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'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' Gets New Life
When the movie 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' – adapted by Jesse Andrews from his 2012 novel of the same name—opens in theaters June 12, it does so already riding a wave of impressive early success.
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Galley Talk: 'Another Kind of Hurricane'
Rachel Hochberg at Children's Book World in Haverford, Pa., points to a debut novel she’s anticipating handselling: 'Another Kind of Hurricane' by Tamara Ellis Smith, due out in July.
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RHCB Ups First Print Run on New Seuss to 1 Million
'What Pet Should I Get?,' rediscovered in fall 2013, goes on sale in July,
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of April 20, 2015
A range of new books to hit shelves next week.
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NYRB to Reissue Astrid Lindgren Classics
The New York Review Children's Collection will publish 'Mio, My Son' and 'Seacrow Island,' two out-of-print classics by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
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Rights Report: Week of April 13, 2015
New deals for Ann Redisch Stampler, Jessica Taylor, Annette Bay Pimentel, and Florence Parry Heide.
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Marissa Moss's Amelia Graduates Middle School—and Turns 20
Marissa Moss's Amelia series celebrates its 20th anniversary on April 20, when Creston Books issues Amelia's final oeuvre, 'Amelia's Middle-School Graduation Yearbook.'
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of April 13, 2015
Hitting bookshelves next week is a wide array of books for all ages, including a heavy-hitting YA novel, an anthology featuring big authors on one theme, and the first picture book pairing of two popular authors.
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Book on Divorce Launches Series for Feminist Press
Anastasia Higginbotham's 'Divorce Is the Worst' provides a candid look at a child's reaction to impending divorce.
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Rights Report: Week of April 6, 2015
New deals for Terry Pratchett, Tom Angleberger, Abigail Breslin, Natalie Lloyd, and Maggie Stiefvater.
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Rights Report: Week of March 30, 2015
New deals for Jonathan Stokes, Brian Conaghan, Courtney Sheinmel, and Madeline Valentine.
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'Special Delivery' Promotion Has Readers Putting Their Own Stamp on Things
Philip C. Stead and Matthew Cordell's 'Special Delivery' promotion has elementary students from Maine to Hawaii make their own special deliveries.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of March 30, 2015
Awaited middle grade and YA sequels, the latest picture book from a dynamic duo, and much-buzzed YA debuts are some of the books to look forward to next week.
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Wimpy Kid #10 Will Release Globally in November
Abrams Books for Young Readers has announced the publication of the 10th volume in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which will be released on November 3, 2015. The title has not yet been announced.
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Childhood Pen Pals Share Their Remarkable Story in New Book
A new book follows the six-year pen-pal exchange that changed two teens’ lives.
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Nonfiction for Foodies: Marcus Samuelsson and Others Get Kids Fired Up About Food
Nutrition, food sources, and the pleasures of cooking and eating are themes that are cropping up in an increasing number of children’s books dishing out facts, advice, and inspiration to encourage healthy eating.
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Scholastic Takes Minority Stake in Make Believe Ideas
Scholastic will take minority equity stake in MBI and launch a cobranded line of interactive kids e-books for early learners.
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Curious and Curiouser: Wild Iris Publishing Flourishes in the Heartland
David FitzSimmons self-published his first of two picture books, has been so successful that he has resigned from his day job to make books full-time.
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Children's Books Hot Off the Presses: Week of March 23, 2015
Hitting bookshelves this week are some buzzed-about middle-grade and YA novels, highly anticipated sequels, and stand-alones that go from juvenile detention centers to a not-so-distant Seattle where teens await their final hours under threat of asteroid impact.
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The Tapper Twins Do Battle in Series Debut
Squabbling 12-year-old twins Claudia and Reese engage in full-scale prank combat in 'The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other),' the debut title of a four-book middle-grade series by Geoff Rodkey.