McNally Robinson for Kids (Winnipeg) and Scholastic Canada invite grade 5 and six students from Manitoba to submit an essay or story of 500 to 800 words.
Categories: buzz, Contests and Giveaways
, author of the Mary's Atlas books, is holding a contest on her website. As told by Mary,
Send us a photo of YOU next to a place mentioned in either of the Mary's Atlas books. Or, you can send just a photo of the book in front of a cool place if you don't want to be in the picture. Maybe your favourite stuffed animal wants to be in the picture instead!
If you're from somewhere other than Manitoba or Ontario, snap a picture of YOU holding a Mary's Atlas books in front of a landmark that you think should appear in an upcoming Mary's Atlas story. I'd love to see what makes your province or state unique!
See the author's website for further details. You have until November 30th to get your entries in!
Categories: buzz
If you're a Percy Jackson fan, you've probably heard that the first book in new series The Kane Chronicles, The Red Pyramid, is coming out today, Tuesday, May 4 - and if you're anything like us at the bookstore, you can't wait to read it either! Instead of featuring Greek mythology, this series is about Egyptian gods and goddesses. It all starts when Carter and Sadie Kane's father blows up the British museum...
To celebrate the release, I interviewed my co-worker Josef to see what he thinks about this exciting new series.
Categories: buzz, New Releases
Maybe Hollywood is getting lazy, or maybe they're finally realizing how awesome kids' books are (it's probably the latter. We're biased). In any case, there have been a lot of books for kids that have been made into movies lately - and there are even more coming out soon. Here at McNally Robinson, we think that the books are usually better than the movies. What do you think?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
, prolific novelist, biographer, and magician, passed away last week, the day after his 90th birthday.
In addition to scores of charming and peculiar novels, including the Newbery Award-winning book The Whipping Boy, Fleischman had written fantastic biographies of Harry Houdini and Mark Twain. Before his death, he completed Sir Charlie, a biography of Charlie Chaplin, which is set to release June 1, 2010.
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