When book bans go bad | Richard Adams A mix-up by the Texas state board of education bans one of America's most beloved childrens' books Walk into just about any US bookstore or library and you'll find a copy of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See. It was first published in 1967, and illustrated by Eric Carle – who also gave us the equally famous The Very Hungry Caterpillar – and written by Bill Martin J... Submitted: on 28th Jan 2010 Tags: · Texas · The · Up · What · Adams · Beloved · Bill Martin · Bookstore · Brown Bear · Brown Bear · What Do You See? · Eric Carle · Famous · Hungry · Published · Richard Adams · The · The Very Hungry Caterpillar · What · What Do You See? · When · WrittenChildrens Books Ireland - The Children's Laureate | Ireland To get Its Own Children's Laureate Nominations must be received by 5pm March 19th 2010. No nomination can be accepted after this deadline. The recipient of the first Children's Laureate will be announced on May 13th 2010. There will be a special information forum on Ireland's First Children's Laureate at 10.30am on Monday March 8th in Council Chambers, City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin ... Submitted: on 6th Mar 2010 Tags: · children · information · The · Children's · Childrens Books · Deadline · Ireland · March · NominationsAuction Report: Sotheby's The English Literature, History, Childrens' Books & Illustrations sale at Sotheby's London today made £997,113. Full results are here. Top sellers: - E.H. Shepard drawings, the map for Winnie-the-Pooh and a lot of the only two Shepard drawings of heffalumps did well; the former made £49,250, and the latter was the top seller at £55,250. - An Edmund Dulac waterco... Submitted: on 17th Dec 2009 Tags: · London · The · History · Literature · Map · Top SellerThe Toymaker by Jeremy de Quitd The shortlist for the Waterstone’s Childrens prize 2010 has been announced and at last I can talk about it without fear of letting slip something I shouldn’t. The winner won’t be announced until 10th February and I have no idea who that will be, so I am free to prattle on without getting into trouble. I Submitted: on 16th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Childrens Prize · Free · I Can · Shortlist · TroubleThe Toymaker by Jeremy de Quitd The shortlist for the Waterstone’s Childrens prize 2010 has been announced and at last I can talk about it without fear of letting slip something I shouldn’t. The winner won’t be announced until 10th February and I have no idea who that will be, so I am free to prattle on without getting into Submitted: on 15th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Childrens Prize · Free · I Can · ShortlistJob Detective: HarperCollins Director, IP Development Just before the holiday vacation, publishers posted two new jobs. Like a hardboiled gumshoe, GalleyCat has been investigating publishing work on the mediabistro.com job boards. For your resume-making pleasure, here are the new postings. Modern Publishing seeks an Editorial Assistant. Here's more about the position: "Mass-market childrens book publisher seeks detail-oriented, hands-on editoria... Submitted: on 22nd Dec 2009 Tags: · holiday · modern · The · Book Publisher · Childrens Book · Childrens Book Publisher · Job · Publishers · Publishing · ResumeReview | Monster Republic by Ben Horton Title: Monster Republic Author: Ben Horton Publisher: Corgi Childrens Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Release Date: 1st January 2010 An explosion in a nuclear power plant. Kids patched up with scavenged body parts and bionic implants. A growing army of superhuman soldiers programmed for destruction. “No,” whispered Cameron to the monster in the glass. And he watched it shaking its hideous... Submitted: on 5th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Up · Author · Ben · Paperback · Publisher · Republic · Review · UpBooks about Books I love, love, LOVE reading books about books–most especially fiction about books. So I was excited to see Abebooks’ list of books about books. Inkheart is one of my favorite books, period, as well as one of my favorite books about books, so I was happy to see it on the list. There were Submitted: on 23rd Jan 2010 Tags: · The · About Books · Books About · Fiction · Inkheart · Reading · Reading BooksLibraries: Not About Books Hang out a little bit in library-land, and you'll soon hear the talk about books. Or, rather, not about books. Yes, libraries are about more than books. I totally agree. No argument there. But it does disappoint that "more than books" has become "not about books." LISnews offers up Ten Librarian Blogs to Read in 2010. The standard? "to help highlight people writing in the many different areas of l... Submitted: on 5th Jan 2010 Tags: · The · Up · About Books · Blogs · Libraries · Up · WritingBooks That Feed Writers (x-posted from my LJ) It used to be, as a reader, that there were two kinds of books for me: Books I liked. Books I didn't. The reasoning behind what put a book into either of these categories was and is still mostly mysterious and unpredictable, though it has something to do with subtle characterization and clever narration and pretty prose. Nowadays, however, as a writer, I can split it down further. Books ... Submitted: on 22nd Feb 2010 Tags: · The · What · I Can · Mysterious · Reader · What · Writer · Writers
