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A Fresh Look for Rob Thomas's 'Rats Saw God'
Simon & Schuster is publishing repackaged editions of the Veronica Mars scribe's 1996 debut YA novel.
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Viz Launches Kids' Comics App with Pokemon Manga and More
Manga publisher Viz rolled out a new digital comics service last week that takes advantage of the publisher's kid-friendly licensed properties—not all of them Japanese.
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Scholastic Grabs New Graphic Novels from Gownley, Sturm, Widjaja, Maihack
Scholastic's Graphix imprint has acquired 5 new graphic novels from a variety of artists in a series of new deals negotiated with the Judy Hansen Literary Agency. The books are slated to be released beginning in 2014.
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Jump-starting an Old Favorite: The Return of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Author Frank Cottrell Boyce adds another installment to Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series, following last year's sequel.
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Meet the Mother-Daughter Pair Behind the Cupcake Club
Carrie Berk, age 10, co-authors the three-books-and-counting Cupcake Club series with her mother, Sheryl Berk.
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Promoting a Late Author's Debut Novel: 'Poison' by Bridget Zinn
Friends and family are rallying in support of the newly published novel by Zinn, who died in May 2011 at age 33.
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Rights Report: Week of March 4, 2013
New deals for Brad Meltzer, Rebecca Serle and Kate and Jim McMullan.
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Unusual Chapter Reveal for New Cassandra Clare Novel
S&S Children's Publishing is launching Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Princess with some innovative marketing strategies, such as using tweets to unlock the opening chapter word-by-word.
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A Whodunit Anthology Promotes Youth Literacy
More than 80 big names in children's literature have contributed to Who Done It?: Investigation of Murder Most Foul, an anthology that rounds up alibis from a list of literary "suspects" in the death of a fictitious editor.
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Lonely Planet Guide Saves Lives of Three Boys
A guide from the Melbourne-based travel book publisher was responsible for saving the lives of three Australian boys stuck in the Queensland mud flats during a family camping trip.
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Rights Report: Week of February 25, 2013
New deals for Jennifer A. Nielsen, Susan Gates and Dr. Tererai Trent & Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
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HarperCollins Partners with Honey Maid for Writing Contest
HarperCollins and Honey Maid have launched Made Co., an initiative aimed at helping kids realize their creative potential.
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Moving On Up: 'Etiquette & Espionage'
Gail Carriger's acclaimed YA debut, Etiquette & Espionage, about a girl attending a finishing school for spies and assassins, has enjoyed an auspicious launch.
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Fall 2013 Sneak Previews
Our exclusive Fall 2013 listings feature new titles from Kate DiCamillo, Rick Riordan, Francesca Lia Block, and many others.
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New Picture Book to Honor Newtown, Conn., Community
Random House Children's Books has announced the fall 2013 publication of Snowflakes Fall, a picture book written by Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
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Gearing Up for Spring: Picks from Children’s Booksellers
Spring is already in the air as booksellers visit with reps, peruse online and print catalogues, and place orders for the season’s new children’s titles.
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A Loving Tribute: Maurice Sendak on 'My Brother's Book'
Editor Michael di Capua is talking about My Brother's Book, Maurice Sendak's final work, as he looks through the folder he kept for the project.
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Rights Report: Week of February 18, 2013
New deals for Raina Telgemeier, Ted Sanders, Obert Skye and Kody Keplinger.
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Razorbill Partners with Framestore for 'Creature Department'
Special effects and design studio Framestore is collaborating with Razorbill and author Robert Paul Weston on The Creature Department, a middle-grade novel about siblings who befriend the creatures hidden inside a global electronics company.
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Charlesbridge and Pearson Education Announce New Stuart J. Murphy Program
In March, Pearson Education will officially launch Stuart J. Murphy's I See I Learn at School, a cooperative publishing venture based on Charlesbridge's Stuart J. Murphy's I See I Learn series of 16 storybooks starring a group of pre-K children.