Year: 2013
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New Study on Kids’ Reading in the Digital Age: the Number of Kids Reading eBooks Has Nearly Doubled Since 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, January 14, 2013 — In the fourth edition of the Kids & Family Reading Report™ , a national survey released today, kids age 6-17 and their …
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PEN American Center Sends Call Out for Submissions to the 2013 PEN Literary Awards
“Send in your submissions or nominate a colleague to be considered for awards in the fields of fiction, science writing, essays, sports writing, biography, children’s literature, translation, drama, or poetry. …
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers to Publish The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer
“The new book continues the story of Matt, the boy who was cloned from evil drug lord El Patrón in The House of the Scorpion. Now 14 years old, Matt …
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First Edition Copy of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak to be Auctioned Off
“Coinciding with Bibliography Week in New York, this sale includes an extensive selection of original 20th-century illustration art and books. There are illustrations by Charles Addams, Ludwig Bemelmans, Al Hirschfeld, …
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Jacqueline Woodson Wins 2013 Charlotte Zolotow Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, WI — Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E. B. Lewis, is the winner of the sixteenth annual Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding …
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SCHOLASTIC TO PUBLISH NEW MULTI-PLATFORM FANTASY ADVENTURE SERIES, SPIRIT ANIMALS™
New York, NY — January 10, 2013 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and the pioneering publisher of the multi-platform New York Times bestselling The 39 Clues® and Infinity Ring® series, continues …
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Submissions Open Through January 31 for the 2013 Bull-Bransom Award
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – January 9, 2013 – Submissions are still being accepted through January 31 for the 2013 Bull-Bransom Award for artistic excellence in wildlife illustration for children’s books, to be …
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Scholastic, Inc. Sends Books to NY & NJ Schools Affected by Hurricane Sandy
“The effort is part of a larger initiative by Scholastic to donate a million books to schools impacted by Sandy in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. School officials began …
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Three Kidlit Publishers Come Together to Send Books to Kids at Sandy Hook Elementary School
“The books were loaded onto the CPU’s literacy bus, which in the wake of the tragedy was transformed into the All Aboard – Sandy Hook Coping and Caring Parent Express …
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National Geographic Kids Content to be Featured on the Reading Rainbow Digital Book App
“The partnership will offer NatGeo Kids’ line of digital Picture-the-Seasons books, easy readers, and its Look & Learn picture books for pre-readers through a branded section of RRKidz’s ‘Awesome People …
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HarperCollins to Publish Three Delirium Novellas in a Single Paperback Collection
“For the first time, Lauren Oliver’s short stories about characters in the Delirium world appear in print. Originally published as digital novellas, Hana, Annabel, and Raven each center around a …
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Beth Revis Gives Away Her Across the Universe Novella for Free
Fans can download all the chapters of As They Slip Away by following Revis on her blog tour for the final Across the Universe novel, Shades of Earth. Each chapter …
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Five YA Authors Band Together for the “Bringing YA to You” Group Book Tour
“The participating authors and their upcoming books are Beth Revis (Shades of Earth, Razorbill), Marissa Meyer (Scarlet, Feiwel and Friends), Marie Lu (Prodigy, Putnam), Victoria Schwab (The Archived, Hyperion), and …
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National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Walter Dean Myers on Why “Reading is Not Optional”
Myers dropped out of high school at age 15. Despite that set back, he has established a successful career as a children’s books author which includes winning the inaugural Michael …
