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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.
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The 'Pioneer Girl' Project: The Long Road to Bringing Laura Ingalls Wilder's 1930 Autobiography into Print
Pamela Smith Hill and publisher South Dakota Historical Society Press are working on a heavily annotated version of Wilder's 1930 autobiography, 'Pioneer Girl,' for publication.
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Random House Issues Recently Discovered Richard Scarry Work
'Richard Scarry's Best Lowly Worm Book Ever!,' a never-before-published book starring this Tyrolean hat-sporting character, will be released by Random House on August 26.
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Entangled's Lux Series Lights the Way to Big Sales
Combined sales for Jennifer L. Armentrout's Lux series, inclduing the fifth and final volume, 'Opposition,' have topped 500,000 copies.
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Chaos Walking Trilogy Steps Out with New Covers
Candlewick has just reissued the Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy in paperback with new covers and a prequel short story in each, and is promoting the re-launch with a campaign dubbed Noise for Ness.
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From Page to Screen: 'The Boxcar Children'
More than 500 adults and children attended a free screening at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Ill. on Saturday, August 16 for a full-length animated feature film, 'The Boxcar Children.'
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Rights Report: Week of August 18, 2014
New deals for Henry H. Neff, Kwame Alexander, and Isabelle Arsenault.
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Speakaboos Adds Content from Scholastic, Jim Henson
Speakaboos, a mobile educational platform for children that offers subscription access to interactive e-books and songs, is expanding its digital inventory with new content from Scholastic, the Jim Henson Company, and HIT Entertainment.
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Make Way for New Children's Bookstore in Boston
The owners of the World's Only Curious George Store are opening a second picture-book concept store, the Make Way for Ducklings Store in Boston, Mass.
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'The Story of Hurry' Spotlights Sorrow and Hope in Gaza
In Emma Williams and Ibrahim Quraishi's 'The Story of Hurry,' the keeper at a war-devastated zoo in Gaza dyes the fur of a donkey to look like that of a zebra.
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Movie Alert: 'The Maze Runner'
A fight for survival in a shape-shifting arena begins as 'The Maze Runner,' James Dashner's 2009 dystopian adventure, arrives in movie theaters on September 19.
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Rights Report: Week of August 11, 2014
New deals for Rosemary McCarney, Kimberly Willis Holt, and Brian Pinkney.
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Both Sides of the Story: Transgender Teens Release Memoirs
In September, Simon & Schuster will release Katie Rain Hill's memoir, Rethinking Normal, along with Arin Andrews's Some Assembly Required.
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Rights Report: Week of August 4, 2014
New deals for Richard Jackson and Jerry Pinkney, Aaron Reynolds, Marie Lu, and more.
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S&S Children’s Lands First Archway Self-Pubbed Acquisition
Simon & Schuster children’s imprint Aladdin Books has acquired publication rights to 'Strays,' a novel by Virginia Castleman, originally released in February by Archway, the self-publishing service operated for S&S by Author Solutions.
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A Prankish Cover Reveal for 'The Terrible Two'
Mac Barnett and Jory John trotted out their own pranks when they revealed the cover of their new book, 'The Terrible Two.'
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Eerdmans Book Goes Back to Roget's Roots
In "The Right Word Roget and His Thesaurus," Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet examine the life and work of Peter Mark Roget.
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'Zero Degree Zombie Zone' Introduces an African-American Cast
A shy underdog and his loyal best friend must protect a magical ring from marauding zombies in "The Zero Degree Zombie Zone," a middle-grade fantasy adventure featuring four African-American protagonists.
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Picture a Novel from Lane Smith
"Return to Augie Hobble," Lane Smith's first novel-length work for young readers, is a story that had been percolating for 15 years.
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Kids' Comics Grow Up at San Diego Comic-Con 2014
Scholastic’s Graphix imprint celebrated its 10th anniversary while Abrams, IDW, Viz, and Papercutz showcased old and new kids' and YA properties at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International.