Publishing News
Amazon, childrens-books, geography, Kindle Fire, self-help
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‘Shelf-help’ books set to fill publishers’ coffers in 2014 – So what’s the winning literary trend for 2014? According to this article by Vanessa Thorpe, it’s “shelf-help” books, which seem to be a clever repackaging of self-help books, but perhaps… more
B Reviews
childrens-books, Scientist, Simon & Schuster
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Dear Mr. Benton, A good friend of mine steered me in the direction of the Franny K. Stein books. Her daughter loves them so much that she was crushed when she discovered that she couldn’t make her own monster. Or… more
A Reviews/ Recommended Reads
20th century, childrens-books, cinderella
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Dear Ms. Hughes, A few months ago, I was looking to buy another retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale and your book, “Ella’s Big Chance – A Jazz Age Cinderella” was recommended to me at the same time. Intrigued by… more
B Reviews
childrens-books, Dragon
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“In this bestselling modern classic, Princess Elizabeth is slated to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps Ronald. In resourceful and humorous fashion, Elizabeth finds the dragon, outsmarts him, and rescues Ronald—who is less than pleased… more
A Reviews
childrens-books
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Dear Readers, When I went to buy a copy of “Princess Furball” at Amazon, several other books were recommended to me as being of possible interest. “Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters” was one of them. It has some elements of the classic… more
A- Reviews
childrens-books, England
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Dear Mr. Oakley, “The Church Mouse” was recommended to me by Cate, one our readers here at Dear Author, a few years ago. I took note of the title, wrote down your name and had always meant to seek out… more
B+ Reviews/ Book Reviews
childrens-books, cinderella, Fairy-Tales, HarperCollins
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Dear Ms. Huck, Your book “Princess Furball” was recommended to me by etv13, one of our readers here, after I posted a review of the movie “Donkey Skin.” I instantly fell in love with the name since I have two… more
A Reviews
animals, childrens-books
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Allow me to engage in some nepotism here. Yesterday, tot came home and reported that she had started her own review blog pursuant to instruction from the teacher. Instead of the book reports that I used to write as a… more
A- Reviews
cats, childrens-books, Fantasy Romance
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Dear Mr. Wynn-Jones, Years ago, before I was on the internet or associated the word amazon with anything other than ancient female warriors, I used to get a book catalogue called “A Common Reader.” It was an eclectic mix of… more
Book Reviews/ C Reviews Category/ C- Reviews
childrens-books, Fairy-Tales
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Dear Ms. Baker, As I wandered through my local bookstore, the title of this book caught my eye. I love fairy tales retold from a modern perspective, given slight twists or are just cute. The cover, and that of the… more
B Reviews Category/ B- Reviews/ Book Reviews
bodyguard, childrens-books, Fantasy Romance, Young-Adult
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Ebooks
childrens-books, ebook technology, Ebooks
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Last month, I read about a new e book program for kids called Kidthing.com. Kidthing is based on Adobe flash and is one part audio book and one part video. It really harnesses the ability of a computer to translate… more
A Review Category/ A- Reviews/ Book Reviews
childrens-books, Young-Adult
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Dear Ms. Ibbotson, I’ve long been a fan of your adult novels. They have a way of showing even the most mundane things in a magical light, and that always makes me realize there’s a bit of fairy tale in… more
Publishing News
Candlewick-Press, childrens-books
I was at Barnes and Noble the other day and there was a display by the kids’ play table of two pop up books: one about dinosaurs and one about sharks. The covers are hard but slightly padded and they… more
Publishing News
children, childrens-books, Recommended Reads
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Today is Drop Everything and Read Day. Set on the birthday of Beverly Clearly, D.E.A.R., this day is designed to remind families of the importance of reading together on a daily basis. According to some studies, children who read are… more