Category Archives: Children’s books

A big day for awards announcements

Posted on 23 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

This morning, we received word of two major literature awards: Author David Almond (UK) and Illustrator Jutta Bauer (Germany) have won the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award. The International Board on Books for Young People gives the award every two … Continue reading →

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“Now we will tesser, we will wrinkle again”

Posted on 22 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

In past months, I’ve blogged about Madeleine L’Engle’s birthday and her granddaughter’s debut novel. This morning, I was pleasantly surprised to hear another item of L’Engle news: A Wrinkle in Time is coming to the big screen! (Read more in … Continue reading →

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Choices, comics, czars—and zombies

Posted on 22 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

From zombie spoofs to comics, there’s a lot of new content on BookPage.com this week. A few highlights are below—click the book titles to learn more: Behind-the-book essay about Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith John Harrington wanted to … Continue reading →

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The return of a beloved nuisance

Posted on 19 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

GalleyCat posted the Ramona and Beezus trailer this morning, and it was the first I’d heard of a movie adaptation of Beverly Cleary’s classic. My first question is: Why is it called Ramona and Beezus? (The names are reversed in … Continue reading →

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Behind the BSC

Posted on 18 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

A couple of months ago I posted about the Baby-sitters Club prequel, and it was so much fun to read the comments. (“Oh my gosh, YES, I am excited,” wrote one reader. Another confessed to owning 100+ BSC books.) Well, … Continue reading →

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Cavemen + potty humor… it’s Captain Underpants!

Posted on 18 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Dav Pilkey has agreed to write four new installments in the Captain Underpants series—the first new books since 2006. The first one’s called The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future and will be published on August … Continue reading →

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And the YA deals keep coming…

Posted on 11 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Just two days after I blogged about Starcrossed, the high school Greek tragedy billed as “a Percy Jackson for teenage girls,” another huge YA deal goes through. Dutton Children’s Books (a Penguin imprint) has paid six figures to publish The … Continue reading →

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All about ‘Alice’

Posted on 10 March 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Last night I saw the new Alice in Wonderland film by Tim Burton, in 3D. Despite a weak ending, the film was incredibly entertaining. Burton’s world was weird and wonderful, and seemed true to the spirit of Carroll’s work. It … Continue reading →

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Has the vampire trend made way for mythology?

Posted on 9 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

A month ago we reported on Libba Bray’s $2 million deal to write a jazz-age trilogy for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Now, it looks like the huge YA contract of the month is going to a newcomer: HarperTeen … Continue reading →

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YA book sales grow more than adult hardcovers

Posted on 8 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

It’s not news to us that adults enjoy YA books—just ask our staffers who are counting down the days until the release of Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay, or who nominated graphic memoir Stitches as a best nonfiction book of 2009, an … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss—and happy reading!

Posted on 3 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I’m a day late on this news item, but it still deserves a mention. Yesterday would have been Dr. Seuss’s 106th birthday—reason for celebration in itself. Since 1998, though, March 2 has also been designated by the National Education Association … Continue reading →

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Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter makes YA debut

Posted on 15 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I’ve made my love for the late Madeleine L’Engle known around the office, so I wasn’t surprised when Lynn showed me a notice from the spring 2010 Farrar, Straus & Giroux catalog: On April 27, L’Engle’s 1949 novel And Both … Continue reading →

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Sweet Valley adults

Posted on 11 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

For those of us born in the ’70s and ’80s, all this news about beloved teen series might be too much to handle. (In case you missed the updates, The Baby-Sitters Club is coming back and Sweet Valley High might … Continue reading →

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Mockingjay it is!

Posted on 11 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

In December we posted the news that The Hunger Games #3 will arrive on August 24, 2010, and asked readers for title predictions.  A couple of you suggested “The Victors” (which USA Today claims has been the most popular guess … Continue reading →

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A lovely fairy story for a lucky reader

Posted on 11 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Last week I spoke to Newbery medalist Laura Amy Schlitz (Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!) about her new release The Night Fairy (Feb. 23 from Candlewick). The middle grade novel tells the story of Flory, a fairy who loses her wings … Continue reading →

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