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Rights Report: Week of June 15, 2015
New deals for Emma Donoghue, Alicia Williams, Ally Condie, Alison McGhee, Andrew Shvarts, Erica S. Perl, and Bryce Moore.
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A Father's Day Nod to 'Guess How Much I Love You'
Candlewick and United Through Reading are celebrating Father's Day this year with a campaign centered on 'Guess How Much I Love You,' which in turn is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of June 15, 2015
Among books hitting the shelves next week are new middle grade adventures, continuations of existing series, the return of some classic authors, a picture book featuring sisterly love, and two YA novels dealing with trauma and mental illness.
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Book-Based Summer Movies
A crop of new YA movie adaptations is coming to theaters this summer.
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Kersten Hamilton's 'Yellow Copter' Takes Flight
Kersten Hamilton and Valeria Petrone's still-chugging 'Red Truck' now has a whirling companion: 'Yellow Copter.'
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Galley Talk: 'Trouble Is a Friend of Mine'
For those in search of trouble or just a fun summer read, children's bookseller Amy Brabenec at Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, Mass., is looking forward to handselling Stephanie Tromly's debut novel 'Trouble Is a Friend of Mine,' due out in August.
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Rights Report: Week of June 8, 2015
New deals for Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely, Felix Kjellberg, A.S. King, Laurel Snyder, Josh Funk, and James Hannibal.
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Vt. Author Teams Up with Local Bookstores to Promote Serial E-novel
When children's author Michael Daley decided to self-publish his YA race car thriller as a six-installment serial, he turned to area bookstores for help.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of June 8
Hitting shelves next week are a picture book from a popular comedian, the first YA novel from an bestselling adult author, a companion to a dystopian series, a history book for young readers from a TV pundit, and a new novella set in an Old Kingdom.
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Chronicle Issues Mother-Daughter Memoirs of Living with Anorexia
Elena Dunkle had been battling anorexic nervosa for many tortuous years when she and her mother, author Clare B. Dunkle, began writing a memoir of the teen's life with the eating disorder in 2009.
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Rights Report: Week of June 1, 2015
New deals for Debbi Michiko Florence, Laurie Boyle Crompton, and Jennifer Hamburg.
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BEA 2015: Chronicling Middle Grade Characters and Adventures
A panel of novelists of forthcoming middle-grade titles, talks the difference between middle grade and YA, the origins of their stories, and life before publication.
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BEA 2015: Editors Buzz About Middle Grade Books
Editors gathered at BEA Friday morning to share their favorite middle-grade books for fall.
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Kindergartners Whip Up Some 'Rude Cakes'
Matthew Winner, librarian at Ducketts Lane Elementary School in Elkridge, Md., was inspired to create a craft activity for his kindergarten class after reading them Rowboat Watkins's 'Rude Cakes.'
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of June 1, 2015
Two bestselling series add new titles, a new picture book gets meta, a debut middle grade novel heads to the circus, a high-fantasy middle grade series launches, a new YA novel deals with teen vengeance, and another travels through time to rescue a friendship.
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Rights Report: Week of May 25, 2015
New deals for Trish Cook, Sharlee Glenn, and Carmen Oliver.
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Transgender Titles for Young Readers
To many authors, editors, and booksellers, the best way to increase acceptance of transgender people is to publish more of these stories for young people.
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First Look: Rebecca Stead’s 'Goodbye Stranger'
Three seventh-grade girls deal with the challenges of friendship, love, and change in 'Goodbye Stranger,' the latest novel by Rebecca Stead.
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Happy Birthday, Pippi Longstocking!
The 70-year-old classic doesn't look a day over nine.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of May 25, 2015
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a trio of noteworthy YA titles: a follow-up to a popular series, a stand-alone that deals with the heavy topics of life and love, and the start to a new series promising romance and motorcycle gang intrigue.