Starting in 2012 Penguin will publish books based on ‘islands’ from the wildly popular Poptropica game site.
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Emma Thompson to Pen Peter Rabbit Sequel
Frederick Warne announced the publication of The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit in September 2012, the 110th anniversary of the bunny’s first appearance in print.
The Autumn of Brian Selznick All Around the World
The film of Brian Selznick’s new novel, Wonderstruck is being published on September 13th by Scholastic Press simultaneously across the English-speaking world.
Licensees Need to Loosen Up, Says Egmont Kids Digital Director
Children’s publishers and license holders need to prepare for broader license agreements to meet the challenges of moving from print to digital.
JibJab’s App Lets Your Child Star in Their Own E-book
The new JibJab Jr. Children’s Starring You app uses photos of your child and makes them the lead character in their own e-book.
When a Coloring Book is More Than a Coloring Book
Promoted as an educational coloring book, We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kid’s Book of Freedom fails the grade.
Review: William Giraldi’s Fantastic Debut Busy Monsters
The fantastic first line of a fantastic first novel: Stunned by love and some would say stupid from too much sex, I decided I had to drive down South to kill a man.
Group Read of Brothers Karamazov Begins Today on Project D
By Dennis Abrams “Alexi Fyodorovich Karamazov was the third son of a landowner from our district, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, well known in his day (and still remembered among us) because of his dark and tragic death, which happened exactly thirteen years ago and which I shall speak of in its proper place.” And so begins our journey into Fyodor Dostoevsky’s …
The Perfect Summer Read: PP’s Project D’ Starts ‘The Brothers Karamazov’
By Dennis Abrams Looking for the perfect summer read? Something that will sweep you away to another time and place, something you can really sink your teeth into, something that’s not another dark and twisted Scandinavian murder mystery? Do I have an idea for you. Its got murder, an investigation, and a trial. Its got sex. Its got jealousy. Its …
Publishing Perspectives’ Group Read of Dostoevsky’s ‘The Idiot’ Begins Feb. 21
By Dennis Abrams Over at Project D, Publishing Perspectives’ ongoing study of the four major novels of Russian master Fyodor Dostoevsky, we’re just wrapping up Crime and Punishment, and laying the groundwork for the next novel in our series: The Idiot. A complete turnaround from the dark, poverty-filled world of Raskolnikov’s St. Petersburg, The Idiot tells the story of Prince …