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Jessica Lange Publishes First Children's Book
Sourcebooks's Jabberwocky imprint has drawn a bit of Hollywood glamour with the release of It's About a Little Bird, actress Jessica Lange's first book for children.
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Can a Teen 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Put Finland on the YA Literary Map?
Finland may have found its entry point in a young adult series poised to obtain a similarly global reach.
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New Edition of 'The Little Red Hen' Features Audio by Debra Messing
A new edition of Mary Finch's retelling of The Little Red Hen features illustrations by Kate Slater and an accompanying audio CD, with actress Debra Messing reading the story.
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Rights Report: Week of September 23, 2013
New deals for Matt de la Peña, Shandra Strickland, Brian Faulkner, Cynthia Lord, and more.
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HarperCollins Signs New Katherine Applegate Series
On the basis of a three-sentence proposal, HarperCollins has signed recent Newbery Medal recipient Katherine Applegate for a middle-grade trilogy that will begin with Endling, likely in 2016.
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New Series, Big Tour, and First Movie for James Dashner
Like a character in one of his high-stakes fantasy adventures, James Dashner has a lot to contend with – in his case, all good.
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Dav Pilkey to Illustrate Picture Book of Inaugural Poem
Richard Blanco is adapting his poem "One Today," which he recited at President Barack Obama's January 21, 2013 inauguration, into a picture book with illustrations by Dav Pilkey.
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AMP! Comics for Kids Releases First Illustrated Novel
Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic, by syndicated cartoonist Mark Tatulli, is the first novel in a madcap series starring the eponymous prankster due from AMP! Comics for Kids on October 1.
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Moving on Up: 'The Unwanteds' by Lisa McMann
In the land of Quill, the setting for Lisa McMann's middle-grade dystopian fantasy series The Unwanteds, turning 13 seals one's fate to live or die.
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Capstone Celebrates Katie Woo
Katie Woo, the spunky first grader who stars in an eponymous early chapter-book series by Fran Manushkin, is having a banner season with a number of upcoming releases.
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This Week in Children's Apps: September 19, 2013
This week in children's apps features two apps from The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library, a new Little Critter app, and both a new Berenstain Bears app and the first Berenstain app collection.
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Rights Report: Week of September 16, 2013
New deals for Kenn Nesbitt & J. Patrick Lewis, Sherry Duskey Rinker, Henry Clark, and Andrea Davis Pinkney.
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Singer-Songwriter Janis Ian Publishes Her First Picture Book
Netherlands-based Lemniscaat is releasing The Tiny Mouse by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, illustrated by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert.
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Books for Budding Gourmands
This year there’s been a batch of food-related books, written by celebrities for kids.
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Ally Carter's New Mission: Goodbye Gallagher Girls, Hello Embassy Row
On September 17, the sixth and final installment of Ally Carter's Gallagher Girls series, United We Spy, arrives on bookshelves.
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Rights Report: Week of September 9, 2013
New deals for Philip Kerr, Leslie Margolis, Jessica Lawson, Sara Zarr and Demi Lovato.
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James Patterson Launches New Middle-Grade Series
The prolific author debuts a middle-grade adventure series with Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman, as well as the sequel to 2012's Confessions of a Murder Suspect with Maxine Paetro.
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Beautiful Creatures Authors to Write Spinoff Series
The bestselling supernatural YA series Beautiful Creatures, which concluded in October 2012, will soon have a spinoff series, written by co-authors and best friends Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
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Galley Talk: 'The Midnight Dress'
Alicia Michielli, assistant manager of Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo, N.Y., is eager to handsell Karen Foxlee's The Midnight Dress when it is released in October.
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Jim Carrey Rolls Out His First Children's Book
Jim Carrey will add “first-time author” to his resume when his children's book, How Roland Rolls is published on September 24.