October 31, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
YA star Daniel José Older (Shadowshaper) on becoming the Star Wars franchise's go-to author. (Syfy Wire) New research from the University of Alberta and McGill University on teaching kids to read is critically important, even ... Read More »
Rainbow Rowell wrote an outline for an Eleanor & Park sequel. But will she actually write the book? (Refinery 29) Criticism of the upcoming dystopian YA novel American Heart, which features Muslim characters, causes Kirkus to withdraw ... Read More »
October 18, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing
The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2018 edition of its Forest of Reading initiative, which aims to promote recreational reading and raise the profile of Canadian authors and publishing houses. Each ... Read More »
October 16, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing, Libraries
Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will write a sequel to kidlit favourite Corduroy. (The New York Times) New illustrated edition of J.K. Rowlings's The Tales of Beedle the Barb will be illustrated by former U.K. children's ... Read More »
October 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
Mariko Tamaki was "vaguely obsessed" with the Lumberjanes graphic novels before signing on to write the new middle-grade series. (Publishers Weekly) HarperCollins Children’s Books wins auction for new detective series for middle-grade readers, written by British ... Read More »
October 3, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
A Grade 3 workbook published by Popular Book Company Canada, based in Richmond, Ontario, is being accused of rewriting – or whitewashing – history in a section on European settlers in Canada. Parents have called ... Read More »
October 3, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing
Review of The River Bank, a "gently feminist" sequel to The Wind in the Willows. (The Washington Post) U.K. children's laureate, Lauren Child, says books are too cheap and devalued. (The Bookseller) Clifford the movie ... Read More »
September 27, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
NPR books editor discusses the legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the 150th anniversary of her birth. (NPR) The Smithsonian displays their historic New England Primers, the school books that taught early American Protestant children ... Read More »
September 19, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing
Firefly Books has released a trailer for Escape from Syria (on sale Oct. 3), a graphic novel from Canadian journalist-author Samya Kullab, which tells the story of a displaced Syrian family and their experiences of ... Read More »
September 18, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing
Beloved Finnish children's book characters the Moomins get a new animated series, starring Rosamund Pike, Taron Egerton, and Kate Winslet. (Variety) Nominees for this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature includes The Hate U ... Read More »
September 12, 2017 | Filed under: Book links, Children's publishing