Category: Children’s Books
At Morocco’s Rabat International Book Fair: A New Vision for Arabic Children’s Literature. Lessons for western children’s authors and publishers
Western audiences: Think here celebrity children’s authors that have no clue about how children read and think, and their publishers who rely on parents to buy into the celebrity brand-name and then wonder why the joy off reading is in freefall.
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Sharjah’s “Warsha” Workshop – Nurturing Arab Illustrators and Cross-Border Creativity
The training combined theoretical discussions, interactive presentations, and collaborative exercises, equipping participants with the tools to develop compelling projects for children’s and young adult books.
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Celebrating 80 Years of the Moomins: A Whimsical Journey Through Children’s Literature
the 80th anniversary of Tove Jansson’s Moomins is more than just a celebration; it’s a testament to the enduring power of children’s literature.
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As Tencent unveils Hunyuan3D 2.0, TNPS explores unlocking the full potential of AI-generated 3D assets in the literary world
“By proactively exploring these tools, publishers can stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, offering enriched experiences that meet the demands of modern audiences.”
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TokyoPop and Mattel Partner for Manga-Style Barbie and Hot Wheels Graphic Novels
As a teacher now, I know most kids would rather read a real novel about toys and TV characters they know and love, than a poorly ghostwritten kids’ story fronted by a TV celebrity their parents like.
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TNPS Thought for Christmas: TV celebrity children’s authors will never match the magic of Rowling or Blyton
Fewer and fewer children are reading for pleasure, in large part because the education system has failed them, but also in no small part because a TV celebrity riding on a ghostwriter’s skills and a jovial TV persona will never match the magic of a JK Rowling or an Enid Blyton, that wrote for children, not for fame and fortune.
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Meet Malaysia’s youngest published author, seven years old
As a kid I filled exercise book after exercise book with stories, that on occasion impressed my teachers, but being a published author, or indeed any form of writing for a living, was never an option when it came to discussing my future with the careers officer, whose imagination ran the full gamut of job options from road sweeper to sweeper of roads to highway hygienist, with the promise of one day owning my own broom.
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Oman – 28th Muscat IBF attracts almost 400,000 visitors amid a “significant shift towards Arabic children’s literature”
Not, of course, that we in the west are in any position to assume the moral high ground, given the recent track record in the United States for banning children’s books.
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Frankfurt, New York, Guadalajara, London, New Delhi. The Bologna Children’s Book Fair will also be in Bologna in 2024!
Other book fair organisers would do well to look closely at how Bologna is transitioning from an...
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“Put down the iPad, pick up a book” is the wrong message for Arab kids as global publishing realigns
What is up with the youth of today? Don’t they understand that reading is something you have to do...
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Nigeria – Akada Children Book Festival “a Catalyst” for Nigerian Children’s Publishing
Per UNICEF, 75 per cent of children in Nigeria, aged 7 to 14 years, cannot read a simple sentence...
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The 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content is hosting Vietnam, a country with more internet users than Germany
Issues of political censorship notwithstanding, Vietnam is an exciting emerging market looking to...
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