Industry News
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Two Debuts on the Indie Bestsellers List
Children’s Illustrated: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving by Charles M. Schulz (Simon Spotlight) Nanette’s Baguette by Mo Willems (Disney-Hyperion)
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The Challenge of Raising Free-Range Readers
While parents often want to shield children from discomfort, Rhuday-Perkovich suggests allowing children to read widely and freely about challenging subjects. Offering literature that tells the complex stories of a …
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Award-Winning Children’s Author Kwame Alexander is 2017 Midwinter Meeting President’s Program Speaker
CHICAGO, IL — Kwame Alexander—poet, educator, and award-winning, 10bestselling author of 24 books for children of all ages, including the 2015 Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover, the New York Times bestselling novel Booked, and the forthcoming collection of …
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The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2016
This year’s panel of judges included G. Brian Karas, Cynthia Weill and Cheryl Wolf. Below are the 2016 titles: The Cat From Hunger Mountain written and illustrated by Ed Young …
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Why We Need Feminist Children’s Books
Schatz’s books—Rad American Women A-Z and Rad Women Worldwide—aim to show readers the potential of all humans to be courageous, loving, and committed to justice. I realized that I want …
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25 Children’s Book Creators Contribute Childhood Work for Anthology
The anthology is entitled, Our Story Begins: Children’s Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids. It will include contributions from 25 authors …
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Announcing the 2017-2018 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
AUSTIN – Children’s authors Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg joined students from the central Texas area in announcing the 2017-2018 Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) Master List on November 5 at …
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Four Debuts on the NYT Children’s Best Sellers Lists
The following books made the list: Middle Grade Hardcover: The Best Bear in All the World by Paul Bright and others, illustrations by Mark Burgess (Dutton) Children’s Picture Books: Nanette’s Baguette by Mo …
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Watch the 67th Annual National Book Awards Live on Twitter and Facebook
New York, NY (November 4, 2016) — Building on the success of last year’s livestream of the National Book Awards Ceremony and the excitement around this year’s first Finalist announcement on …
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U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance on Early Learning
03The guidance reminds state and local officials about the opportunities available under ESSA to strengthen early education. It also provides examples of how states and local communities can support academic …
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Applications Open For The 2017 AASL Awards Program
CHICAGO, IL — Applications for the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 2017 awards season are now available. AASL members are encouraged to nominate a colleague or themselves to be lauded …
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PW’s Best Children’s Books of 2016 Announced
Titles featured on the picture books list include Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill, illus. by Francis Vallejo (Candlewick) The Journey by Francesca Sanna (Flying Eye) Leave Me …
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First Book and Pearson launch #ReadUP: A Non-Partisan Call-to-Action for Education and Literacy
For every use of the #ReadUP hashtag through November 8, 2016, First Book will donate a book to a child in need, with funding from Pearson of up to $10,000. …
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Nominations Open For 2017 Lemony Snicket Prize For Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity
CHICAGO, IL — Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a challenged book, responding to collection and building damage after floods and fires, remaining open as a safe space during …
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How Audiobooks Can Help Struggling Readers
Teachers, parents, and librarians have found that children benefit from hearing complex words and sentences not typically present in ordinary conversation. Advances in digital technology also allow teachers to bring …
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Happy Picture Book Month!
Throughout the month, authors, illustrators, literacy activists, and other children’s book devotees celebrate the enduring power of the illustrated book. Visit picturebookmonth.com and KidLit TV to join the fun!
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Remembering Author Natalie Babbitt
Born in Ohio in 1932, Babbitt knew that she wanted to become an illustrator at age nine, when she received a copy of Alice in Wonderland illustrated by John Tenniel. Her …
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Kid Lit Helps Kids Be Who They Are
Parr writes books with the goals of empowering children to be strong, kind people, and of helping make complex messages about feelings more accessible to kids. Kids today still need …
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Creating Effective Libraries
Allen suggests getting rid of old, unpopular books, using an easy check-out system, changing book displays, providing plenty of nonfiction, clearly organizing books, and including student input on which books …
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Willy Wonka Reboot
“Fantastic Beasts” producer David Heyman is teaming with Warner Bros. to create the new movie centered around Wonka and his early adventures. If the reboot is a hit, it seems …
