Month: June 2013
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Signed Books Available at the “Authors for Catherine’s Dream” Auction
“In December of 2012, six-year-old Catherine Violet Hubbard lost her life in the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. Catherine was a passionate animal lover. It was her dream to …
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Weird Al Yankovic Pens His Second Picture Book
“My New Teacher and Me! once again features Billy, a small boy with a big imagination. Mr. Booth is his new teacher – a serious man with a strict lesson …
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Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort to Star in ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Film Adaptation
Young adult novelist John Green fully endorses the two actors and feels that “they’re both perfect for their parts.” Production for this project is set to begin in August 2013. …
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‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’ Wins the Lambda Literary Award
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers released this book back in February 2012. Ever since its publication, the young adult novel has received multiple awards including the 2013 Stonewall …
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Fans to Help Plan Veronica Roth’s Next Book Tour
“I am really excited to announce that my publisher, HarperCollins, is launching a fan-voted tour stop campaign today! What that means is that you (if you live in the US– …
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65 Booksellers Take Part in the BEA Kidlit Illustrators’ Tour
“There were, of course, some challenges as 17 small groups of booksellers from all over the U.S. used various modes of public transportation on a steamy day to make their …
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The White House Honors La Casa Azul Bookstore Owner Aurora Anaya-Cerda as a Crowdfunding “Champion of Change”
Back in 2011, Anaya-Cerda launched the “40K in 40 Days” campaign on Indiegogo raising nearly $40,000 to open La Casa Azul. This independent bookstore has become a cultural center that …
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Sarah Harrison Smith Named Children’s Editor at The New York Times
“Smith graduated from Oxford University and has a master’s degree in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. In addition to the New York Times, she has reviewed for The …
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Penguin Young Readers Group Presents the “Storytime Hangout” App
“The app uses their computer’s webcam to place them in the story, then overlays masks of the characters on top, with the aim being for kids and parents to act …
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2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winners Announced
more at School Library Journal▸▸ more at The Horn Book▸▸ PICTURE BOOK AWARD Winner: Building our House written & illustrated by Jonathan Bean Honor: Open this Little Book written by …
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What Is Authentic, and What Is Offensive?
Soho Teen is publishing a novel in August--Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy by debut author Elizabeth Kiem--set in 1983. The novel begins on the day Leonid Brehznev dies, the same day the 17-year-old protagonist and prima ballerina, Marina Dukovskaya, loses her mother to the wiles of Soviet authorities. (Or apparently loses. There will be no spoilers in this blog post.) Marina and her father defect to the United States, where they take up residence in Brighton Beach, an area that was ethnically and socioeconomically mixed at the time.The novel is written from Marina's first-person point-of-view. The author is a Russian scholar, fluent in the language, and has expertise in both Soviet-era Russia and the burgeoning 1980's Brighton Beach organized crime scene. Her prose reads as genuinely as any I've ever read. I'm not alone in that opinion; it has already been recognized at BEA for its accuracy, honesty, and beauty by the ABA as one six Fall 2013 YAs in the "Celebrate with Indie Debut Authors."All that said, a passage included in the galley was struck from the final after an in-house debate. The passage reads: "The Q train dead ends in Brighton Beach, also known as 'Little Odessa' or 'Russia by the Sea.' About a half a mile west of us, America begins, speaking English, Spanish, and Black."Read more » -
Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program Awards Teachers and Librarians at Public Schools & Libraries Across 29 States
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Annual Program Celebrates Quarter-Century Mark More Than $800,000 Given Directly to Educators Whose Programs Reach Beyond the Basic Curriculum to Inspire NEW YORK—This is the 25th year …
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Candlewick Press Announces Second Book in the Bestselling Timmy Failure Series, ‘Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done’
* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * Candlewick Press Announces Second Book in the Bestselling Timmy Failure series, TIMMY FAILURE: NOW LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE SOMERVILLE, MA – June 3rd, 2013– Total …
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Podcast Kids’ Comics Revolution! Launches Award
more at Yaytime.com▸▸ more at the Kids’ Comics Revolution website▸▸ 1st Annual KCR! Comics Awards Nominees Favorite Graphic Novel (Adventure) Legends of Zita The Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (First Second) …
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Kate Messner Urges All to Participate in “KidLitCares for Oklahoma”
Some of the books up for grabs include the Charlie Joe Jackson novels by Tommy Greenwald, Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Keeper by Kathi Appelt. Those who make a …
