News: childrens

Charlotte's Web tops children's book sales in China

The bestselling children's book in China this year is still Charlotte's Web, as consumers continue to buy old favourites and the number of new titles is... Read more
Magic Light adapts Donaldson and Scheffler's Zog follow-up for BBC Christmas 2020

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Zog And The Flying Doctors (Scholastic) is being adapted into a BBC One Christmas animation by Bafta-winning firm Magic Light... Read more
Little Tiger unveils new fiction titles from Malik and Williamson

Little Tiger Group has unveiled a string of new colour fiction titles, with authors including Ayisha Malik and Lara Williamson writing books for the range. ... Read more
Penguin signs Instagram's Five Minute Mum

Penguin UK has snapped up the first book by Instagram star Daisy Upton, also known as "Five Minute Mum". Read more
Richard Curtis signs deal to adapt children's book series into 'Love Actually for kids'

Film director Richard Curtis has signed a deal with Locksmith Animation to create an animated feature based on his festive children's books, in a project... Read more
Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle sells company to PRH

Eric Carle, the author and illustrator behind such children's classics as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has decided at the age of 90 to sell his... Read more
Smith leaves Scholastic to join Macmillan Children's Books

Scholastic’s publisher for fiction and picture books, Sam Smith, is leaving the firm to join Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB). Read more
Sparkes and Karadog to join Hay Festival Scribblers Tour

YA and children’s writers Jenny Valentine, Ali Sparkes, Aneirin Karadog, Brian Conaghan and Patrice Lawrence will join the Hay Festival Scribblers Tour to visit thousands... Read more
Elphinstone's The Snow Dragon is BA children's book of the month

The Booksellers Association has named Abi Elphinstone’s “captivating” story The Snow Dragon as its book of the month for November. ... Read more
HarperCollins partners with The Sun in free books for schools campaign

HarperCollins and newspaper The Sun have partnered up to hand out two million free books to school children across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... Read more
HCG scoops Byrne's YA afterlife love story

Hachette Children’s Group has scooped a YA lesbian love story set in the afterlife by Tanya Byrne in a two-book deal. Read more
Ele Fountain's second novel set for March 2020

Pushkin Children’s Books has announced Ele Fountain's second novel, Lost, will hit shelves on 5th March 2020. Read more
HarperCollins buys final Skulduggery trilogy

HarperCollins is to release the final trio in the second Skulduggery Pleasant series which promises “blood will be spilled, pages will be turned, and tears will be... Read more
Walker signs Sir Chris Hoy to inspire young readers

Sir Chris Hoy is publishing a new non-fiction book for children with Walker Books called Be Amazing! to show young readers nothing is impossible.... Read more
Helen Kellock named Picture Hooks Illustrator 2019

Helen Kellock has been named 2019's Picture Hooks Illustrator of the Year. Read more

Children’s blogs

Why are we squeezing creative writing out of schools?

By Liz Hyder

Writer, creative workshop leader and freelance PR consultant at Various

Publicist and debut children's author Liz Hyder calls on publishers to be more vocal about the negative impacts of creative writing being sidelined by the current education... Read more
Roll up for the main event

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller
Twenty years of the Branford Boase Award

Julia Eccleshare Children's director at British Library
Books beyond the shadow of Brexit

Charlotte Eyre Children's editor at The Bookseller
Getting children reading

Hilary Murray Hill C.e.o. at Hachette Children's