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Licensing Hotline: November 25
Sourcebooks has secured the rights to Nickelodeon's portfolio of properties for its Put Me in the Story personalized book platform. The first two titles are 'Dora's Birthday Surprise!' and 'Happy Birthday, SpongeBob!'
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Rights Report: Week of November 24, 2014
New deals for David Ezra Stein, Marilyn Hilton, and Adam Lehrhaupt.
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The Accidental Bestseller
Some books arrive labeled “can’t miss,” or have such a hefty advance that publishers do everything they can to assure that they won’t miss. But what about the sleepers?
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Chronicle Prevails in 8-Publisher Auction for Debut Picture Book
Passion and purpose ran high in the November 13 auction for Brendan Wenzel's solo picture book debut, 'They All Saw a Cat.'
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Galley Talk: 'All the Bright Places'
Sam Droke-Dickinson, co-owner of family owned and operated Aaron's Books in Lititz, Pa., shares her enthusiasm for 'All the Bright Places' by Jennifer Niven, which Knopf will publish in January.
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Rights Report: Week of November 17, 2014
New deals for Tilar Mazzeo, Sarah Crossan, Cindy Trumbore, Matthew Cordell, Tanya Lee Stone, and Marjorie Priceman.
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2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Goes to Torday
'The Dark Wild' by Piers Torday has won the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, announced Thursday evening in London.
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'The Long Haul' #1 Title Worldwide
The ninth book in Jeff Kinney's series is the top selling title in all English-language territories around the world, according to publisher Abrams Books.
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The True (25th Anniversary) Story of the Three Little Pigs
Pretty much everything about Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs' was mold-breaking when it hit shelves in 1989.
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Macmillan's 'Fairest' Promotion Riffs on Cyber Monday
On December 1, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group is launching #cyborgmonday to promote pre-pub buzz for Marissa Meyer's 'Fairest,' the fourth installment of the fairytale-themed Lunar Chronicles.
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High Schooler Mines Minecraft for Trilogy
Sean Fay Wolfe, a high school senior in Rhode Island, is the self-published author of the Elementia Chronicles, a fan fiction trilogy based on the popular game, Minecraft.
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Barnett and Klassen Hit the Road for 'Sam and Dave'
Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen set out for a cross-country tour, October 14–29, in support of their new picture book 'Sam and Dave Dig a Hole.'
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A Haunting Anniversary: 'Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins' Turns 25
Take a non-traditional holiday story, add a noted illustrator, blend with a trio of enthusiastic magazine and children's book editors, and what do you get?
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A Lion-Sized Leap from Art Director to Author
In spring 2016, Atheneum will publish Simon and Schuster art director Lucy Ruth Cummins debut solo picture book, 'A Hungry Lion: Or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals.'
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Rights Report: Week of November 3, 2014
New deals for Mal Preet, Jason Reynolds, Matthew Kirby, Sarah Fine, Denis Markell, Robin Talley, and Karen Rivers.
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PW's Best Children's Books of 2014
We've sorted through the thousands of books published for children and teens in 2014, to bring you our picks of the year's best books, in picture books, middle-grade, and YA.
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A Teen Takes On Bullying by Self-Publishing
For the past two years, 18-year-old Aija Mayrock has immersed herself in a project particularly close to her heart: she wrote 'The Survival Guide to Bullying' and self-published it earlier this month.
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Wimpy Kid #9: An Exclusive Sneak Peek
Book 9 of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, 'The Long Haul,' doesn't hit bookstore shelves until next Tuesday, November 4, but we've got an exclusive excerpt now.
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Drawing Life Lessons from Little Golden Books
Longtime Golden Books editor Diane Muldrow has added to the Everything I Need to Know series, with two new books.
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Penguin Imports Bestselling Swedish Series
The Whodunit Detective Agency series made its American debut earlier this month, when Grosset & Dunlap published full-color translations of the first two titles.