Gift show news

It was suddenly Christmas last Friday.

I spent the day at the Los Angeles Gift Show, scouting and ordering all the great stuff that kids might find under the tree on December 25.

First up was books. While everyone's positively apoplectic about the final book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, I promise that there will be reading life beyond teen vampires. Danielle, my fun and smart sales representative, always does a great job of previewing titles for 7-12 year olds. Our running joke is that almost every title's summary starts with some dire, horrendous premise.

"When Bobby's mother died and he went to live with his alcoholic uncle in a trailer, he knew that life would never be the same..."

"Life for a gay high-schooler can be difficult. But when Jenny's father commits suicide, she decides that what the other kids think just doesn't matter..."

Oy.

Not going for the gloom and doom so much? Me either. Not to worry; we have lots of fun reads coming in over the next four months, so stay tuned. You can browse our current selection of books here.

I'll be posting more market reports this week. I'm super excited about a new line of Project Runway fashion and illustration sets.

Oh yeah...Breaking Dawn goes on sale at Juvie on August 8!