Random House Children's Publishing Launches Author Chat Series

Posted on March 13, 1998

Random House Children's Publishing has announced they will sponsor an online Children's Author Chat Series. Developed in conjunction with Talk City on the World Wide Web and Parent Soup on America Online, all chats run on Wednesday nights from 8-9 p.m., EST, March 18th through May 20th, alternating every week between Talk City and Parent Soup.

By taking part in the scheduled chats, teachers, parents and kids can talk directly to their favorite authors and illustrators online to find out information and even share their own feedback about the books. Participating authors include: Mary Pope Osborne, author of The Magic Tree House books; Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series; Jack Prelutsky, well known children's poet and co-author of Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!, a new Dr. Seuss title; Stan & Jan Berenstain, authors and illustrators of The Berenstain Bears books; and Sally Warner, a popular fiction writer for middle grade readers and author of Dog Years, Some Friend and the upcoming release, Sort of Forever.

The Talk City Web chats are focused on teachers. Information about the series can be found at Teachers@Random, the Random House Children's Publishing Web site dedicated to teachers and educators. The Parent Soup (keyword: Parent Soup) America Online chats are geared towards parents and children. Information about the series can be found at Kids@Random, the Random House Children's Web site dedicated to children.

Random House Children's Publishing is comprised of Random House, Crown, and Knopf Books for Young Readers, as well as Random House Children's Media which encompasses all of the division's activities in video and multimedia.