Category Archives: Children’s books

Chatting with Jonathan Auxier

Posted on 23 August 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I met Jonathan Auxier at the American Library Association’s conference in New Orleans this summer, where he told me (and a couple other BookPage editors) about his debut novel, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes. In the story, Peter Nimble … Continue reading →

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‘Sweetly’—a modern Hansel and Gretel—is out today

Posted on 23 August 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Happy publication date to one of my favorite teen authors, Jackson Pearce! I got to know Pearce’s work when her second novel, Sisters Red, was a top pick in BookPage. To follow-up on BookPage’s review, I did a Q&A with … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Apothecary’ by Maile Meloy

Posted on 16 August 2011 by Lynn, Editor

In recent years, droves of adult authors have tried their hands at writing books for children and teens, with mixed results. (Let’s just say that writing for kids without being condescending, preachy or boring is not as easy it looks.) … Continue reading →

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The end of an era

Posted on 19 July 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I don’t think I’m the only one who fell into a slight funk at a few minutes past 2 a.m. last Friday morning. Along with the 4,800 other people who’d crammed into a sold-out multiplex, I’d just experienced Harry Potter … Continue reading →

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Charlie Joe Jackson Supports Libraries??

Posted on 11 July 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

It’s no big secret that we love libraries here at BookPage — but who knew that the star of our top kid’s pick for July (a notorious avoider of reading) loves libraries, too? Charlie Joe Jackson from Charlie Joe Jackson’s … Continue reading →

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Monday contest: Wolves and eternal love

Posted on 11 July 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Maggie Stiefvater has captivated both teens and adults with her Wolves of Mercy Falls series, in which Grace, a teen girl, falls in love with Sam, a boy who lives part of his life as a wolf. In the final … Continue reading →

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Lauren Myracle on challenged books, libraries and why her job is awesome

Posted on 8 July 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

A few weeks ago I posted a short response to Meghan Cox Gurdon’s piece in the Wall Street Journal about the darkness of contemporary YA literature. In the blog post, I wrote: If I had a teen daughter, I’d give … Continue reading →

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Rowling gives more details about Potter website

Posted on 23 June 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

This morning, J.K. Rowling announced some details about her new Pottermore website. You can watch the announcement below, in which Rowling states that Pottermore will provide a digital reading experience for fans of all ages. It will also be the … Continue reading →

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Book banning, parenting—and drama

Posted on 8 June 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

By now, most of you probably know that Meghan Cox Gurdon sparked a controversy in the Wall Street Journal* by writing about the “explicit abuse, violence and depravity” present in today’s YA literature. The gist of the piece is that … Continue reading →

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Monday contest: The Story of Charlotte’s Web

Posted on 6 June 2011 by Lynn, Editor

Thanks to a family vacation in May, I got an early start on the beach reading season with a week of sun, sand, waves and books. Though I read some fiction, the book I enjoyed the most was Michael Sims‘ … Continue reading →

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Lenny Kravitz = Cinna in ‘The Hunger Games’

Posted on 24 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Last week Trisha posted about Jennifer Lawrence’s transformation into Katniss Everdeen, and now I have a bit more Hunger Games-related news: Rocker Lenny Kravitz will be play one of my personal favorite characters in the series, stylist Cinna. In the … Continue reading →

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Chocolate + mafia = oh yeah!

Posted on 20 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Sorry to keep teasing you with books that aren’t coming out for months, but Macmillan’s pitch for Gabrielle Zevin’s teen novel All These Things I’ve Done (September 27, 2011) is too good not to share. The story is about a … Continue reading →

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A picture book for parents gone viral

Posted on 19 May 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

It’s not even out yet (in fact it has another month), and already it has topped Amazon’s bestseller list. Go the F*** to Sleep (Akashic Books) by Adam Mansbach and illustrated by Ricardo Cortés charmingly mixes sing-song sweet rhyme with … Continue reading →

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Follow that peach! Honoring 50 years of Roald Dahl

Posted on 18 May 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

It has been 50 years since James crawled inside a giant peach to escape his heinous aunts Sponge and Spiker; 50 years since he went on a truly extraordinary adventure and added James and the Giant Peach to Roald Dahl‘s … Continue reading →

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Two wow-worthy new children’s books

Posted on 12 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Since I know many of BookPage’s readers love to read children’s and teen books themselves (or with their kids), I wanted to alert you to a couple recent recommendations on BookPage.com: Editor Lynn Green interviewed both Andrea Pinkney and Jon … Continue reading →

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