Tag: children’s books
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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The new Harry Potter TV series. Lazy and unneeded, or a chance to refresh a cultural icon?
The proposed new TV series is chance to refresh Harry Potter and create a wizard hero fit for the...
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China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair confirms November dates for 10th anniversary incarnation
This will be the first year since the pandemic began that China’s big book fairs have...
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UK – ITV Launching Kids Streamer, CITV to Shutter in Autumn. Publishers, wake up and smell the coffee
Many publishers will of course continue to limit the amount of content available through...
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Stop the Press! Major UK newspaper discovers existence of children’s books
Cinderella? If (Daily Telegraph Arts Editor Ben) Lawrence fancies himself as the transforming...
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Mobile payments net booklovers extra discount at Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, paving the way for future ebook stores
One of the biggest challenges to the digital transition in the so-called Third World is payments....
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"Why Do Girls Have Breasts?" Redux
The Bookseller Children’s Conference is underway in London today and the CEO of...
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