Children’s Books: Seasonal Swoon
It is perhaps just late enough in the summer to look with pleasure (rather than panic) on the coming change of season. Certainly a…
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The Bold New Politics Of Children’s Books
Subjects once considered taboo for people of any age are making their way into books geared toward the youngest readers. In many ways, the…
Usher and Scholastic join forces to promote young readers
The Scholastic catalogs you got in elementary school were already cool, but now Usher is joining forces with the children’s publishing giant to launch…
Bibliotherapy: 5 Benefits of Books for Kids
It is well known that children benefit academically from reading books. Schools require children to build reading skills very early on. However, even beyond…
Nick Cannon to publish book of children’s poems
Scholastic announced Tuesday that [Nick] Cannon’s “Neon Aliens Ate My Homework and Other Poems” will be published in March 2015. According to the publisher,…
Amazon Invites Children’s Book Authors To Kindle Direct Publishing, Rolls Out Kids’ Book Creator Software
Amazon announced that it will be expanding its Kindle Direct Publishing business to support the needs of children’s books authors through a new program…
How Dark is Too Dark in Children’s Books?
The discussion of what topics are deemed appropriate and acceptable in children’s literature is certainly not a new one. In 1963, Maurice Sendak’s Where…
Spring 2015 Children’s Sneak Previews
Are you excited, because we’re totally excited about Publishers Weekly’s preview of picture, middle grade, and YA books for spring 2015. The demand for…
Former Marathon Boss Launches Cottonwood Media
David Michel, the former co-founder and GM of Marathon Media, has launched Cottonwood Media, a new indie production company focused on developing premium, scripted…
SLJ Interviews Vince Vawter, Newbery Honor-Winning Author of ‘Paperboy’
Author Vince Vawter already had a 40-year career in newspapers behind him when he wrote Paperboy (Delacorte, 2013), his Newbery Honor-winning book about a…