Industry News
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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 …
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Debut on the Indie Bestsellers List
Early and Middle Grade Readers: A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig, illustrated by Chris Mould (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
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Two Debuts on the NYT Children’s Best Sellers Lists
The following books made the list: Children’s Picture Books: Charlie the Choo-Choo by Beryl Evans, illustrated by Ned Dameron (Simon & Schuster) Young Adult Hardcover: Scythe by Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster)
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Global Kids Connect Surveys China, Latin America, and Brexit
Renee Huang, founder and publisher of Everafter Books, presented on China’s picture book market and showed that children’s books represent about 44% of revenue generated by Chinese physical bookstores, and …
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First Book and Penguin Random House Partner to Bring Brand New Books and Red Mittens to Kids in Need Through Red Mitten Campaign
WASHINGTON, D.C. — First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise that has 13distributed more than 150 million books to kids in need, and Penguin Random House, a global leader in children’s …
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Young Readers Prefer Paper Books to E-Books for Pleasure Reading
In the survey, 77% who had tried e-reading previously said the majority of the books they read were in print. Younger readers especially preferred reading for pleasure on paper: 84% …
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The Rise of the New Adult Genre
The NA genre has gained momentum since it debuted in 2013, and, though similar to the Young Adult genre, books under this genre explore stories of teens after graduation, in …
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2017 Teen Tech Week™ Site Now Live
CHICAGO, IL — The Young Adult Library Services Association’s (YALSA) 2017 Teen Tech Week website is now live. The celebration will take place March 5-11, 2017 with the theme “Be …
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Debut on the Indie Bestsellers List
Young Adult: Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles (Zondervan)
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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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Three Debuts on the NYT Children’s Best Sellers Lists
The following books made the list: Children’s Picture Books: Take Heart, My Child by Ainsley Earhardt with Kathryn Cristaldi. Illustrated by Jaime Kim (Aladdin) Young Adult Hardcover: Courage to Soar by Simone Biles …
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Every Child a Reader Announces Expanded Plans for Children’s Book Week (May 1-7, 2017)
Major new plans for the longest-running national reading initiative in the U.S. New York, NY – December 7, 2016 – Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit literacy organization dedicated to …
