The Business of Children's Publishing

The Center for Children's Literature at Carthage hosted the annual Business of Children's Publishing event Oct. 1-2 in Hedberg Library. The event featured guest speakers including authors, illustrators, publishers, editors, agents and marketing managers. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions, get books signed, and talk informally with the speakers.

Featured speakers at the 2010 event included:

Wesley Adams, executive editor, Farrar/Macmillan
Mr. Adams has worked on books by Jack Gantos, Anne Finbe and Michael Cadnum.

Ann Bausum, author, National Geographic Children's

Scottie Bowditch, marketing manager, Penguin Young Readers

Anita Eerdmans, Eerdmans Publishing

Quinlan Lee, agent, Adams Literary

Kevin Luthardt, illustrator, Peachtree Press

Isabel Warren-Lynch, art director, Random House
Ms. Warren-Lynch oversees a group of designers. Her own work has included books by Carl Hiaasen, Jerry Spinelli, and Louis Sachar. Come and hear the inside scoop on how art gets incorporated into books.

Iris Yipp, Rose Joseph, Magic Tree Books

Meet the Authors

Award-winning children's book author Ann Bausum has written eight information books. Her book "Freedom Riders" was named a 2006 Notable Children's Book and 2007 Sibert Honor Book, was chosen as the best youth nonfiction book of 2006 by the editors of Booklist, and won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award from the Wisconsin Library Association.

Bausum's book "Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism" won the 2007 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction and was a 2008 Notable Children's Book (American Library Association). "Muckrakers" was also a finalist for the 2008 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. Ms. Bausum also won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award in 2005 for her book "With Courage and Cloth."

Kevin Luthardt is a children's author, illustrator, artist and muralist. He has written seven children's books including "Meet the Vowels," "You're Weird!," "Peep!," and "Larabee." His is also a muralist who has created large-scale murals for schools, libraries and other venues.

For more information about the Business of Children's Publishing, please contact Center for Children's Literature director John W. Stewig or call (262) 552-5480.

Speakers

Friday, Oct. 1

What Does a Publisher Do?
Anita Eerdmans, Eerdmans Publishing

What Does an Agent Do?
Quinlan Lee, Adams Literary

What Does an Illustrator Do?
Kevin Luthardt, Peachtree Press

What Does a Marketing Manager Do?
Scottie Bowditch, Penguin Young Readers

Saturday, Oct. 2

What Does an Editor Do?
Wesley Adams, Farrar/Macmillan

What Does an Author Do?
Ann Bausum, National Geographic Children's

What Does an Art Director Do?
Isabel Warren-Lynch, Random House

What Does a Book Seller Do?
Iris Yipp, Rose Joseph, Magic Tree Books