My eight year son received at least six books for the holidays this year. He also received a DS. With the DS came a letter from Santa with general guidelines (parental approval of chores) and some rules (twenty min max at a time). His parents bend the rules slightly when convenient, such as a long [...]

Earlier this month I shook off my summer inertia, hopped a Metro-North train, and hied myself to NYC to attend a jam-packed, standing-room only panel discussion on “What’s Hot and What’s Not: Trends in Children’s Book Publishing,” sponsored by the Children’s Book Committee of the Authors Guild. The panel was made up of : Kim [...]