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Children�s Publishers Honor Quint - 6/15/2006 - Publishers Weekly

The biggest names in the children�s book industry gathered [last] Tuesday evening to bid farewell to Paula Quint, president and executive director of the Children�s Book Council, who is retiring this month after 40 years at the CBC. Several veterans who have retired from the business, including Susan Hirschman, John Keller, Jim Giblin, Eden Ross Lipson and Paulette Kaufmann, were among the many who gathered to pay tribute to Quint.

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HarperCollins Launches Children's Book Website for Parents, Kids, Librarians

HarperCollins Launches Children's Book Website for Parents, Kids, Librarians
March 14, 2006
By Kimberly Maul

HarperCollins Children�s Books [US] today announced the launch of a new website, aimed at kids, parents, teachers and librarians, which is the �cornerstone of our future marketing efforts,� said Diane Naughton, vice president of marketing for HarperCollins Children�s Books...

Globetechnology: Teen wins U.S. Web design contest

America's youngest Web wizard is a 14-year-old in northern Nebraska. That would be Danika Young of Atkinson Junior High School, who won the title as part of a nationwide contest. Her winning entry: a website that serves as a study guide for "Maniac Magee," an award-winning children's book.

Fredericksburg.com - Children's book author Katherine Paterson shares her thoughts about her new serial story and writing in general.

Katherine Paterson, talking about her new work, "Long Road Home," a serialized children's story published by Breakfast Serials and running Mondays in The Free Lance-Star's Life section through May 30, and life as a reader and author.

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Washington Jewish Week Online Edition

Matthue Roth's new book, Never Mind the Goldbergs, features Hava, a 17-year-old punk Orthodox girl from New York who gets asked to act on a sitcom, goes to Hollywood and encounters the outside world...

Read a report by Rachel Zuckerman from the Jewish Exponent on the launch event...

Visit the Matthue Roth website...

Silicon Valley Biz Ink :: Headlines

Info. about Adobe's new 3D interactive authoring package:

"Imagine a publisher of children's books creating an interactive e-book that lets young readers interact with characters ? la a video game...

The Atmosphere authoring tool, which will hit the streets in November for about $400, lets developers build a 3-D world and import 3-D objects and other multimedia from third-party developers. It also works with computer-aided design technology. For educators, Adobe will make the tool available at a specially discounted price of about $100..."