Category: Children’s Books
Vietnamese Children’s Books Break Through International Markets
Vietnamese publisher Slowbooks secures Korean rights deals and White Ravens recognition, championing culturally authentic picture books in the booming Asia-Pacific market.
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tonies Partners with Pokémon to Dominate Children’s Audio Publishing
tonies’ landmark Pokémon partnership signals major shift in children’s audio publishing, bringing screen-free storytelling to millions of households worldwide.
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Busan Children’s Book Fair Set For 11-14 December – A Gateway to Korean Publishing Rights
Busan Children’s Book Fair 2025 offers publishing professionals rights trading with 160 publishers from 26 countries and showcases Korea’s award-winning children’s literature.
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Akada Festival: Nigeria’s Children’s Publishing Sector Comes of Age
Nigeria’s Akada Children’s Book Festival 2025: 1,500+ attendees, 34 authors, and a thriving platform for indigenous children’s publishing.
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The Mattel-OpenAI Partnership: A Wake-Up Call for Trade Publishing
Mattel-OpenAI’s AI toy partnership challenges trade publishing to embrace AI for interactive storytelling or risk obsolescence.
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Echoes! Contemporary Illustration in Nordic-Balti Children’s Literature
A testament to the enduring power of children’s book art – where storytelling, culture, and emotion intertwine.
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AI in Animation: A Tool for Efficiency, Not Replacement. Lessons for Publishers
The industry must prepare for a generation of AI-native creatives reshaping workflows.
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Harnessing Visual Storytelling to Engage Young Readers: Insights from Janna Morishima at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival
All too often there is a one size fits all approach to bringing children of the world of reading that backfires by not meeting each child where they are.
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The International Award for Arabic Children’s Literature: Expanding Horizons in Arabic Publishing
A key addition to this year’s award is the “Non-Fiction” category, introduced to promote books that foster critical thinking and real-world exploration in young readers.
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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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