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When her 12-year-old son challenged her to write a book that he would actually want to read, author ALANE ADAMS knew she had her work cut out for her. Flash forward to the present day, and that challenge has manifested itself in Adams’s award-winning LEGENDS OF ORKNEY trilogy, concluding this fall with THE RAVEN GOD. Full of action, adventure and Norse mythology, the middle grade series is perfect...

The engineers and creators of The World Record Paper Airplane Book and Kids’ Paper Airplane Book, Ken Blackburn and Jeff Lammers, are back with a revamped POCKET FLYERS PAPER AIRPLANE BOOK and swooping to new heights with two entertaining new companions: SPACE FLYERS PAPER AIRPLANE BOOK AND FLYING CREATURES PAPER AIRPLANE BOOK (Workman Publishing, on sale: October 3, 2017, ages 8 & up). Discover t...

HarperCollins Publishers will publish three more books in the bestselling THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL series! The next three novels, called THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL: THE CAMELOT YEARS, will begin publishing in Fall 2017 with THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL #4: QUESTS FOR GLORY. This follows after the end of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL #3: THE LAST EVER AFTER and begins a new era in the Endless...

In recent years there has been an increasing focus in popular culture on the rising numbers of boys seeming to be at loose ends in their early adulthood - with fewer attending college, pursuing work away from home, or starting families of their own. And while there are several factors contributing to this “crisis of men,” many nod to a culture that does not support the ideals that encourage boys t...

  In this week’s episode of MASTERCHEF, the Top Six split up into two teams, and have 75 minutes to create an entrée for VIP guests who range from firefighters to professional softball players, and construction workers to pilots. The guests will then vote on which dish they prefer and the winning team will receive a huge advantage later on in the competition. Next in the MASTERCHEF kitchen, the yo...

“When a book takes you on an adventure, it's a good thing and allows you to think about something in a new way. When a book also reminds us how to treat what we have, it's even better because it’s a win win. That's exactly what Julian has done with his book . . . he's given us a Win Win.” —Whoopi Goldberg “I’ve always admired Julian Lennon’s singing, because for all he has seen of the world, his m...

Confident, wild, joyful, fearless, resilient, creative, strong. Girls are all these things, and more. A mother of two loud, messy, freckled, and amazing daughters, Kate T. Parker began taking pictures of her girls in everyday life—biking, playing soccer, discovering tide pools—and quickly came to realize the most resonant images captured her daughters’ true, authentic selves. Striking and fresh, t...

Created by Emmy®-nominated writer/producer JJ Johnson (Dino Dan), Annedroids is a live-action adventure series about a young female genius, her human friends, android assistants and the amazing scientific discoveries they make while undertaking the biggest experiment of them all: growing up. Aimed at children aged four through seven, Annedroids -- which tied Sesame Street for the most Emmy® Nomina...

The National Wildlife Federation Celebrates 50 Years of Ranger Rick! Speak with Wildlife Expert & Media Personality David Mizejewski about Teaching Children to Love Nature and Wildlife Since 1967, the iconic Ranger Rick raccoon has introduced millions of children and their families to the wonders of wildlife and nature through the National Wildlife Federation’s award-winning Ranger Rick magazine....

Ever wonder how Michael Jordan seems to float in mid-air on a dunk? Or how bike gears help you ride uphill? Wonder no more! Introducing The Book of Wildly Spectacular Sports Science: 54 All-Star Experiments (Workman Publishing / on sale December 2016 / Ages 9 and up / $14.95), a fact-filled and whimsically illustrated tour through the physics and physiology of athletic excellence from Sean Connoll...

Julie Andrews is one of the most recognized figures in the world of entertainment, best known for her performances in The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, and The Princess Diaries. Julie has been a celebrated children's book author for thirty years, and her works include Mandy, The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, and the Little Bo series. Her memoir, Home, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. E...

