Latest News from Children's Publicity

Be sure to watch Michelle Paver on the Today Show (NBC) on Thursday, July 30^th! She will discuss The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1: Wolf Brother, the next pick for "Al Roker's Book Club!" 

Adriana Trigiani will begin a 5 city tour for Viola in Reel Life on September 1^st in Lake Grove, NY!

On September 15^th at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, Dave Keane and Denise Brunkus will begin a 5 city tour for Sloppy Joe!

LATEST NEWS FROM CHILDREN'S PUBLICITY

L.A. Candy will be featured in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine (circ: 2 million).  The book is discussed in an article about the crossover of publishing and reality TV. Lauren will also be interviewed in USA Weekend (circ: 23 million) for their "Who's News" section-the most read page of the magazine.  This will run in July, exact date tk.

Disney has acquired the movie rights to Aprilynne Pike's Wings! The film will be produced by the producers of Twilight and Miley Cyrus has signed on to play Laurel!

On July 13^th, both the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune featured Chicago's SHELebration in honor of Shel Silverstein!

Coinciding with the beginning of the school year,John Grogan will begin a five city tour for Marley Goes to School on September 15^th in Atlanta! John will kick off the tour with a radio satellite tour on September 14^th.

Hancock Park author Isabel Kaplan will be interviewed by the Los Angeles Times (circ: circ 1,019,318)! Run date TK.

Michael Grant will participate in his first ever Skype bookstore event on July 17^th!  DDG Booksellers in Farmington, Maine is hosting a summer reading group on Gone and Michael will join in the discussion via Skype!

Aliza Kellerman was interviewed for a feature in Justine Magazine! Run date TK.

This week's TV Guide magazine (circ 3,256,962) names Lauren Conrad as one of their top ten celeb multitaskers for her roles as TV star, author of LA Candy, and fashion designer!

Jenna Bush was interviewed by Newsweek (circ: 2.7M) for an article on the 'Best Books Ever.' Her list of best books included Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, Love That Dog by Sharon Creech and Brown Angels by Walter Dean Myers! The article ran in the July 13^th issue and also includes a mention of Ana's Story.

Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr was featured on ABC's Good Morning America on July 1^st as part of their 'Hot Summer Reads for Teens!' Baseball Great, Football Champ, Stargazer, and Prism were also displayed in the segment!

The Today Show (NBC) has chosen The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1: Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver as the next pick for "Al Roker's Book Club!"  Michelle's segment will air on Tuesday, June 30^th, exact time TK.

Francine Prose's interview about Touch with NPR's "All Things Considered" will air tomorrow, Friday, June 26^th between 4-6pm ET!

In July, Neil Gaiman will be featured on "Open Mic," a new series from NPR's "Morning Edition," to discuss the rebirth of audio books. This fall, Neil will be profiled in The New Yorker (exact run date TK) and in October, CBS Sunday Morning will air a feature profile on Neil with visits to his home, and appearances at ALA and Worldcon (air date TK).

Lauren Conrad will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC), tonight, June 18^th! MTV News will also interview Lauren and include footage of her signing at Barnes & Noble in Tribeca! Air date tk.

Tiger Pups authors Tom and Allie Harvey will be on the Today Show (NBC) on June 25^th with the tigers!

Faye and Aliza Kellerman kick off their 6-city tour for Prism next week in Los Angeles!  They will also be doing events in Phoenix, Albuquerque, Kansas City, Chicago, and New Jersey. The authors were interviewed for features to run in the Albuquerque Journal, Kansas City Star, and Romantic Times.

Lauren Conrad's media blitz for L.A. Candy continues next week with a two part interview on Access Hollywood on 6/15, an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC) on 6/16, and appearances on both The Early Show (CBS) and the View (ABC) on 6/18! Her 10 city tour will kick off in Los Angeles on Tuesday, 6/16!

Nothing But Ghosts will be included in a round up in the August 2009 issue of Family Circle (circ: 3.9M)!

Francine Prose will be interviewed about Touch on NPR's "All Things Considered"!  The interview will be taped on June 25th. Air date tk.

The Today Show (NBC) has chosen The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1: Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver as the next pick for "Al Roker's Book Club!"  Michelle's segment will take place on Tuesday, June 30^th, exact time TBD.

Nation by Terry Pratchett won the 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in Fiction and Poetry! The Graveyard Book and Old Bear were selected as Honor Books.

The Stolen One author Suzanne Crowley will appear on a panel about writing for teens at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest on Saturday, June 6^th!

Lauren Conrad's launch party for L.A. Candy will take place Wednesday, June 10^th and there will be lots of national media coverage including interviews with Access Hollywood, Entertainment Weekly, and US Weekly. The E! Channel will give Lauren a handheld camera so she can provide first-hand footage of her tour beginning on June 16^th!

The Wall Street Journal (circ 2,082,089) will run a feature on Rob Reger, the Emily the Strange brand, and Emily the Strange: The Lost Days tomorrow May 29^th!  WSJ.com will also run an excerpt of the book and link to our Browse Inside feature.

The Supernatural Summer tour kicks off Tuesday, June 2^nd! Features about the Supernatural Summer tour will be running in The Portland Oregonian, The Redmond Reporter, The Dayton Daily News, and The Cincinnati Enquirer in advance of the events in those cities. PW Children's Bookshelf also ran a piece on the tour in the May 28^th issue!

The May 28^th issue of PW Children's Bookshelf also featured an article on The Frogs and Toads All Sang!

Maurice Sendak and Neil Gaiman were both named to Fast Company's list of the "100 Most Creative People in Business."

1000 Times No will be reviewed in the June issue of Parents Magazine (circ: 2,208,135)!

PW Children's Bookshelf interviews Amy Krouse Rosenthal and mentions Yes Day! in the May 21^st issue!

Aprilynne Pike will begin her tour for Wings on May 5th in Phoenix! She will also be doing events in Los Angeles, Chicago, Idaho Falls, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle! A feature on Wings will also run in the Arizona Republic on May 4th!

Brooke Shields will be on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" tonight April 30th, to talk about It's The Best Day Ever, Dad!

Alec Greven will appear on "the Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 5th and on "Good Morning America Now" on May 6th!

Watch Jill Rappaport on the Today Show tomorrow, April 24^th, at 8:40am as she talks about her first children's book, Jack & Jill.

James Rollins kicks off his 5 city tour for Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow on April 28^th in Cincinnati! A feature will run in The Cincinnati Enquirer (circ: 193,326) on April 28^th to coincide with his events. James will also be doing a radio satellite tour on April 30^th.

Lauren Conrad will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight, April 23^rd, and will mention L.A. Candy!  Tune in to CBS tonight at 11:30 pm.

Satch and Me by Dan Gutman is the winner of the 2009 Intermediate Golden Sower Award, the
children's choice award for the state of Nebraska. Congratulations!

Lemony Snicket interview on NPR's All Things Considered 3/10/09 about his newest title, THE COMPOSER IS DEAD.

Neil Gaiman will be a guest on 'The Colbert Report' (Comedy Central) on Monday, March 16^th, at 11:30pm. 

Stephen Colbert will talk to Neil about THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, Coraline, and more!