Category Archives: Children’s books

Smart Chicks Kick It!

Posted on 16 September 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

If you’re into teen books—especially paranormal teen books starring tough girls (written by smart chicks)—then you will not want to miss this event. YA authors Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel and Kelley Armstrong have organized a joint tour during the month … Continue reading →

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The President to publish a children’s book

Posted on 14 September 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

President Barack Obama has written a children’s book titled Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. It will be published on November 16 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers and have a first printing of 500,000 … Continue reading →

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Ellen Hopkins to write adult novel

Posted on 13 September 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Ellen Hopkins fans have a lot to be excited about. Fallout, the final book in a free verse trilogy that includes Crank (2004) and Glass (2007), comes out tomorrow. (Crank is about a girl’s life spinning out of control after … Continue reading →

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Interact with a character to become a character

Posted on 8 September 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Sometimes it seems like every time I turn around I hear about interactive books, like The Amanda Project, which got a lot of press in the fall. Now Penguin has launched a new interactive project that fantasy lovers will enjoy: … Continue reading →

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Our Hunger Games adventure

Posted on 30 August 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

On Saturday, Trisha and I went to our local indie, Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Nashville, to hang out with a bunch of like-minded readers: kids who are obsessed with The Hunger Games. Our clips from the event will crack you up—and … Continue reading →

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Live webcast with ’39 Clues’ authors

Posted on 30 August 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Maragaret Peterson Haddix’s Into the Gauntlet—the 10th book in the 39 Clues series—goes on sale tomorrow. If you are a fan of the series, you will not want to miss Scholastic’s “Inside Access to The 39 Clues” event. For the … Continue reading →

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What we’re reading Wednesday: Mockingjay

Posted on 25 August 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Scholastic • $17.99 • August 24, 2010 Like countless other readers, I am currently midway through Mockingjay, the final book in the Hunger Games Trilogy. I know that many fans are afraid of spoilers, so all … Continue reading →

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Pumped up for ‘Mockingjay’

Posted on 23 August 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Yeah, yeah, Mockingjay comes out tomorrow. If you’ve read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, you’ve probably had August 24 marked off in your calendar for months. (And if you’re totally obsessed with the series—like me—you’ll be reading the book … Continue reading →

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Come on over to the Reading Corner. . .

Posted on 10 August 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Read about these books (and more); win a collection of children’s chapter books handpicked by BookPage editors; and get behind-the-book scoops from a couple of your favorite tween and teen authors in tomorrow’s edition of Reading Corner. Don’t know what … Continue reading →

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More on the summer slide

Posted on 4 August 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

A few weeks ago I blogged about the “summer slide”—the learning loss that sometimes occurs in children during summer break—because a professor at the University of Tennessee has found that giving low income kids access to books during the summer … Continue reading →

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What We’re Reading Wednesday: Annexed

Posted on 4 August 2010 by Kate, Associate Editor

Annexed by Sharon Dogar HMH, October 4, 2010 Recently there has been a small flurry of articles (like this New York Times piece) about Sharon Dogar’s upcoming novel for teens, Annexed. Some people are scandalized by the book’s sexual content … Continue reading →

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More details on Wimpy Kid #5

Posted on 29 July 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5 (coming out on November 9) will be titled . . . The Ugly Truth: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, announced the book’s title and released its cover today. The book’s first printing will … Continue reading →

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The most SUPER supernatural teen books

Posted on 28 July 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

In this morning’s edition of Reading Corner, we asked YA fiction fans to let us know which supernatural teen books stand out from the crowd. At BookPage, we’re buzzing about Maggie Stiefvater’s Linger (book #2 in the Wolves of Mercy … Continue reading →

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Southwestern supernatural from Alyson Noël

Posted on 27 July 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Best-selling teen author Alyson Noël posted today on her blog that she’s got a new series in the works called The Soul Seekers. Noël is the author of the popular Immortals series, about a girl who can “see auras, hear … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: Mockingjay

Posted on 27 July 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Just yesterday, Scholastic unveiled the book trailer for Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy: There’s not any new information here for Hunger Games fans, but the trailer does feed the fire of excitement that’s building … Continue reading →

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