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Keith Richards’ ‘Gus & Me’ is a Family Affair

Keith Richards is best known as a member of the legendary rock band, the Rolling Stones. Now he adds the... Read more »

Comment | September 15, 2014, 8:25 pm

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The Fourteenth Goldfish Is A Children’s Book You Can Argue About

The Fourteenth Goldfish is a rare children’s book. It presents a message that plenty of people will disagree with –... Read more »

Comment | September 10, 2014, 8:50 pm

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 10, 2014, 4:15 pm

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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.... Read more »

Comment | September 9, 2014, 9:05 am

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 8, 2014, 9:51 pm

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 8, 2014, 9:46 pm

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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.... Read more »

Comment | September 5, 2014, 2:00 pm

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 5, 2014, 1:00 pm

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 5, 2014, 10:00 am

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 5, 2014, 9:00 am

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 5, 2014, 8:00 am

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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... Read more »

Comment | September 4, 2014, 9:01 pm

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FlickerLab Takes Live Animation to the Next Level

With today’s tech-savvy SVOD-gobbling kids, who are more connected than ever, it’s becoming increasingly advantageous for content creators to develop... Read more »

Comment | September 4, 2014, 8:50 pm

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On Being Yaccarino’d

San Francisco based author Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner may have written the most fun wrap-up about taking the “Essentials of a... Read more »

1 comment | September 4, 2014, 8:26 pm

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Back to School Reading List

The Book App Alliance — a group of leading kid lit authors creating book apps for children — informs parents... Read more »

Comment | September 4, 2014, 7:53 pm

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Mondays with Mira Video Review of Roxie ‘Munro’s Mazeways: A to Z’

Roxie Munro is one of our favorite writers, illustrators, and app developers. Recently Dr. Mira Reisberg of the Children’s Book... Read more »

Comment | September 3, 2014, 9:30 pm

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The Low-Tech Appeal of Little Free Libraries

In 2009, Tod Bol built the first Little Free Library in Hudson, Wisconsin. Five years later there are 18,000 Little... Read more »

Comment | September 3, 2014, 6:57 pm

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Carson McCullers’s Little-Known 1964 Illustrated Children’s Book

It’s always a joy to discover children’s books written by authors who typically write for adults. Author and playwright Carson... Read more »

Comment | September 3, 2014, 4:49 pm

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100 Twitter Hashtags Every Writer Should Know

Since being invented, the hashtag has made it easy for Twitter users to discover topics of importance, or strong interest.  Writers... Read more »

Comment | September 1, 2014, 6:19 pm

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The Best Suggestion I Ever Got From My Editor

In August, Senior Manager of Author Platforms Andrea Bachofen asked a group of Random House authors about the best suggestion... Read more »

Comment | September 1, 2014, 3:31 pm