Oh, my, the Northern Hemisphere is having wintry weather! On the Pacific Coast, that means lots of rain and even unusually generous snowstorms. In the Midwest and along the Northeast, it’s been wind as well as fast moving snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures. Our friends in the UK, meanwhile, also are having snowstorms. All in all, […]
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This may be the first time ever we have occasion to announce that a book from one of the many wonderful authors working with the publishers we market has…a movie coming out! However, that’s the case here: Claire McFall’s teen novel Ferryman is soon to be a motion picture! The announcement has come that Kelly Marcel has
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The old lunar year is ending and a new year beginning this week. To celebrate, we’re sharing Lantana Publishing’s picture book, Dragon Dancer, by Joyce Chng with gorgeous art by Jérémy Pailler. As Lantana’s editorial staff note: There are many traditions, rituals, and festivities associated with Chinese New year, but among the most renowned are
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What’s more fun than reading? Reading aloud, of course! make those characters shout and pout and giggle and show off their fancy moves! In honor of the day, we (of course) have a few suggestions: From Cassava Republic, there’s A Visit to Grandad: An African ABC, by Sade Fadipe and illustrated by Shedrach Ayalomeh. Visit
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Here at Publisher Spotlight we are lucky to have an internship program that gives us the opportunity to meet and work with new and fresh talent coming into the publishing and marketing world. Our current intern is Molly Johnson, originally from Iowa by way of South Carolina, and a recent graduate of the Denver Publishing
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We expect North American readers are familiar with several of the publishers we bring to conferences. From Canada, there’s Pajama Press, for example, a publisher who has received acclaim from many associations and for a variety of areas of endeavor. Also from Canada, we bring Inhabit Media, the only wholly Inuit-owned publisher currently on the
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In less than a week we’ll be joining thousands of our friends and colleagues in Seattle for the 2019 Midwinter meeting of the American Library Association. We’re bringing along 22 publishers to Booth 2211, where visitors can browse books for kids, audiobook information, our graphic novel gallery, and more. We’ll also host cartoonist Elizabeth Lareau
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What do you really know about the power of listening? Maybe you’re an audiobook fan, maybe you believe listening to audiobooks is cheating, maybe you’ve not given much critical thought to how listening matters to literacy. The Sound Learning project provides a wealth of research, practical tools, and other guidance to help educators, librarians, and parents understand
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As we gear up for the American Library Association’s 2019 Midwinter Meeting, we’re celebrating the official debut of ALA’s new member-driven Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table. We regularly feature graphic novel galleries in our conference display booths and are proud to represent a range of publishers who produce fine visual literary work for kids
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