Industry News
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#BooksThatHooked: Authors Share Which Books Inspired Them To Write
New York, NY (October 27, 2015) – On Wednesday, October 28, 2015, authors on Twitter will share about the books that inspired them to become writers using the hashtag #BooksThatHooked. The …
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Hook Kids on Reading with Graphic Novels
Reluctant readers who don’t usually reach for chapter books may find a lot to love in comics. Visual literacy is just one of the many skills that comics help to …
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Christopher Myers on Diversity and Respectful Disagreement
Color-blindness is a myth, and anyone who tells you ‘I don’t see race’ (though they may mean well) is lying to you, or to themselves, or both. We all see …
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Goddard Riverside Community Center Honors Scholastic Chairman and CEO Dick Robinson at Annual Gala
New York, NY — Goddard Riverside Community Center will celebrate Scholastic Chairman and CEO Dick Robinson at its Annual Gala to be held Tuesday, October 27th at historic Gotham Hall …
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National Ambassador Kate DiCamillo's Live Webcast
DiCamillo believes that, no matter the book, reading forges valuable connections and promotes understanding. Read together. Sit down and read together. It might start out as something that you feel …
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The Eric Carle Museum Launches #GetBehindPictureBooks
Authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians, and other kid lit devotees have posted photos of themselves with favorite titles. Join the fun and spread the love of picture books! Remember to tag @carlemuseum.
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Michael Slack to Create the Shorty and Clem Series
Shorty is “a very short dinosaur” while Clem is “a very large quail.” Slack was represented by Lori Nowicki, a literary agent at Painted Words, who “brokered the deal for world …
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Pew Survey Finds Young Adult Reading Up
80% of young adults reported having read a book (in whole or in part) within the past year, whereas just 72% of adults answered the same. The survey, which was …
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Upcoming YA Book-to-Film Adaptations
Here’s a look at some of the page-to-screen productions we can look forward to: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 – based on the trilogy by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic). Release Date: …
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Remembering Author Vera B. Williams
Williams’s picture book A Chair for My Mother earned the artist her first Caldecott Honor in 1983. The book was part of her series about a Hispanic girl named Rosa and her family. Readers can …
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The 2015 PW Publishing Industry Salary Survey
89% of respondents identified as white/Caucasian, the same as in 2013. The diversity problem has gained visibility, however, with only 21% of respondents feeling that steps have been made in diversifying the industry’s …
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Katherine Applegate on Writing for Middle Graders
Applegate began not in children’s books, but in creating pop psychology quizzes for a teen magazine! She eventually transitioned to writing for young readers. Her favorite audience: the middle-grade reader. One of the …
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Enhanced Editions of Harry Potter Series Now Available Exclusively on iBooks for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch
CUPERTINO, California and LONDON — Apple® announced that enhanced editions of all seven books in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series are now available exclusively on the iBooks Store℠ for readers …
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The Rise in Graphic Novels for Girls
Children’s comics overall are showing tremendous growth, with sales up 35% in the past year. The fact that the kids’ market is growing rapidly, especially for girls, gives a strong runway for …
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Happy Birthday, Philip Pullman!
Pullman studied at the University of Oxford, where he went on to work as a professor. After penning a few novels for adults, Pullman shifted to writing for younger readers. He …
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Walden Media to Create a Platypus Police Squad Movie
The children’s series by Jarrett J. Krosoczka centers on two duck-billed detectives in Kalamazoo City tasked with busting illegal candy sales and tracking down political corruption. The books are published …
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Kate DiCamillo's 'Edward Tulane' Adapted for the Stage
The play—which stars Jessie Fisher, Melanie Brezill, Kelvin Roston Jr., and Patrick Budde—will premiere at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts on October 23, 2015. DiCamillo was inspired to write …
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Elissa Tomasetti Named Senior Vice President, Marketing for Scholastic Education
New York, NY – Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the appointment of Elissa Tomasetti as Senior Vice President, Marketing for Scholastic Education. …
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The Lullaby Project
The Lullaby Project for Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections, an outreach program that brings music to mothers in need, — in hospitals, shelters, prisons, and more — provides new and expectant mothers with the chance to …
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Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley to Create Margaret and the Moon
This book will profile a female software engineer named Margaret Hamilton, who developed code for the Apollo missions. Julia Maguire, an editor at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, handled the acquisition. The …
