Nighttime Ninja Adventures! Join in the fun!

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Nighttime Ninja explores the wilds, becomes lost and found, squeezes through tight spots, findis hidden treasures, and solves mysteries! Join the fun at www.barbaradacosta.com.

Mighty Moby Surfaces!

Mighty Moby has surfaced! Praised as "a masterpiece of bookmaking" Mighty Moby will thrill adventurers of all ages.
Visit us at the Mighty Moby blog to learn how Barbara DaCosta and Ed Young created the book, and about whales and sailing.

Mighty Moby Coming in August!

Mighty Moby
by Ed Young and Barbara DaCosta

Take the sea voyage of your life in Ed Young and Barbara DaCosta’s latest collaboration, Mighty Moby! 

The creative team behind bestselling award-winner Nighttime Ninja have crafted another thrilling adventure, this time based on Herman Melville’s great novel Moby Dick. This classic American tale is retold in collages of pictures, prose, and song, along with a humorous twist. Available from Little, Brown August 1, 2017 at stores near you and online!

Available now for preorder.

Visit the Mighty Moby website for more news and information!

Ed Young Talks About Nighttime Ninja and Seven Blind Mice

Nighttime Ninja artist Ed Young reveals some of the book's secrets, at the National Book Festival 2012. He also explains how his Caldecott Honor book Seven Blind Mice came about.

Nighttime Ninja Now Available in Japanese

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あやつ、何者！？

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We're pleased to announce that Nighttime Ninja is now available in Japanese through Mitsumura Educational Company! The translation has been praised as being "highly literary."

Nighttime Ninja Nominated for Panda Award

Nighttime Ninja is one of the eight finalists for the Panda Book Awards, an honor given by international schools in China.
"The Panda Book Awards reading initiative promises to take our students on an exciting reading adventure and invites students from participating schools to vote for their favorite book published in 2011-2013. It encourages young people to read quality books selected by international librarians throughout China." The award will be given after Chinese New Year in 2014.

Nighttime Ninja Artist Ed Young's Lon Po Po Recognized

 Congratulations to Nighttime Ninja artist Ed Young, on having his book Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China  make the New York Public Library's 100 Great Children’s Books of the past century. Lon Po Po received many accolades, including the Caldecott Medal, which was published by Philomel, in 1989.
“The purpose of this list is to encourage discussion about what you think makes a good story,” [the library] added. “As you peruse these titles, what books would you have included? What qualities do you look for when seeking a good read?  And, most importantly, we hope these suggestions will introduce new generations of readers to stories which will engage their imaginations as they participate in that age-old practice of passing on stories they enjoy to their friends and families.“
The list includes classics, such as The Cat In the Hat by Dr. Seuss, Curious George by H.A. Rey, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Stone Soup by Marcia Brown, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, and others, as well as modern stories such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling, and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman."

Ninja at the Red Wing Celebration of Minnesota Children's Authors and Illustrators

Join Nighttime Ninja author Barbara DaCosta at the 14th annual Celebration of Minnesota Children's Authors and Illustrators. This free event is great fun, with activities for children, book talks by authors and artists. In beautiful Red Wing, Minnesota, Saturday, September 21, at the Anderson Center. Don't miss it!
Barbara will be joined by Derek Anderson, Betsy Bowen, John Coy, Sid Farrar, Candace Fleming, Debra Frasier, Bruce Giebink, Bill Johnson, David LaRochelle, Debra Jo Larson, Mary Logue, Mary Losure, Shannon Pennefeather, Eric Rohmann, Lauren Stringer, Anne Ursu, Stephanie Watson, and Mike Wohnoutka.

Nighttime Ninja Goes for a Ride!

Nighttime Ninja went on its first trolley ride this week on the Excelsior Trolley, in Excelsior, Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. This handsome, wood-lined streetcar was originally built 106 years ago!
The ride-and-read storytime was run by the fabulous people of Minnesota Streetcar Museum and Excelsior Bay Books. The museum sponsors several rides like this each summer, and also on the Como-Harriet line by Lake Harriet in Minneapolis (cosponsored by Wild Rumpus Books).

Nighttime Ninja Finalist for Children's Book Week Award!

 Vote for Nighttime Ninja for Children's Book Week Children's Choice award!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York, NY — March 19, 2013 – The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader have opened voting for the 6^th annual Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards, the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by young readers of all ages, at www.bookweekonline.com. 30 finalists have been announced in six categories, representing kids’ and teens’ favorite books, authors, and illustrators of the year. Last year, almost 1,000,000 votes were cast, more than doubling votes from the previous year. Young readers can vote at www.bookweekonline.com or their votes may be tallied and entered by booksellers, librarians, and teachers into the group ballot at www.bookweekonline.com until May 9, 2013.
For the first time this year, the CBC has partnered with DOGObooks (www.dogobooks.com) to create free, embeddable voting widgets, expanding online voting opportunities for young readers everywhere. The widgets are available for publishers, librarians, teachers, and kid lit lovers at www.bookweekonline.com/widgets. DOGObooks will also promote the voting to millions of students and teachers through its award winning news site www.dogonews.com and through its partnerships with leading education platforms including Google Education, Edmodo and Edublogs. 
The Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards winners will be announced live at the 6th annual Children’s Choice Book Awards Gala on May 13 at the Liberty Theater in New York City. The gala is a charity event to benefit Every Child a Reader, and a hallmark event of Children’s Book Week (May 13-19, 2013), the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. The awards presentation will be videotaped and available for viewing by book lovers of all ages after the event at www.bookweekonline.com.

Read Kiddo Read: Vote for Nighttime Ninja!

Nighttime Ninja has the honor of being selected as a finalist for James Patterson's Read Kiddo Read literacy project. You can vote for Ninja and other books at the website.

Nighttime Ninja Now Available!

Nighttime Ninja Launches Soon!

Nighttime Ninja goes on sale September 18th at stores near you and online!

• Publishers Weekly gave Ninja a starred review, saying "The depth of feeling DaCosta and Young give to the boy’s fantasy makes this a standout." 
• Kirkus Reviews praised Ninja's writing and art: "Succinct language full of vivid verbs describing the action sets the mood for Young's lushly textured illustrations." 
• The Junior Library Guild has selected Ninja as one of its fall titles.

Daytime Ninja in Training for Nighttime Adventures

Here's Emmett, who not only loves Nighttime Ninja, but has had a video made about his own training and exploits. What are your favorite ninja activities?