Book of the Week
National Book Award Finalists
The National Book Award Finalists were announced yesterday, as many of you know, and here are the the finalists in the “Young People’s Literature” category: Paolo Bacigalupi, SHIP BREAKER (Little, Brown & Co.) Kathryn Erskine, MOCKINGBIRD (Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) Laura McNeal, DARK WATER (Alfred A. Knopf) Walter Dean Myers, [...]
NetGalley
It’s here: NETGALLEY! HarperCollins Children’s Books now posts particular galleys to this website for you to peruse. Right now, we’re featuring the following titles: AFTERLIFE by Claudia Gray ANGELFIRE by Courtney Allison Moulton DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver THE DOOMSDAY BOX by Herbie Brennan THE GENIUS FILES by Dan Gutman KICK by Walter Dean Myers and [...]
Cookbooks
Kate Morgan Jackson, our editor-in-chief and resident foodie here at HarperCollins, is also an amazing photographer: she is responsible for the gooorgeous photos of us gals you see in the right column. Believe me, we needed all her help to make us look that good! So we want to take this opportunity to thank Kate [...]
Poetry Friday: Kids Being Kids
Between all the talk about bullying, the ridiculous proclamation that picture books are dinosaurs, and discussions about how much homework kids are assigned…I’m feeling like I just want to let loose and be silly. More importantly, I want to encourage kids to do so as well. Remind them to play and imagine. Have fun. Here’s [...]
Books for Boys
Maureen Johnson had the blogosphere and twitterverse on fire recently with her excellent blog post “Sell the Girls“, which brought up the issue, among many issues, of male authors being considered “literary” and female authors being considered more “commercial.” I urge you to read the post yourself and peruse the comments – the level of [...]
Storytime Corner: Friends
I always loved doing storytimes about friendship when I worked in libraries. As a theme, it was warm and fuzzy while, at the same time, addressing a topic that can be a source of stress for young ones (and their parents!). I loved asking the kids about the ways to be a good friend – [...]
Lauren Conrad Style
LAUREN CONRAD STYLE goes on sale today and I’m having so much fun going through the copy I have in my office. This will appeal to your fashion-minded high school students, for certain, but there’s also some helpful advice for us grown women as well. I particularly loved this section: BREAKING UP WITH YOUR CLOTHING [...]
KNUFFLE BUNNY WINNERS!
This was such a fun contest – thanks for sharing your travel dreams with us! And congratulations to the following winners of a KNUFFLE BUNNY luggage tag! Allison Francine Amy Susan Johnson Nola Sellwood Cris Soldano Heather Parker Laurie Young Em Sara Wrightstone You’ll be contacted shortly for your mailing address. In the meantime, readers, [...]
Poetry Friday: Banned Books Week
This has been an eventful Banned Books Week, to say the least. MOCKINGJAY, expectedly and unfortunately, has been challenged…”Speak Loudly” has become the unofficial theme of the week, as teachers, librarians, teens, and authors have rallied to defend Laurie Halse Anderson‘s SPEAK (check out the twitter hashtag #speakloudly)…there has been a fourth suicide just this [...]
This Week’s New Books
As I’m sure you saw, it’s been KNUFFLE BUNNY crazy here in the best way possible! In addition to our luggage tag giveaway, Simply Stacie has an ah-mazing giveaway on her blog, including a Knuffle Bunny plush! Right now, though, I want to bring your attention to other fantastic books that came out this week [...]
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