Finalists for 2014 NBA in Young People's Literature Announced On Wednesday morning, the National Book Foundation narrowed its longlist down to five finalists for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature: Noggin by John Corey Whaley, Revolution by Deborah Wiles, Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, Threatened by Eliot Schrefer, and The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin. The winners will be announced at the NBA's annual awards dinner on November 19, hosted by Lemony Snicket. Read on for PW's starred reviews of the books by all five finalists. more
Diversity Group Announces Walter Dean Myers Award and Grants
The grassroots group We Need Diverse Books continues to advocate for more diversity in contemporary children's literature by introducing new initiatives. The organization announced exclusively to PW this week that it is launching an award and grants program in 2015. Also, Walter Dean Myers's literary estate has granted WNDB the rights to name the award and grants in memory of the late children's author, who was outspoken in his lifelong advocacy for multicultural children's books. more
Month9Books Launches Tantrum Books Month9Books, a publisher of dark and gritty YA fiction and the Swoon Romance line, is targeting a younger audience with its new middle-grade imprint, Tantrum Books. The imprint, whose tagline is "Let's make some noise," focuses on speculative fiction "full of adventure and whimsy." Aimed at readers ages 7-up, Tantrum will release four to six titles a year. more
IN THE MEDIA
| From CNN: What teens will be reading next? Some predictions for 2015. Click here Lena Dunham Wants to Turn Catherine, Called Birdy into a Movie. Click here Is e-reading to your toddler story time, or simply screen time? Click here John Green celebrates 10 years since his debut, Looking for Alaska. Click here A teen blogger asks, Where are all the disabled characters in children's books? Click here The Mortal Instruments will return as a TV series. Click here Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton debuts his new children's book and announces the show's online return. Click here SNL Parodies Every Young Adult Novel Ever Made With The Group Hopper. Click here 10 Favorite Books in 6 Countries (According to Facebook). Click here From the U.K.: a list of the 50 best culturally diverse children's books. Click here How Jon Klassen became one of the world's most sought-after children's book illustrators. Click here Children's illustrators' doodles: watch them in action. Click here Members of the Baby-Sitters Club, Ranked. Click here | | From the New Yorker: S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, and the birth of YA. Click here Warner Bros. is making more Harry Potter movies – possibly a lot more. Click here Madeline, the Everygirl who never grows old, is turning 75. Click here The Weinstein Co. moves Paddington off the crowded Christmas weekend. Click here And then the queen kissed the princess: fairytales get a modern makeover. Click here Roald Dahl, a Bottle of Dreams, and a "Letter of Note." Click here Make a Difference with Loukoumi, based on the books by Nick Katsoris, will make its TV premiere this month. Click here "A seagull invasion, a sketchy country fair, a biting pig, deep fried butter on a stick": Jeff Kinney on Wimpy Kid #9. Click here How Videogames Like Minecraft Actually Help Kids Learn to Read. Click here The importance of using diverse names in children's books. Click here Easy as ABC: how illustrator Oliver Jeffers hops between physics, picture books and fine art. Click here Sample the Amazing Amy books of Gone Girl. Click here If Goosebumps Books Were Written for Adults. Click here |
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