The second volume in the Chicagoland Detective Agency series, The Maltese Mummy, will be released in April. But you don’t have to wait till then to get the scoop on Megan, Raf and Bradley’s latest capper! Comicsgirl released this early review. Here is some of what Comicsgirl had to say: “Robbins is clearly having fun […]Read more "Coming in April: Maltese Mummy!"

and libraries are going to be publishers. You’re probably not going to spend 20 minutes on anything more worthwhile than watching this. Do I agree with it all? Probably not. Am I going to think about it all day? Yep. <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_DRH_8nTKpLY/TUHLRwtYcFI/AAAAAAAAAsY/v5j0UiF4uKs/video69023b3d3c2e%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('45196844-b170-458d-a930-6c4590985a8d'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " http://www.youtube.com/v/KqAwj5ssU2c?version=3&hl=en“;” alt=””> <img […]Read more "Publishers sell ice . . ."

Picture books are imagination factories. With imagination, anything is possible. This year, let’s… Save Everything! (and the Picture Book) By guest blogger Bridget Heos Do you love picture books? I should ask if you like sledding and, afterward, hot cocoa with marshmallows. Of course you do. Now, how would you like to win picture books […]Read more "Save Everything! (and the Picture Book)"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Although I’m not a tweeter myself (yet), I get a real kick out of the creative ways in which people fuss with Twitter posts. For example, I was inspired a couple years ago by an article in the New York Times food section to apply the Twitter aesthetic […]Read more "Tweet Tunes: Contest Time Again"

By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor Here at Lerner, we aim to please. So when we got the following email from author Sally Walker—er, from author Sally Walker’s very talented typing cats (yes, you read that right)—we just had to respond: From: Sally WalkerSent: Friday, August 21, 2009 10:29 AMTo: Hoffmann, SaraSubject: Dogs, dogs, dogs Dear Sara, […]Read more "Here Come the Cats!"

I spent this past weekend in Santa Barbara (70 degrees in January. Inconceivable), where I spent a good deal of time talking about writing with forty or so really dedicated SCBWI members. Thanks to Alexis O’Neill for the invitation. I had a great time, and one of the most exciting parts of the whole thing […]Read more "Misc."

Robyn Chapman,NY Editorial Assistant With the May premiere of Thor fast approaching, comic lovers are looking for good reading material. The School Library Journal compiled this handy list of titles staring this god of thunder. Graphic Universe’s own Thor & Loki made the list. Here is what they had to say: “Gr 3-8-Readers will appreciate […]Read more "GU Comics Day: The Mighty Thor(s)"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB It’s always fun to see what wins the big ALA awards at this time of year, and I was particularly interested in the new Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. The award has been around since the 1970s, but the first Stonewall award for children’s and young […]Read more "Stonewall Goes Mainstream"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press As part of my job, I give presentations from time to time. I presented Millbrook’s Spring 2011 list first back at our launch meeting, then at our sales conference last July, and finally at our librarian preview webcast. I practiced and practiced, but one book title always seemed to […]Read more "The Book with the Title I Can’t Pronounce"