Industry News
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It’s Me Eloise: The Voice of Kay Thompson and the Art of Hilary Knight
AMHERST, MA — Eloise has been called a force of nature: brazen, ill-mannered, and utterly appealing, the six-year-old terror of the Plaza Hotel. The girl Kay Thompson created in voice …
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Chelsea Clinton is the 2017 TLA Annual Conference Closing Speaker
AUSTIN –The Texas Library Association (TLA) will welcome Chelsea Clinton to the 2017 TLA Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX. Clinton will deliver the closing General Session at the Henry …
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Barnes & Noble Makes Major Donation to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation in New York City and Reno, NV
NEW YORK, NY — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced a major …
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PLA Offers Post-Election Resources For Public Libraries
CHICAGO, IL — The Public Library Association (PLA) knows its members and their libraries may be struggling to respond to the post-election challenges our communities face. Public libraries have an …
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Debut on the NYT Children’s Best Sellers Lists
Middle Grade Hardcover: Word of Mouse by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. Illustrated by Joe Sutphin (Jimmy Patterson/Little, Brown)
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Anansesem: December 2016 Issue
Established in 2010, Anansesem is a biannual web magazine devoted to promoting Caribbean literature written both for and by children. Click here for the latest issue, featuring illustrations and writing from Trinidad, …
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Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture Grant
The American Indian Library Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarian Association are now accepting applications for the ‘Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture’ Grant. Talk Story is a literacy …
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Libraries Retain More Than $1.3 Billion in Federal Funding in Massive Spending Bill Passed By Congress
Washington, D.C. — Libraries retained over a billion dollars in federal funding for library-related programs in a stopgap funding package passed by Congress on December 9 to avoid a midnight shutdown …
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The New York Public Library Transforms Vacant Former Custodial Apartment At Washington Heights Branch Into A Teen and Adult Education Center
NEW YORK, NY — The New York Public Library today celebrated the completion of a $4.4 million renovation project that transformed the former custodial apartment at its Washington Heights branch into …
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Amazon Announces Best-Selling Books of 2016
SEATTLE, WA — Amazon today announced its best-selling books of 2016, best-selling Kids & Teens books of 2016, as well as the Most Gifted and Most Wished For books of the …
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In Partnership with First Book, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Announces a Toy and Book Relief Effort for North Carolina Flood Victims
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Toys for Tots Program, with support from Hasbro, First Book, The Walt Disney Company, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team, …
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Holidays in Kid Lit
Author Ken Calhoun (Black Moon) wishes he could celebrate with Stuart and the Little family, while Leesa Cross-Smith (Every Kiss a War) and Jordan Rosenfeld (Women in Red) dream of Christmas …
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2017 Teens’ Top Ten Book Groups Announced
CHICAGO, IL — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected 20 public and school libraries from across the country to serve as official book groups for YALSA’s Teens’ …
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Debut on the Indie Bestsellers List
Children’s Illustrated: Take Heart, My Child: A Mother’s Dream by Ainsley Earhardt and Kathryn Cristaldi (Aladdin)
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Children’s Book Editors on Working with their Heroes
From Candlewick president and publisher Karen Lot to Scholastic Press assistant Kait Feldmann, even professional editors are apt to become starstruck when working with legendary authors such as Judy Blume, Norton Juster, and …
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2017 Morris Award Finalists Announced
CHICAGO, IL — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2017 William C. Morris Award, …
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Expanding Library Outreach Services
Vieau and other librarians offer services that focus on the community as a resource and bring together a diverse spectrum of artists, educators, and activists. As these populations are often …
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Engineering and Kid Lit
The program, Novel Engineering, provides a unique way to get students excited about both reading and problem solving. Over 700 educators have been trained in the program, where elementary and middle …
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The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Announces the 2016 Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Award Winners
December 15, 2016 — The SCBWI is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Award. Congratulations to Jan Peck, author of The Green Mother Goose (Sterling, …
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First Book’s Citizen Power Project
The challenge, funded by the Aspen Institute’s Pluribus Project, selected 15 proposals from over 900 received. The 15 classroom projects, from elementary, middle, and high school educators, address a wide …
