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Mystery Writers of American has announced the nominees for the 2008 Edgar Allen Poe Awards. The winners will be announced at a banquet on May 1 2008 at the Grand Hyatt in New York. Here are the shortlists in the children's and young adult categories:
BEST JUVENILE
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Shadows on Society Hill by Evelyn Coleman (American Girl Publications)
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion Books)
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)
Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things by Wendelin Van Draanen (Random House Children’s Books – Alfred A. Knopf)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Rat Lifeby Tedd Arnold (Penguin – Dial Books for Young Readers)
Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney (Random House Children’s Books – Delacorte Press)
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing – Atheneum Books for Young eaders)
Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin (Random House Children’s Books – Delacorte Press)
Fragments by Jeffry W. Johnston (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing – Simon Pulse)
The redhead actress [Julianne Moore] - whose debut children's book 'Freckleface Strawberry' follows the story of a seven-year-old girl trying to come to terms with her red hair and freckles - is planning to concentrate on her budding literary career.
Punknews.org | Bouncing Soul Greg Attonito's book "I Went for a Walk" video online
Greg Attonito, frontman of New Jersey punk rock act Bouncing Souls has put a complete narrated version of his new children's book called I Went for a Walk. on YouTube.
Memoir draws a picture of life behind a fairy-tale success story - The Boston Globe
Review of House Of Happy Endings, a memoir by Leslie Garis, the granddaughter of Howard and Lilian Garis, who wrote the Uncle Wiggily and Bobbsey Twins stories.
Author's nude drawings too hot for US publisher - Independent Online Edition > Europe
Rotraut Susanne Berner's illustrated "Wimmel" books about the everyday lives of adults and children have won international acclaim and are best-sellers in 13 countries from Japan to the Faroe Islands. But the 59-year-old author said her American publisher had refused to accept her latest book for US distribution because it contained elements deemed potentially offensive, including drawings of people naked or smoking....
A Fuse #8 Production: Have a Seat. I Have Something to Tell You.
The excellent US blog, Fuse #8, is to become part of the School Library Journal website. Its author will be paid an undeclared retainer to write at least three entries per week.
Vermont publisher sues over "Choose Your Adventure" Jeep ads
A children's book publisher filed a trademark suit Wednesday against DaimlerChrysler, saying a new ad campaign for Jeep Patriot infringes on the trademark of "Choose Your Own Adventure," a popular series of books. Jeep's new ads use the tag line: "Choose Your Adventure." A spokesman for Chrysler said he was shocked the suit was filed, and that the parties had been negotiating in hopes of reaching a settlement. Chooseco LLC, which recently began re-issuing the R.A. Montgomery books, filed the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Burlington... ...
Teens buying books at fastest rate in decades
Another piece about Young Adult literature
"Kids are buying books in quantities we've never seen before," said Booklist magazine critic Michael Cart, a leading authority on young adult literature. "And publishers are courting young adults in ways we haven't seen since the 1940s." Credit a bulging teen population, a surge of global talent and perhaps a bit of Harry Potter afterglow as the preteen Muggles of yesteryear carry an ingrained reading habit into later adolescence. Not only are teen book sales booming -- up by a quarter between 1999 and 2005, by one industry analysis -- but the quality is soaring as well. Older teens in particular are enjoying a surge of sophisticated fare as young adult literature becomes a global phenomenon. ...
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