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Unlocking the Layers: Little, Brown's Book-Within-Book 'Famous' Project
When Rebecca Serle dreamed up 'Famous in Love,' a romantic series about young actors involved in a love triangle both on an off screen, she was focused on writing contemporary fiction – not fantasy.
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'The Pushcart War' at 50
Jean Merrill's best-known novel, 'The Pushcart War', marks 50 years since its first publication and is being reissued in a new edition from New York Review Children's Collection.
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Pete the Cat Gets Back into the School Year Groove
For kids adjusting to the sometimes shaky first days of the new school year, cool and calm Pete the Cat is a model of unflappability.
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Rights Report: Week of September 22, 2014
New deals for Cinda Williams Chima, Ali Lewis, Sasha Dawn, Kwame Alexander, and Debbie Levy & Gilbert Ford.
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From African Orphanage to the International Stage: A Dancer Recounts Her Journey
This October Knopf will release 'Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina,' a YA memoir co-authored by Michaela and her mother, Elaine DePrince, tracing Michaela's journey from a life of war and poverty in Africa to renown as a classical ballerina.
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'It's Perfectly Normal' Turns 20
Robie Harris says she had never thought about writing a book about sexual health for kids. But today, she is the proud author of three such works.
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Rights Report: Week of September 15, 2014
New deals for Monica Hesse, McKenna Ruebush, Beth O. Stern and David Crane, Christa Desir, Kenneth Oppel and John Klassen, and Kevin Sands.
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The Sayings of Chairwoman Ursula: 'Dear Genius' Goes to China
Children's book historian Leonard S. Marcus writes on his recent visit to China, where his 'Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom' has just been published in Simplified Chinese.
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Kids to Crayons: 'Don't Quit!'
The colorful stars of 'The Day the Crayons Quit' may well get a vote of confidence from their fans at the end of this month when the results of a campaign to rally kids to celebrate the Crayons will be revealed.
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Random House's 'Voyagers' Explores New Multi-Platform Turf
The multi-platform, middle-grade series series kicks off in July 2015 with D.J. MacHale's 'Project Alpha.'
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New Life for Stephen Cosgrove's Serendipity Books
Animals real, mythical, and imaginary headline Stephen Cosgrove's Serendipity series of picture books, which is currently being reissued by Clovis, Calif.-based Heritage Builders Publishing.
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Rights Report: Week of September 8, 2014
New deals for Carrie Jones, Jessica Cluess, Jonathan Bernstein, Joshua C. Cohen, Beth Fantaskey, and Eric Kahn Gale.
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Publishers Bet Big on Two Picture Books
Each season, adorable, memorable picture book characters make their debuts, but only a few become childhood touchstones for the readers who embrace them.
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Jason Segel Steps into a New Spotlight
Jason Segel now adds middle-grade novelist to his impressive list of credits with 'Nightmares!,' written with Kirsten Miller.
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Movie Alert: 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'
The feature-length, live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst's 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' rolls out of bed and into movie theaters on October 10.
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'Firebird' Lands on the Page, from ABT Soloist Misty Copeland
'Firebird,' by American Ballet Theatre soloist Misty Copeland, illustrated by Christopher Myers, draws on a ballerina's real-life early struggles to tell a story of inspiration and encouragement.
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Rights Report: Week of September 1, 2014
New deals for Amy Zhang, Stephen Emond, James Burks, and Erin Soderberg.
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Rights Report: Week of August 25, 2014
New deals for Sarah Dessen, Ginger Garrett, Michelle Markel, and Stephan Lomp.
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'This Is Malala': PW Talks with Malala Yousafzai
PW spoke with Malala Yousafzai when she was in New York to launch the young readers edition of her bestselling memoir, 'I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World.'
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Dark Horse Looks to Add More Kids' Graphic Novels
Dark Horse Comics is expanding the number of kids' graphic novels it publishes each year, launching four new titles in 2015 with more planned.