BNA_Daily | January 19, 2010
While many of us were relaxing over the 3-day weekend, authors, librarians, and publishers were busy at ALA Midwinter, the American Library Association’s 4-day, nonstop bookfest filled with meetings, events, and awards. While the meetings were no doubt exciting, we’ll ignore those and focus on the major awards: the John Newbery Medal, the Randolph Caldecott [...]
thomas_b | November 23, 2009
At one time, horse stories were a staple in literature for young people. Such stories often highlighted the best and worse in humankind (Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty); the bond between humans and their animals (Walter Farley’s The Black Stallion); and class differences in the microcosm of the horsy set (Enid Bagnold’s National Velvet). Over time, [...]
thomas_b | October 20, 2009
Sure, it’s TEEN Read Week, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t also use this time to promote great books and reading to children who are going to be teens eventually. If your child or tween wants to find some engaging reading material for the Halloween season, but they’re not quite ready to venture into [...]
BNA_Daily | September 23, 2009
In today’s news, learn which writers have earned the official GENIUS title, what books are being considered as “best of the millennium,” and which short picture books should probably not be made into feature films. Enjoy!
If you’re wondering how filmmakers turned the short children’s book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (out last weekend) into [...]
BNA_Daily | August 21, 2009
It’s possible that after three months of summer reading the kids in your life aren’t looking for any more book recommendations, but today’s are different! From graphic novels to the best reviewed books of 2009, these are books kids will want to hear about. Just make sure you don’t sell any too hard, because “assigned [...]
BNA_Daily | June 10, 2009
Noticing the recent success of books like The Hunger Games and Wintergirls, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about trends in teen literature and hypothesized that teens “like a little madness, sadism and disease in the books they curl up with at night.” The article goes on to say that these tough “issue” books [...]
BNA_Editor | January 27, 2009
While the Oscars have dominated the recent pop culture award talk, it should be noted that it’s also the award season for the vibrant field of children’s literature. Two of the biggest juvenile lit awards were announced this week, with author Neil Gaiman winning the Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book and illustrator Beth Krommes [...]
