Congratulations to Cindy Pon on the release of Serpentine (Month9Books), “a sweeping fantasy set in the ancient Kingdom of Xia and inspired by the rich history of Chinese mythology.” From the promotional copy:
“Lush with details from Chinese folklore, Serpentine tells the coming of age story of Skybright,
Check out the newly announced cover art for Heather’s Crush Catastrophe (Confidentially Yours, Book 3) by Jo Whittemore (HarperCollins, 2016)!
To celebrate, you can enter to win one of two signed ARCs of Brooke’s Not-So-Perfect Plan (Confidentially Yours, Book 1) and Vanessa’s Fashion Face-Off (Confidentially Yours,
The 2015 Children’s Book of the Year awards were announced Aug. 21. The theme this year was “Books Light Up Our World,” and there were many lights shining this year in schools, homes and bookshops all over Australia.
We have awards in five categories: Picture Book of the Year;
“In Teothuacan, artists made masks with no breathing places, forms, neither practical nor descriptive, yet exciting to behold. And the architects took up the building of the great form that does not exist in nature, the pyramid. They invented the order of cities, always mind-made, not following the existing course of a river or a rut.
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Welcome to fall, Cynsational readers!
How was your summer?
Mine was, in a word: Busy.
In June, I taught the VCFA alumni mini res and sampled maple creemees.
Then it was on to the ALA annual conference in San Francisco (with Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Continue Reading Cynsational Return: What I Did On My Summer “Vacation” »
Thanks so much for being a Cynsational reader!
I appreciate your enthusiasm for and interest in the world of books for kids and teens.
Breaking news: Effective immediately, Cynsations is going on summer hiatus until September.
In the meantime,
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Laura A. Woollett is the first-time author of Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and The Greatest Show On Earth (Chicago Review Press, 2015). From the promtional copy:
Big Top Burning investigates the 1944 Hartford circus fire and invites readers to take part in a critical evaluation of the evidence
The fire broke out at 2:40 p.m.
Enter to win Kissing in America by Margo Rabb (HarperCollins, 2015). Author sponsored. U.S. only. From the promotional copy:
In the two years since her father died, sixteen-year-old Eva has found comfort in reading romance novels—118 of them, to be exact—to dull the pain of her loss that’s still so present.
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Wenxuan’s Bronze and Sunflower, translated by Wang
What do old coins, the British Museum, and Chinese novels have in common?
Helen Wang.
Wang is Curator of East Asian Money at the British Museum and also translates Chinese literature into English.
Continue Reading Guest Interview: Helen Wang on Children’s Book Translation »
Stephanie Lyons is the first-time author of Dating Down (Flux, 2015). From the promotional copy:
At Café Hex, Samantha Henderson can imagine being the person she really wants to be.
It’s her place to daydream about going to art school and getting away from her politician father.
