Children's Book Chat

An insight into Children's Publishing from the next generation.

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Review: Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Review: Simon vs The Homo Sapien Agenda by @BeckyAlbertalli #LGBTYA

By Amy In 3 words: Fun, Insightful, Heart-warming What I liked: This is a really feel-good, interesting look into the mind of a teenage boy – not a perspective I’d ever really read from outside of the Fantasy genre! You’ll like it if you like: Rainbow Rowell, John Green, If it wasn’t a book it would be a: Hug My review: If you’re having a bad week, or have just read something really intense (I’m…

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Book Review: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Book Review: Finding Audrey by @KinsellaSophie @randomhousekids

By Beth ‘But, Audrey, that’s what life is. We’re all on a jagged graph…’ I couldn’t put this book down. As soon as I started reading, Sophie Kinsella drew me into Audrey’s life and indoctrinated me into Audrey’s chaotic but loveable family. It’s funny and tongue and cheek. The snappy humour and wit that is seen in Kinsella’s Shopaholic series is present throughout Finding Audrey, but just throw…

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Review: Anyone But Ivy Pocket

By Amy Davies (@amy_davies)

This middle grade mystery follows the adventures of Ivy Pocket, the world’s most ridiculously entertaining maid. Anyone But Ivy Pocket is full of character, mishaps and fun, which are underpinned by some more serious themes such as death, family and loyalty.

Ivy Pocket is a twelve year old orphan who became a maid to escape Harrington Home for Unwanted Children. When…

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Review: Elmer Photo Patchwork App

By Amy Davies (@Amy_Davies)

Concept:

A fun photo app that allows the user to personalise Elmer elephants by tapping on a section of the elephant and taking a photo to fill that shape.

These collage Elmer images can then be saved and sent to others.

Pros:

Wonderful at allowing children to engage with their environment and others.

Charming visuals – with a tooting introduction from Elmer and the…

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Show off your Shelf

By Rachel (@mazzie191)

“But first, let me take a Shelfie” 

photo by: introvertedbookworm24.tumblr.com

Shelfie: Shell-fee. Noun

A photo one takes of their bookshelf/book collection to share with others, usually on a social media platform.

Shelfies are making their way across social media especially on Pinterest and Tumblr where colorful, fun and artful design aesthetic photos are super desirable…

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#TeamTrouble: Review of Trouble by Non Pratt (Guest-blogger Marianne)

By Marianne Tatepo (@bronzebygold)

Ever wondered what Cecilia Ahern (Sushi for Beginners) meets Mary Hooper (Megan) might yield? Trouble just might be the answer.

In a nutshell, ‘trouble’ is fifteen-year-old Hannah’s moniker: she parties like she’s twenty-one, dances like there’s no tomorrow, and kisses and tells all but once. Whilst the book’s cover adorns pink for Hannah and blue for Aaron –…

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Nostalgia strikes: Our favourite childhood books!

@amy_davies – Animal Ark

Did anyone else’s shelf look like this when they were younger? Most of our collections were a lot more impressive than this, let’s be honest!

I loved the fact that they were like a collectible item, numbered and uniform. Whenever I hear about the importance of series fiction in children’s publishing Animal Ark books are always the ones that spring to my mind. They were…

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I've heard good things about this book 

[bookriot]

Love dancing? Love stories about girls of color?

Then you’ll want to sink into this week’s “3 On A YA Theme,” all about girls of color who dance.

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Curious about YA Urban Fantasy?

We’ve put together a genre guide with resources and a nice big reading list to get you started. 

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Dec. BPC // 20 - Recommended // My most frequently recommended book. Duh.

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Waiting for an author to write the next book in my favorite series

Especially after an epic cliffhanger… 

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So true.

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Time to reorganize my shelves, and make room for the new books! Kitty even loves the smell of books. 😻📚

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great collection! 

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Get ready, world, because Penguin Teen is taking this show on the road this spring! We’re so excited to have our first official Penguin Teen group tour kicking off March 3! Here is your chance to meet Morgan Rhodes (Gathering Darkness, book 3 of the Falling Kingdoms series), Rachel Hawkins (Miss Mayhem, sequel to Rebel Belle), Seth Fishman (The Dark Water, sequel to The Well’s End), Maggie Hall (The Conspiracy of Us) and Jessica Khoury (Kalahari) and talk to them in person about their amazing books!

Follow along with the tour and share your own experiences and photos on social using #PenguinTeenOnTour!

Tuesday, March 3rd 7 PM–Decatur, GA Little Shop of Stories 133 East Court Square # A Decatur, GA 30030 Wednesday, March 4th  6 PM - Athens, GA Avid Bookshop 493 Prince Avenue Athens, GA 30601

Thursday, March 5th 7 PM – Alexandria, VA Hooray! For Books 1555 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314

Friday, March 6th and Saturday, March 7th – Arlington, VA NOVA Teen Book Festival One More Page Books Washington Lee High School and Arlington Central Library Find out more about the NOVA Teen Book Festival events here!

Monday, March 9th 7 PM – Oakland, CA A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Avenue Oakland, CA 94611

Tuesday, March 10th 6:30 PM – Pasadena, CA Vroman’s Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd  Pasadena, CA 91101

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Born in Saint Petersburg and based in Rome, artist Ekaterina Panikanova uses the pages of old Italian and French books founds in flea markets as canvas for her paintings. 

"I like working on old books. I like the way the wear and tear, underlinings, notes, and scribblings enable me to perceive the personalities of the people who have read them," says the artist.

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#TeamFindingAVoice: Review of Finding A Voice by Kim Hood

By Lucy Harris (@Lugey6)

Finding a voice is the story of every teenager; every teenager that, if only once, has felt apart from their peers or different from them. Jo, a 13-year-old girl in an American middle school, details her first few months at her new school. Her mum suffers from an almost uncontrollable depression, as Jo witnesses the horrors of her condition every night after school. The…

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8 Reasons We Love Jacqueline Harvey!

Last week three of the Children’s Book Chat members met Aussie author, Jacqueline Harvey. As you’ll see in the full interview (coming soon), we thought she was great and here are our top reasons why!

1. She really makes an effort to connect with her readers. Think 600 individual talks at 260 different schools in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and UK, 10 festivals, 55 book shop events and 23…

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