Book of the Week
NEW VOICES: OPENING THE BOOK WITH…CHRISTOPHER HEALY
Meet Christopher Healy, author of the uproariously funny THE HERO’S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM (read an excerpt here!). In case you missed yesterday’s post about the book, be sure to check it out for some words from Christopher’s editor, Jordan Brown, along with a downloadable activity for the book. And now, let’s Open the [...]
NEW VOICES, A WORD FROM THE EDITOR: THE HERO’S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM
Now that May is here, it’s officially summer, right? Well, it’s at least right around the corner, and you know what that means . . . a new round of New Voices! We’re excited to start off the summer leg of our program with a spotlight on debut author Christopher Healy. His book THE HERO’S [...]
CLASS ACTS
We’re doing something really fun and new this coming Fall (we know, it’s just barely getting nice out and here we are, already fast-forwarding…) to get our tween authors out in schools and bookstores: it’s called Class Acts, and terrific author duos are going out on the road to compete (with the help of the [...]
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
In case you haven’t heard us talking about this book yet, we’ll say it again here: WE LOVE IVAN. Ivan is an easy-going gorilla who lives at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, and he spends his days drawing, watching his TV, and being stared at by shoppers. When Ruby, a baby elephant, moves in, Ivan summons the [...]
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ALA AWARD WINNERS!
Truly, our cup is overflowing. Everyone here is beyond excited and incredibly proud of our award winning books and authors, announced this Monday at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. An astounding amount of work, love, patience, devotion, and hope goes into each book that’s published, and we’re honored to be part of the process that helps [...]
MEET ME AT MIDWINTER
Things might be a little quiet over here at the blog this week, because the team is packing up and heading to Dallas, Texas to attend the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. We love this conference– we catch up with old friends, make new ones, promote our terrific upcoming books, and scope the scene for [...]
Introducing: New Voices!
Right now, we’re gearing up to start our New Voices program, and we wanted to give you a little preview. New Voices will feature eight fantastic novels by debut authors that we think you’re going to love. We’ll be introducing these great new talents here on the pageturn, starting in December and continuing throughout the winter, so be [...]
DARK EDEN: BOOK AND APP
WE ARE SEVEN STRANGERS NO ONE CAN FIND US SIX THINK THE CURE WILL WORK ONLY I KNOW THE TRUTH THIS PLACE WILL DESTROY US When Will Besting approaches Fort Eden for the first time, he knows something isn’t right. With more terrifying secrets at every turn he discovers a hidden fear deep inside himself, [...]
HAPPY HARPER HALLOWEEN!
We bookmaking folk take our Halloweening pretty seriously. How many HarperCollins Children’s characters can you spot in the photos above (taken in our photo studio/elevator bank)?
The Three Musketeers
The story of The Three Musketeers has captured the imagination of youngsters and adults alike for ages. I don’t remember being into it as a kid…but I was certainly into as a teen when the film version came out. Granted, I think my fascination had more to do with Chris O’Donnell and Kiefer Sutherland than [...]
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