Industry News
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Happy Birthday, E.L. Konigsburg!
Konigsburg went on to win two Newbery Medals for her work. In 1968, she won for her popular novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and in 1997 …
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Pam Muñoz Ryan On The Creative Process Behind ‘Echo’
So I had these three main stories, but I didn’t want it to be just episodic – I wanted there to be a richer thread to bring them together. And …
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‘I Am Malala’ Audiobook Wins Grammy Award
The Grammy represents the latest in a slew of honors the teenaged Malala has earned since surviving an attack in which she was shot in the head by a Taliban …
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Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers to Publish Picture Book Based On YouTube Sensation, Tiny Hamster
Tiny Hamster Is a Giant Monster will have a photographic treatment and feature images from the video. When Tiny Hamster accidentally eats some mad scientist goo, he turns into a giant, …
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HarperCollins to Publish Three E.B. White Novels as eBooks
The publishing industry has long debated whether e-books expand the overall market or simply shift the market away from paper, for which sales have been flat at best over the …
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Remembering George McHugh Nicholson
Nicholson made a major breakthrough when he secured paperback rights to E.B. White’s classics Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little. Publishers took notice and soon launched their own paperback imprints. Before ultimately joining Sterling Lord …
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Random House Children’s Books Acquires New Middle-Grade Series by Bestselling Author Raymond Arroyo
With five bestsellers to his credit, Arroyo hosts The World Over Live, a weekly international news magazine seen on EWTN, Eternal Word Television Network, in 250 million homes globally and nearly 300 …
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‘This One Summer’ Becomes the First Graphic Novel to Win a Caldecott Honor
The book also received a Printz Honor this year, and is the second graphic novel to do so since Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese won the award in 2006. …
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ALA Youth Media Award Winners, Then & Now
Here’s a look at the winners and honorees from 2015 and years past (pdfs by Ellen Miles, MLIS, Youth Services Librarian at Camas Public Library, Camas, WA): The Randolph …
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Happy Birthday, David Wiesner!
Wiesner is the recipient of three Caldecott Medals for his books Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam, all of which he wrote and illustrated. His books have been translated into …
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Dan Santat On Having No Regrets
Should I take this job and make money to support my family, or should I chase my dream?…It pushed me to do more of my own writing and motivated me …
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Call for Submissions for the 2015 Walter Dean Myers Award
The submission deadline is November 1, 2015. Eligibility • A diverse work constitutes: YA (for readers ages 13-18) written by a diverse author, featuring a diverse main character or addressing …
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Happy Birthday, Russell Hoban!
Hoban briefly attended Temple University before enlisting in the Army during World War II. In 1944, he married his first wife, Lillian Aberman, a fellow illustrator whom he’d met at …
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Penguin Young Readers Receives Eleven 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards
New York, NY – Penguin Young Readers has received eleven 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards. The ALA announced today that BROWN GIRL DREAMING by Jacqueline Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books) has received the Newbery …
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2015 Newbery & Caldecott Winners Announced
Kwame Alexander received the 2015 Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor for his novel ‘The Crossover’ (HMH). The Caldecott Medal went to illustrator Dan Santat for ‘The …
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2015 Notable Books for a Global Society Announced
Click here for the complete list of the 2015 winners. About CL/R SIG The Mission of the Children´s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group is to promote the educational use …
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2014 African-American Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction Book List
By Elliott’s count, the list comes in at just 44 and includes such titles as The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. For her …
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The Uni Project Brings Pop-Up Reading Rooms to NYC!
The Uni Project’s network of staff and volunteers frequently teams up with local community organizations and libraries to bring books to underserved neighborhoods. They thrive in part on donations by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …
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3 Authors Talk About Art That Changed Their Lives
The participants include Leigh Bardugo, Gayle Forman, and Patrick Ness. Bardugo named the novella, Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption. Forman prefers to rely on music when she seeks comfort. …
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3 Tony Award-Winning Broadway Veterans Team Up For a ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Musical
“Menken, a Tony winner for Newsies and an eight-time Oscar-winner for songs from the films The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast (among many others), will write the music, …
