Amulet Books (an imprint of ABRAMS) announced today their plans to to release the first ever dedicated line of Wimpy Kid gift and stationery products in partnership with Galison Publishing’s Mudpuppy Brand. The stationary and children’s product line will begin appearing in stores in October and will include  journals, notebooks, magnetic pads, and...

Random House Children’s Books recently announced the release of their brand new picture eBook adaptation of the classic novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of OZ.” The novel, written by L. Frank Baum, is one of the best known fairytales in American pop culture since its publication in 1900.

Oceanhouse Media has announced that their annual app sale in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday and NEA’s Read Across America Day has begun today. To celebrate this years “Hats Off to Reading” theme, the award-winning The Cat in the Hat digital book app is 99 cents (regular price $3.99) and The Cat in the Hat...

There’s no denying it. I have grown up to be a geeky adult. A conversation with a friend of mine over my gleeful purchase of a Captain America hoodie (because it had a cowl instead of just a regular hood), made that abundantly clear. I realized pretty quickly into the conversation that...

iStoryTime and Fox Consumer Products announced today a sale in honor of the holiday of love. The companies are offering the entire Ice Age Storybook Collection into one, lower discounted price. They are also offering an introductory price of $.99, a 90 percent savings over buying separately, for the entire collection until February 18,...

Oceanhouse Media announced today the release of their latest Dr. Suess digital book app entitled, Hunches in Bunches. The new storybook is available for both iOS and Android devices for a special introductory price.

February has been designated as “I Love to Read” month and Capstone, a leading publisher of children’s books and digital products and services, has announced its partnership with New Horizon Academy, one of the nation’s most successful and respected child care providers, to donate children’s books to the nonprofit organization Reach Out and...

iStoryTime has officially announced that they are combining their Madagascar Movie storybooks into one lower price. The storybook app includes Madagascar 1, 2 & 3 for $3.99, which is a 33% savings from the original price of $5.99 if purchased separately.

Do you like reading fantasy novels featuring talking animals? If you’re like me, you do. I had never read any featuring ones from Australia before I discovered Howard L. Anderson’s mesmerizing and fantastically fun novel, Albert of Adelaide, though. Well, not unless you count Winnie the Pooh, which has the kangaroos Kanga...

Months ago, Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell and disappeared, but ghost hunter Cas Lowood can’t move on. That’s because Anna, the most fierce and powerful ghost that the first-person, present-tense narrator, Cas, had ever meet before that time, was different from the others. She could have easily killed him but...

The one question I can count on each year from my kids is, “Can we go to Comic-Con?” Followed by “What is Comic-Con like?” So this year I took to the show to help you determine if you should take your kids to the show and if you do what to expect....

If you had the power to change the future, would you? What choices would you make, what wishes would you chose to make come true? These are the sorts of questions that face teenager Ephraim Scott in the engrossing, page-turning initial novel of his Urban Fantasy/SF “Coin” series, Fair Coin. Nobody’s life...

BSCkids recently got the opportunity to interview children’s book author and artist, Selina Alko about her latest release, “B is for Brooklyn.” She spoke about how she came up with the idea for the storybook, as well as her favorite letter in the book. “What do Prospect Park, Coney Island, and Atlantic Avenue have...