It’s time to get scared silly with FRIGHTLOPEDIA: An Encyclopedia of Everything Scary, Creepy, and Spine-Chilling, from Arachnids to Zombies (Workman Publishing; August 23, 2016; Ages 8 and up), written by Julie Winterbottom and illustrated by Stefano Tambellini. From the spooky to the outrageous, FRIGHTLOPEDIA features everything you need to know about ghosts, werewolves, aliens, mummies, and mor...

From A to Z, arachnids to zits, Oh, Ick! (Workman Publishing; $14.95; Ages 8 & up; November 1, 2016) encourages curious ​kids to roll up their sleeves and think like a future Nobel Prize winner​. With easy-to-find materials, readers can dive into many areas of science, including chemistry, biology, physics, and a bit of entomology, engineering, and forensics, too! Budding scientists will perform r...

Each year, teachers spend more than $1 billion on basic supplies and learning materials. According to a report from The NPD Group, 91 percent of teachers spend an average of $500 of their own money per school year to make sure students do not lack resources. As a former school teacher, Charles Best founded DonorsChoose.org, a crowdfunding platform where teachers post classroom project requests and...

Workman Publishing is proud to introduce a groundbreaking new entry in the educational market with The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series (on sale August 9, 2016 / $14.95 each) — a suite of revolutionary study guides for middle school students that focuses on the five core subjects. Much as BRAIN QUEST makes learning fun, The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK series makes studying-up cool, delivering everything a student ne...

recent poll found the majority of today’s tweens and teens believe it’s their job to fix the environment, and teachers across the country are updating their lesson plans to help with that fix. Charles Best, founder and CEO of the educational nonprofit “Donors Choose Dot Org” joins us to talk about “environmental education” and a new one million-dollar fund to help teachers across the country.poll...

Song of the Deep, the newest game from Insomniac Games in partnership with GameStop, is a passion project from Insomniac’s Chief Creative Officer, Brian Hastings. The game has a simple and compelling message: no matter who you are, you have the ability to overcome adversity when you don’t give up. Sterling Children’s Books is proud to be publishing the illustrated tie-in novel that tells the compl...

Educational Ideas for Families in the Car This Summer oMany parents worry that their children will experience “summer learning loss,” the loss of some of what they’ve learned in their time away from the classroom oKids can lose up to three months of prior learning due to the extended summer breaks and the time it takes away from the next year’s instruction as teachers work to bring students back u...

Time Magazine is now calling parenting America’s most competitive adult sport as we drown in endless athletic schedules, music lessons, and enrichment activities. What’s missing from these over-scheduled days? The FUN. Study after study has shown the value of fun and play; it improves communication, connectedness, and creates an enhanced sense of self and healthy behaviors. Emmy-nominated televisi...

Calling all wannabe millionaires! From the creators of the nationally syndicated, Emmy Award–winning public TV shows Biz Kid$ and Bill Nye the Science Guy, HOW TO TURN $100 INTO $1,000,000 (Workman, April 2016, $12.95) is a comprehensive first guide to earning, saving, and investing money. Written in a humorous yet informative voice that speaks directly to kids age 10 and up, How to Turn $100 into...

Sid and Marty Krofft’s most beloved characters from their cult classic H.R. Pufnstuf will return to kids TV for the first time in over 45 years in the Kroffts’ latest live-action preschool series, Mutt & Stuff, on Nickelodeon. Featuring H.R. Pufnstuf, Cling and Clang, Freddy the Flute and the Rescue Racer, the special is part of an additional 20 episode order that Nickelodeon has greenlit, bringin...

When he was twelve years old, Florida-based Jake Marcionette released his debut book, Just Jake, a loosely autobiographical, laugh-out-loud comedy adventure. With that book, Jake made history in two ways: the youngest author to hit the New York Times Bestseller list and the youngest author in the history of Penguin Books to land a publishing deal. Now three years later, Penguin has published Jake'...

Twenty-five years after its original publication, DO I HAVE TO SAY HELLO? Aunt Delia’s Manners Quiz for Kids and Their Grownups is back, and do we and our kids all need it. In a series of light-hearted multiple choice quizzes, alternative scenarios, and true-or-false questions, Delia Ephron and Edward Koren, the author and illustrator team who brought us the best-selling How to Eat Like a Child, d...