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‘Twilight’ brings supernatural fiction to life, boosts genre

'Twilight' brings supernatural fiction to life, boosts genre

Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer, shown at her home in Cave Creek, Ariz., has opened the door for other teen novels about the paranormal.
Stephenie Meyer may be the reigning queen of teen vampire novels (and USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list), but there are plenty of authors ready to take a bite out of her kingdom.

Meyer's best-selling Twilight series has been the biggest story in publishing for months. But with no new Meyer title on the horizon, young fans are quenching their thirst for paranormal fiction by turning to other authors — and publishers are eager to benefit from the Twilight bump.

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Dr Seuss

From St. Joseph News-Press: It would have been Dr. Seuss’s 105th birthday on Monday, and communities across the country held celebrations large and small. Here, a Missouri librarian talks about what makes Seuss’s books so popular.

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BEA announces children’s breakfast speakers

 
 

The speakers for the annual Children’s Book and Author Breakfast at BookExpo America have been announced. The breakfast will feature Meg Cabot, author of the Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls series (Scholastic); Tomie dePaola, author of Strega Nona’s Harvest (Putnam); and Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of Duck! Rabbit! and Little Oink (both Chronicle). Julie Andrews Edwards, author of Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies (Little, Brown) will be the master of ceremonies. The breakfast is presented in cooperation with the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee, a joint committee of the American Booksellers Association, Association of Booksellers for Children and the Children’s Book Council. It will be held on Friday, May 29, in New York City. read more

Stephanie Meyer’s new book

From the New York Daily News: Though Stephenie Meyer hasn't changed her decision not to go forward with her novel Midnight Sun, after an early draft of it was posted on the Internet last summer, she is in fact working on another book, which is not Twilight-related.

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Book – One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

 
A CLASSIC IN THE MAKING FROM THE 2008 CALDECOTT HONOR WINNER

ONE BOY is a perfect example of why Kirkus Reviews calls Laura Vaccaro Seeger the “emerging master of the concept book”—a die-cut book exploring counting and words-within-words, and the power of art and imagination.

 

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Laurie Halse Anderson wins Scott O’Dell award

Laurie Halse Anderson has won the 2009 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her novel Chains (Simon & Schuster). Set in New York City at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the novel follows a young house slave, Isabel, who is caught between the Rebels and the Loyalists. Chains was a finalist for last year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature, as was Anderson's first novel, Speak, back in 1999. The O'Dell Award comes with a $5,000 prize.

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Costa Children’s Book Award

Michelle Magorian has won the 2008 Costa Children's Book Award in the U.K. for Just Henry (Egmont). Just Henry, which is set in post-war Britain and raises issues about patriotism and social class, is Magorian's first book in 10 years. She is perhaps best known for her 1981 novel, Goodnight, Mister Tom. The prize will be awarded at a ceremony in London on January 27. Read more about the author here.

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Book – The Crossroads

 

by Chris Grabenstein

"Have you ever seen a face hidden in the bark of a tree and known that the man trapped inside wanted to hurt you?" It's the perfect opening for Chris Grabenstein's ghost story, The Crossroads.
Ghosts vengeful and benevolent, evil possession and dark secrets from the past all figure in this suspenseful page turner destined to grab reluctant readers, especially boys, and R.L. Stine fans.

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Meg Cabot bids farewell to ‘Princess Diaries’ series

Author Meg Cabot says it's "bittersweet" to end her Princess Diaries series. But she has more tween books on the way.

'Forever' yours on Tuesday

Meg Cabot tools around Key West on bicycles whose colors — pink, purple and turquoise — match the covers of her popular Princess Diaries series.
A new bike in a new color isn't in Cabot's future; her series about a reluctant teen royal is coming to an end. The last book, Volume X: Forever Princess (HarperTeen, $16.99), goes on sale Tuesday.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-01-04-meg-cabot_N.htm?csp=34

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Emmy and the home for troubled girls – fiction activities and animation skills

by Lynne Jonell

Emmy and the home for troubled girls

 

Now, Emmy, a likeable mixture of Nancy Drew and Dr. Dolittle, is set to embark on a new adventure in a sequel, Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls

Click here for  more about the book.  Read an excerpt, visit the author's website, make your own drawings that move and find out how to create flipbook animations in PowerPoint    =>  http://bit.ly/UKYphj