Jacqueline Woodson Named 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Laureate

Penguin Random House author Jacqueline Woodson was named the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Laureate, the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature. The prize amounts to 5 million Swedish krona (approximately $613,000).  Woodson is the author of more than thirty books, including novels, poetry and picture books. One of her most lauded titles is

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May Children’s Hot Titles

Big authors, big books!! May brings many children and young adult titles you won’t want to miss! We have LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff, the paperback editions of We Were Liars and City of Saints and Thieves, and a new middle grade series by Liane Moriarty. Check out everything below! OH and of course.. we now have I am a Kitten and I

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Multi-Talented Global Celebrity John Cena to Make Publishing Debut with Random House Children’s Books

The publishing program will launch with Elbow Grease, a picture book, on October 9, 2018, with first printing of 250,000 and available for preorder now. Random House Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, will publish a line of books written by globally beloved WWE champion, movie star, multi-talented entertainer, and philanthropist

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