Children's Ebooks Make Trends

All the big news in children's ebook publishing is right here. News on awards, small presses, big presses. Children with ADD, the Cast Ereader, and much more.

Ebooks are not only reviewed by yahoo magazine, the of likes Rita Hestand, and Lisa's book reviews they are changing lives especially with children.
Not only helping trees and giving relief to children with ink sensitivity more benefits are beginning to show. Since computers are known to help children with ADD. Ebooks seem to be the next logical step. Graphics, text, and sometimes sound can be molded into vivid spellbinding
educational material.
"The Queen Bee, by Ann Herrick, has been chosen to be used as a demo for the CAST eREADER. Founded in 1984 as the Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST is an educational, not-for-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people. CAST has joined the Electronic Publishers Coalition in the eReader Initiative - a project to reach and survey impaired readers."

Even Time Warner, and Random House are now taking the plunge and publishing ebooks. These global trends started with the small professional ebook houses and members of the
professional ebook writers organization.
They even have awards. The Eppie Awards include an award for Best YA and Best Children's of the year.

The 2001 awards were in Vegas and they were fabulous.
Jeff Strand won an Eppie for Elrod McBugle on the Loose from DiskUs and did double duties as 2001 host. Other YA finalists were.
After Always by Dawn Reno (Avid Press), Camp Cheer by Betty Jo Schuler (Wordbeams.com) Finding Mariah by Eloise Barton (hardshell.com)
Nothing Stays The Same by Gaile Radley (Bookmice.com)
The children's winner was Fred Stays With Me by Nancy Coffett (See Spot Books Jennifer L. B. Leese. other finalists were I'm With My Mom On Sundays by Valerie Hardin (www.streetsaint.com)
The Lonely Snowman by Dicksie Dudeney (Crossroadspub.com)
Real Soon, Racoon by Roger Sperberg & Jill Kimball (Watchung Plaza Books) Sounds I Hear by Susan L.B. Leese (Wordbeams.com) and A Tale From Lavallah by Dawn Reno (Books On Screen)
Valerie Hardin also presented. She handed out the award for best horror ebook. Hardin was a finalist in the 2000 awards as well and is an acclaimed gothic poet. She is working
on books with Denise Gasta and a YA horror novel with Susan L.B. Leese.
Lynne Hansen stepped in as a presenter when another presenter could not make it. She is the author of the YA horror novel return The Return from Wordbeams. THE RETURN is the first book in the Heritage of Horror series. Now Lynne gets to weave the monsters she loves into her historical tales of terror. Her website is a virtual whose who in children's ebook publishing. http://members.aol.com/ebookpromo
There are other newer awards for childrens ebook forming.
FeBA awards will include a Children's eBook Award in 2002.
The first children's ebook Winner of the 2001 Independent Ebook Award was Nessie and the Living Stone by Lois June Wickstrom crossroadspub.com June has appeared on Television. YA author Tonya Ramagos has also apeared on TV.
Jennifer L. B. Leese, Deborah Gafford 2000 Eppie Finalist.
Though teens will love to read YA ebooks by themselves. For smaller children Ebooks are best
when read by a parent. This way the adult can pick up precious Bonding time with their children.