Showing posts with label taiwan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taiwan. Show all posts

Monday, July 14, 2008

International Publishing Professionals

Kane/Miller represents nearly 24 countries in our list of award-winning children's books from around the world.

I have come here to the Stanford Professional Publishing Course to meet new people, take home new skills, explore others' ideas and, hopefully, incorporate most of what I learned into the business and marketing plan for the future of our company.

While there are representatives here from both the book and magazine side of the industry, there are also publishing professionals here from - ironically - about 24 countries.



Over the last few days, I've sat down with professionals from South Africa, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Of course there's still dozens of other people who I have yet to talk to.

My horoscope this morning (I read it every day) states:

A foreign person will have a very positive influence in your life today, especially if they are a person from your past...
I may not know anyone here from my past but perhaps Kane/Miller's history will play a role.

Monday, March 31, 2008

International Children's Book Day

Even though all of our titles come from countries other than the U.S. it is a very special day when we can highlight our books that speak about or take place in a land that is somehow different than the ones we're used to seeing in a children's book.

Here are just a few of our books that take place in unique places in our world:

From France


My Father's Shop




From Taiwan


On My Way to Buy Eggs




From Japan


Girl from the Snow Country




From Australia


Are We There Yet?




From Australia


Ziba Came on a Boat




From the Netherlands


Little Fish

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

One More Story


One More Story is an online library of the best of children's classic and contemporary literature. Through a simple point and click process, children can choose a book, see the illustrations and have the book read to them whenever they want.

They've just created a blog which is a great place to learn more, add suggested titles and discover different ways to use the site, whether you're a parent, teacher, or librarian.

Kane/Miller is pleased to have a growing list of titles available at One More Story:

From France
Tibili
Written by Marie Léonard

Illustrated by Andée Prigent

From England


This is the Tree

Written by Miriam Moss

Illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway

From South Korea

While We Were Out

by Ho Baek Lee

From Taiwan

Guji Guji

by Chih-Yuan Chen


From France

The Costume Party
by Victoria Chess


From Australia

Fox

Written by Margaret Wild

Illustrated by Ron Brooks


From Spain

Sebastian's Roller Skates

Written by Joan de Déu Prats

Illustrated by Francesc Rovira


(Coming Soon)

From Japan

Singing Shijimi Clams

by Naomi Kojima

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

International Language Week

Our Libros del Mundo series now contains a total of twelve titles. Two more will be released in March 2008 but here is a listing of all fourteen:

from Germany

Apolo
by Caroline Gregoire

From the Netherlands

Benny
by Sieb Posthuma


From Australia

La cama grande de Sofia
by Tina Burke

From Germany


Contando con Apolo
by Caroline Gregoire

From Taiwan

En camino a comprar huevos
by Chih-Yuan Chen

From Italy


Feliz Cumpleaños Tengo 1
Written by Matteo Faglia
Illustrations by Luana Rinaldo

From Taiwan


Guji Guji
by Chih-Yuan Chen

From Germany


Lo que Eduardo sabe hacer
by Wilfried Gebhard

From Switzerland


Marta y la bicicleta
Written by Germano Zullo
Illustrated by Albertine

From the Netherlands


Pescadito
by Sanne te Loo

From Japan


¿Quién se esconde?
by Satoru Onishi

From Australia


¿Quieres Jugar?
by Deborah Niland

From South Korea

El salon de Minji
by Eun-hee Choung

From England

Suerte
by Gus Clarke

Monday, December 17, 2007

Books that give kids a taste of another culture

My Father's Shop, from France and written by Satomi Ichikawa, was included in a recent article in the L.A. Times travel section a few days ago but of course we feel that there are several more that could work from our list:

From South Korea

New Clothes for New Year's Day
by Hyun-Ju Bae

From the Netherlands

Little Fish
by Sanne te Loo

From Japan

Girl Fom the Snow Country
by Masako Hidaka

From Taiwan

On My Way to Buy Eggs
by Chih-Yuan Chen

From India

Kali and the Rat Snake
Written by Zai Whitaker
Illustrated by Srividya Natarajan

From Ghana

Sosu's Call
by Meshack Asare

From Australia

Ziba Came on a Boat
Written by Liz Lofthouse
Illustrated by Roberg Ingpen

From Belgium

The Nights of the World
Written by Corrine Albaut
Illustrated by Arno

From England

This is the Oasis


This is the Tree
Written by Miriam Moss
Illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway
Happy Travels!

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Cybils 2007: Picture Book Nominations

The final list of the nominated titles for the 2007 Cybils awards was announced a few weeks back. Kane/Miller has three titles in the picture book category this year and I'm quite proud of the fact that these books are listed along side a wonderful group of authors and illustrators.

From Taiwan

My Cat Copies Me
by Yoon-duck Kwon

From Australia

Samsara Dog
Written by Helen Manos
Illustrated by Julie Vivas

From Japan

The Story of Cherry the Pig

by Utako Yamada

There were over 100 titles nominated in this category and - as I think I may have mentioned before - this is not going to be an easy task for the committee to select just one. I'm looking forward to the results.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Learn a Foreign Language Month

To celebrate this December event, I'm including a listing of all our Spanish language titles available in our Libros del Mundo series - including two upcoming March 2008 releases.

From Germany

Apolo
by Caroline Grégoire

From the Netherlands

Benny
by Sieb Posthuma

From Australia
La cama grande de Sofía
by Tina Burke

From Germany


Contando con Apolo
by Caroline
Grégoire

From Taiwan


En camino a comprar huevos
by Chih-Yuan Chen

From Italy

Feliz Cumpleaños Tengo 1
Written by Matteo Faglia

From Taiwan


Guji Guji
by Chih-Yuan Chen

From Germany

Lo que Eduardo sabe hacer
by Wilfried Gebhard

From Switzerland

Marta y la bicicleta
Written by Germano Zullo Illustrated by Albertine

From the Netherlands

Pescadito
by Sanne te Loo

From Japan


¿Quién se esconde?
by Satoru Onishi

From Australia

¿Quieres Jugar?
by Deborah Niland

From South Korea

El salón de Minji
by Eun-hee Choung

From England

Suerte
by Gus Clarke