>> View the book’s listing on Random House’s site>>
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‘The Monster at the End of this Book’ App Awarded Inaugural Cynopsis:Kids !magination Award
SAN FRANCISCO – June 13, 2012 – Callaway Digital Arts, Inc. (www.callaway.com) and Sesame Workshop have been awarded the inaugural Cynopsis: Kids !magination Best App: Preschool award for the interactive, …
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Open Road Media and Seventeen Magazine Form E-Book Partnership
Kicks off With “True Teen Stories” – An Ebook Series of True-Life Stories From Real Teens (New York, NY June 5th) Open Road Integrated Media, a digital publisher and multimedia …
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OverDrive Launches Its Own Browser-Based e-Reading Platform With Booki.sh Technology
More at Digital Book World>>
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Random House Children’s Books Launches “Choose Kind”
Random House Children’s Books launches Choose Kind (ChooseKind.tumblr.com), a campaign to encourage students, educators, families, and readers of all ages to combat the nationwide rise in bullying with every day …
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Play Based on Children’s Books Wins First Place at New Play Festival
Albert Whitman & Company (Park Ridge, IL) is pleased to announce that Princess K.I.M. The Musical, a play written by children’s book author-illustrator Maryann Cocca-Leffler won first place in the …
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Maurice Sendak Dies at 83
Famously recognized as the author and illustrator of the award-winning children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak died early Tuesday morning at Danbury Hospital near his home in …
