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  • Children’s books, parents, and discipline : The New Yorker

  • Date: Oct 12, 2009
    BOOKS review about children’s books. Increasingly, nearly all forms of discipline of a willful child appear morally suspect. Many parents conduct themselves as if their child were the subject of a peer-reviewed experiment. A preferred way of inculcating discipline is the reading of picture books. More

  • Patrick McDonnell on "Mutts", Childrens Books & More

  • Source: www.comicbookresources.com Date: Sep 29, 2009
    Comic Book Resources - Daily Comic Book News, Reviews, Previews, Commentary and Message Boards More

  • Mr Big breaks picture book records

  • Source: www.guardian.co.uk Date: Sep 23, 2009
    Ed Vere, winner of the Booktrust best baby book award, is now the most published author of a picture book ever in the UK More

  • Unknown artist to illustrate latest story by bestselling children's author Julia Donaldson

  • Source: www.telegraph.co.uk Date: Sep 18, 2009
    An unknown artist has been chosen to illustrate the latest picture book by best-selling children's author Julia Donaldson, after winning a competition run by The Daily Telegraph and Waterstone's. More

  • Canadian Children Book Centre Awards Finalists

  • Source: canadianfiction.staging.suite101.com Date: Sep 7, 2009
    $110,000 in prize money will be awarded to Canadian children's book authors in the coming months thanks to the 2009 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. More

  • The first picture book arrives on iPhone

  • Source: features.csmonitor.com Date: Aug 31, 2009
    Books: Book reviews, news from the literary world, and a daily blog by the books editor of The Christian Science Monitor. More

  • Preparing Your Child for Kindergarten

  • Source: picture-books.suite101.com Date: Aug 5, 2009
    Once you watch your young child graduate from preschool it is time to prepare for the next step: kindergarten. This is the most important milestone in your child's schoo More

  • ‘Picture Books’ Aren’t Just for Kids

  • Source: www.beneaththecover.com Date: Jul 14, 2009
    We’ve already experienced the Golden Age of movies and TVs—are we now in the Golden Age of Graphic Novels? In 2008, a tough year for the book industry, More

  • Picture books feature feathered friends

  • Source: www.sfgate.com Date: Jun 28, 2009
    The feathers are flying in a flock of new picture books featuring ducks, chickens, songbirds and a fledgling eagle. First up, five baby ducks go camping in the backyard in Lynne Berry's Duck Tents, illustrated in charming watercolors by Hiroe Nakata (Henry... More

  • Daily Dose for Fri, Jun 26: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

  • Source: www.powells.com Date: Jun 26, 2009
    In Chewandswallow, meals rain from the sky at appropriate times of the day, but a change in the weather blows in massive problems. "Prediction: Children dreaming up their own weather menus are sure to follow up on the fun."--"Booklist." A "New York Times"... More

  • Review of In Madera Canyon, by Jane E. Holt

  • Source: wildlifepreservation.suite101.com Date: Jun 15, 2009
    Journalist, photographer and award-winning writer Jane E. Holt makes her children's fiction debut with this delightful book about the animals that inhabit Madera Canyon. More

  • Seattle author hits the big time of the children's book world

  • Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com Date: May 22, 2009
    Northwest author Bonny Becker has hit the big time with her children's book "A Visitor for Bear." At least as big as big time gets in the world of children's publishing. More

  • Video: First Time Ever Digital-Only Offering of This Kind Available for Children's Books to Promote Reading

  • Source: news.prnewswire.com Date: May 14, 2009
    /PRNewswire/ -- Moving Picture Books, a partnership between RIVR Media Interactive and Dalmatian Press, launched with a line of digital, high-quality children's book favorites. The offerings combine the best storytelling with leading edge technology to magically bring storybooks to life. More

  • Ageless-Sages, Picture Books For Elders™ Voted one Of Top 200 Leading Moms In Business In Startup

  • Source: www.prlog.org Date: May 4, 2009
    Ageless-Sages, Picture Books For Elders™ Voted one Of Top 200 Leading Moms In Business In Startup. Ageless-Sages.com, Picture Books for Elders™ announced today that it has been recognized as one of the top 200 mom-owned businesses in StartupNation’s 2009 Leading Moms In Business Competition. More

  • Captain Bulk Joins HarperCollins Picture Book List

  • Source: www.licensemag.com Date: Feb 23, 2009
    HarperCollins Children's Books has signed Captain Bulk, a new picture book series for preschoolers by author/illustrator Sam Lloyd. More

  • Picture Book Author Sue Eves visits the Slushpile

  • Source: notesfromtheslushpile.co.uk Date: Jan 26, 2009
    Welcome to the first of an occasional series in which authors who have managed to escape from the Slushpile visit our blog and give us hope! Our very first author is Sue Eves, whose book The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog will be out on the 5th of February. More

  • Top Picture Books of 2008

  • Source: kidslit.menashalibrary.org Date: Dec 29, 2008
    I've decided to do a retrospective this year.  I found that I have to take it in easily digestible pieces, so here are my picks for top picture book listed by the month of the year that I reviewed them. ... More

  • Best Children's Picture Books of 2008

  • Source: www.omnivoracious.com Date: Nov 8, 2008
    2008 was a terrific year for the category of Children's Picture Books. Frankly, it was even tougher than usual to narrow the list down to the Top 10 for the Best Books of 2008. It also seems that the category... More

  • An author, an illustrator, and a librarian walk into a bar...

  • Source: picturebookillustration.blogspot.com Date: Oct 17, 2008
    Hi Paula! I wish I had a punch line for ya. (Now when I say "ya" do you know who comes to mind? You betcha, that Gov. from Alaska.) Eleanor Davis is some kind of wunderkind. I’m glad to hear that real kids like and read the toon books. Those kids of yours come in handy. More

  • LJ Talks to Alaska Children’s Librarian Charlotte Glover on the Wasilla Book Banning Controversy and Other Collection Decisions

  • Source: Library Journal Date: Oct 6, 2008
    Given the controversy over the gay-themed titles that allegedly raised the ire of some Wasilla, AK, residents, and the inquiries by then-Mayor Sarah Palin about the library's procedure for banning books, LJ decided to ask a veteran Alaska librarian about some of the issues raised. More

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