Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 10/20/2009 10/20/2009
This selection of web-exclusive children's book reviews includes new works from Sujean Rim, Geoffrey Norman and E.B. Lewis, Adam Selzer and Jean Little.
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Kane/Miller Conspires to Build a Hit by Jim Milliot - 10/19/2009
Educational Development Corp. chairman Randall White was pretty sure he had uncovered a gem of a small company when he acquired Kane/Miller Book Publishers last December, but the purchase has worked out even better than he thought. With the holiday season still to come, revenue at Kane/Miller in 2009 has already topped that of all of 2008, according to White.
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Children's Book Reviews: 10/19/2009 10/19/2009
This week, stars for Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock's The Mitten, John Hendrix's John Brown: His Fight for Freedom, Sharon Shinn's Gateway, and Julie Halpern's Into the Wild Nerd Yonder. Plus: roundups of Hanukkah titles and gift ideas.
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 10/13/2009 10/13/2009
This selection of web-exclusive children's book reviews from Publishers Weekly includes new titles from Kevin Sherry, Chris Van Dusen and Carolyn MacCullough, as well as a starred review for Joaquin Dorfman's new novel.
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Children's Book Reviews: 10/12/2009 10/12/2009
This week's children's book reviews include new picture books from Kazuna Kohara, Emily Gravett, and Julianna, Isabella, and Craig Hatkoff; PW's review of the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, Dog Days; new fiction from Josh Lieb, Robin Brande and Barry Lyga; as well as nonfiction, new picture books about the Obamas and a trio of small but thought-provoking gift books.
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Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer: Once Upon a Half Century By Sue Corbett - 10/05/2009
Fifty years ago, Norton Juster was pacing his second-floor apartment in Brooklyn Heights, unsure that the manuscript he was working on - his first - would ever be published. His roommate Jules Feiffer was his first reader, who also sketched some pictures to go with Juster’s story. The manuscript was The Phantom Tollbooth. Now, a half century later, these veterans are collaborating on a new picture book, The Odious Ogre, due out in fall 2010.
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Children’s Book Reviews: 10/5/2009 10/05/2009
This week's children's book reviews include picture books from Tom Tomorrow, Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers, Jeanette Winter, Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson, and Marilyn Nelson and Jerry Pinkney; new fiction from Mark Teague, Lauren Myracle, and Francesca Lia Block; and round-ups of new pop-up titles and coffee table–ready gift books.
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 10/2/2009 10/02/2009
This collection of web-exclusive children's book reviews includes new work from R.L. LaFevers, Lynne Jonell, Mark Dunn and a star for Sally Gardner's sequel to The Red Necklace.
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Children's Authors Sparkle at MBA By Claire Kirch - 10/01/2009
The children’s book and author breakfast, which traditionally kicks off the trade show portion of the Midwest Booksellers Association’s annual gathering, is usually a literary-star studded affair, and this year was no exception. Nearly 200 groggy booksellers straggled into St. Paul’s RiverCentre last Saturday morning to hear an A-list of children’s authors: Loren Long, M.T. Anderson, Catherine Gilbert Murdock and Neil Gaiman...
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Children's Book Reviews: 9/28/2009 09/28/2009
This week's reviews include new picture books from Peter Yarrow, Satoshi Kitamura, Patricia Polacco and Lois Lowry, as well as fiction from Sharon Creech, Nancy Farmer, Cinda Williams Chima, Julia Donaldson and Siobhan Dowd.
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 9/24/2009 09/24/2009
This selection of web-exclusive children's book reviews includes new books from Rachel Isadora, Peter Yarrow and Amber Kizer, as well as debut work from Jan Bozarth, Carolyn Q. Ebbitt and Donny Bailey Seagraves.
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Children's Book Reviews: 9/21/2009 09/21/2009
This week's children's book reviews include new picture books from Ursula K. Le Guin, Jeff Smith and NBA-er Chris Paul; fiction from Jutta Richter, Laini Taylor, Gordan Korman and Joanne Dahme; and a collection of Thanksgiving books (none of them turkeys).
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Children's Book Reviews: 9/14/2009 09/14/2009
In this week's reviews: new picture books from David Lucas and Molly Bang; novels from Pete Hautman and Gena Showalter; a round-up of picture book sequels; plus starred reviews for a pair of debuts: Il Sung Na's A Book of Sleep and Jennifer Brown's Hate List.
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Children's Book Reviews: 9/7/2009 09/07/2009
This week's reviews include picture book collaborations betweeen Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Mem Fox and Leo and Diane Dillon, and Ted and Betsy Lewin; new fiction from Nick Bruel, Avi, Frances Hardinge, Katherine Paterson and Walter Dean Myers; and cookbooks and other food-related titles for gourmands of any age.
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Children's Book Reviews: 8/31/2009 08/31/2009
Reviewed this week: picture books from David Ezra Stein, Mac Barnett and Adam Rex, and Jonah Winter and Sean Addy; novels from Lisa Yee, Sid Fleischman, Patrick Ness and Malinda Lo; nonfiction from Candace Fleming and Albert Marrin; and a round-up of spooky Halloween books for kids of any age.
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E-Books Go Interactive by Craig Morgan Teicher - 08/24/2009
"We're really going after the kids' space in a big way,” said Josh Koppel, co-founder of ScrollMotion, the iPhone book-app developer, which will launch a new kids' e-book reader app this fall that will bring enhanced picture books to the iPhone. The company has already gone after the adult market, bringing many frontlist titles to the iPhone. Now ScrollMotion is making a big push into the YA and children's market.
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Children's Book Reviews: 8/24/2009 08/24/2009
This week's reviews include a new picture books from Tomie dePaola, Nonny Hogrogian, Toni and Slade Morrison, and Danielle Steel; fiction from John Feinstein, Scott Westerfeld, Patricia McCormick and Justine Larbalestier; and a round-up of concept books.
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The Return of Jacob Two-Two By Leigh Anne Williams - 08/17/2009
After renowned Canadian author Mordecai Richler died in 2001, Tundra Books had some tough questions to answer. Richler had written three successful and beloved children’s books about Jacob Two-Two, the youngest boy in a large family who has to say everything twice to be heard over his siblings. Richler had planned to write a fourth book, and his family wanted the series to continue after his death, but that left Tundra with the task of finding an author capable of filling a big pair of shoes.
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Children's Book Reviews: 8/17/2009 08/17/2009
Reviewed this week: picture books from Loren Long, Charise Myracle Harper, Florence Parry Heide and Lane Smith, and Lauren Child; new fiction from Neil Gaiman, Kate DiCamillo and Gennifer Choldenko; and a round-up of titles about children's authors past and present, fit for kids, adults and even scholars.
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