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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook with only pictures compared with a picture-vocabulary book, according to a new study published the latest issue of the journal First Language. “Too often, parents dismiss picture storybooks, especially when they are wordless, as not real reading or just for fun,” said the study’s author, Daniela O’Neill, Professor of Psychology at the University of...
Globally recognized children's titles to be available on leading e-book platform NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MeeGenius, the leading digital platform for children's books, is announcing a new distribution partnership with renowned publisher Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc which will bring select titles from popular and award-winning authors and brands such as Richard Scarry, P.D. Eastman, The Berenstain Bears, Thomas & Friends, Barbie and...
NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Random House Children's Books and Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced today the launch of the Hats Off to Dr. Seuss! (www.HatsOffDrSeuss.com) campaign at the famed 42nd Street branch of the New York Public Library in New York City. Inspired by the 75th anniversary of The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (Anniversary Edition on sale January 22, 2013), the yearlong celebration salutes the breadth of Dr. Seuss's work, not only the remarkable library...
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Caldecott Medalist and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Ed Young makes mischief this fall with a new picture book, Nighttime Ninja, while in A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & The Animals That Call Them Home, the renowned artist takes young readers into hot springs, salt flats, oil ponds and other extreme environments. Nighttime Ninja, written by Barbara DaCosta, is a simple, fun story about a...
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "Unexpected" writer and publisher Mayma Raphael hopes her debut children's book, I Love The Skin I'm In!, will help many other parents answer the questions that young children have about skin color and difference, after her own daughter's questions inspired her to write the book. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120611/CG22433) The journey to writing the book started for Raphael, 38, when her then 3-year old...
NEW YORK, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P., Random House Children's Books, and Chase Art Companies announce the winner of the third-annual Oh, the Places You'll Go! College Scholarship. Allison Conway of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, was selected, from among 140 finalists, to receive a $10,000 contribution toward her post-secondary education, which she will pursue at Savannah College of Art and Design. Ms. Conway described her winning artwork, entitled Draw...
Research shows steady decline in natural world, wild animals in illustrated books for kids Was your favorite childhood book crawling with wild animals and set in places like jungles or deep forests? Or did it take place inside a house or in a city, with few if any untamed creatures in sight? A new study has found that over the last several decades, nature has increasingly taken a back seat in award-winning children's picture books -- and suggests this sobering trend is consistent with a...
DALLAS, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults - including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards - at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. A list of all the 2012 award winners follows: John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: "Dead End in Norvelt," written by Jack Gantos, is the 2012 Newbery Medal...
How do you tell a little girl that her grandfather, her mother, her friend… has died, and that he or she has gone forever? Txabi Arnal, a lecturer at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), has analyzed literary picture books that deal with death to see how they address this question. Taking this piece of research as the basis, he has defended his thesis entitled El tratamiento de la muerte en el álbum ilustrado infantil. Obras publicadas en castellano (How death is handled in...
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Caldecott Medalist and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Ed Young has crafted a poignant, powerful memoir of his childhood home in China, a house built by his father that sheltered family and friends during World War II. The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China engages readers of all ages with the story of a home filled with warmth, laughter, and imagination, stunningly illustrated in mixed-media collage by one of the world's...
