Video: For Joy Of Books
Sean and Lisa Ohlenkamp of TYPE Books (one of my favourite bookstores in Toronto) spent "many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at TYPE" to put together this amazing video.
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MiG Writers: Six middle grade & YA writers who blog about the craft and business of writing for young people.
Pixel Shavings: Six children's book illustrator/writers who blog about their process, with sample images.
Kidlitartists: Children's book illustrators (SCBWI Mentees).
Sketcharound: Creativity and tips on finding your own creative voice.
Writer Unboxed: Craft & business of fiction. I post a cartoon on the first Saturday of every month.
Instapoem: Daily poetry prompt from Rand Bellavia. I post sporadically.
Under construction:
Annick Press | Macmillan Kids | Orca | Penguin | Scholastic | Tundra | Walden Pond Press
On Google+:
My Kidlit/YA people on Google+ directory
My Librarians on Google+ directory
My Children's Book Illustrators on Google+ directory
Also see my General Lit/Book Lists Google+ directory
For kidlit industry news & opinion:
100 Scope Notes: News | Bookshelves Of Doom | Booksquare | Canadian Children's Book Center | Children's Book Council: News | Cynsations | Fuse #8 Production | Gotta Book | Kathy Temean: News links | Publisher's Weekly: Children's section | Publishing Perspectives: Childrens | Quill & Quire Latest News | Read Roger (Horn Book) | SCBWI Blog | School Library Journal | Who's Moving Where (Purple Crayon)
For nuts & bolts info:
The Purple Crayon: Writing, Illustrating & Publishing Children's Books
Writing-World.com: Writing For Children
Publications/sites about kidlit (not just reviews):
Children's Literature Web Guide
Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
For kidlit/YA teachers:
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site | Educating Alice | Reading Rockets | TeachingBooks.net
For Canadian kidlit authors & illustrators:
Canadian Children's Book Centre | CANSCAIP
My other sources of publishing industry news info:
Book Business / The Bookseller (UK) | Booktrade.info | BusinessWire | Mediabistro | PaidContent | Publisher's Lunch | Publisher's Weekly | Reuters
Also Google News searches:
children's ebooks | "publishing industry" | "children's books" | "children's book publishing" | "picture books" |teen books | YA books
including searches for particular publishers & imprints like:
Annick Press | Arthur A. Levine Books | Bloomsbury | Candlewick | Dorling Kindersley | Dutton Children's Books | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | Harper Collins | Ladybird Books | Lee & Low | Neal Porter Books | Orchard Books | Puffin Books | Random House | Roaring Book Press | Hachette Book Group | Scholastic | Simon & Schuster | Tundra Books
Kidlit/YA Book Review Sites (under construction):
Note - this is not meant to be a list of ALL sites/blogs that focus on kitlit/YA book reviews, but a selection of those which are well-established (at least 2 years old & post regularly) or most trafficked, with the majority of posts being about other kidlit/YA books rather than the author's own projects. I reserve the right to make exceptions based on entirely subjective reasons.
100 Scope Notes | A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy | A Patchwork of Books | Becky's Book Reviews | Book Moot | Bookshelves of Doom | Charlotte's Library (SF/F) | Chasing Ray | Cheryl Rainfield | Cynsations | Educating Alice | Finding Wonderland | Fuse #8 | Great Kid Books | GreenBeanTeenQueen | GuysLitWire | The Happy Nappy Bookseller | I'm Here. I'm Queer. What Do I Read? | Jen Robinson's Book Page | Mitali's Fire Escape | Motherreader | Page In Training | Pink Me | Reading Rockets | Seven Impossible Things | Waking Brain Cells
Sean and Lisa Ohlenkamp of TYPE Books (one of my favourite bookstores in Toronto) spent "many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at TYPE" to put together this amazing video.
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