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Galley Talk: 'The Rithmatist'

| 02/21/2013 @ 02:00PM

Megan O'Sullivan, the owner of Main Street Books in Cedar City, Utah, has high hopes for The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson's first novel for teens.
Rights Report: Week of February 11, 2013

| 02/14/2013 @ 05:00PM

New delas for Eric Carle, Diona Wood and Mark Bomback & Galaxy Craze.
From Barefoot Books, An Iranian Tale

By Sally Lodge | 02/14/2013 @ 03:00PM

Born in Iran and raised in Israel, multiplatinum-selling singer Rita Jahanforuz has written a picture book based on a story her mother often told her during her early childhood years in Tehran.
Seeing and Sharing Hearts, Online and in a Picture Book

By Sally Lodge | 02/14/2013 @ 02:00PM

See a Heart, Share a Heart, a small-format picture book released by Dial in December, showcases a selection of Eric Telchin's 4,000 photos of heart-shaped objects, accompanied by minimal poetic text.
New from Andrews McMeel: ‘Desmond Pucket,’ Big Nate and Downton Parody

By Calvin Reid | 02/13/2013 @ 12:00PM

Andrews McMeel Publishing is expanding the AMP! Comics for Kids line with the launch of Mark Tatulli’s Desmond Pucket: Makes Monster Magic, a hardcover illustrated kids’ story and activity book, while adding new titles from Lincoln Pierce’s bestselling Big Nate series and releasing a parody of the Downtown Abbey TV show.
A New Look for Harry Potter

By Shannon Maughan | 02/13/2013 @ 08:30AM

To mark the 15-year anniversary of the debut of Harry Potter, Scholastic will be publishing seven all-new covers on its U.S. trade paperbacks, created by Kazu Kibuishi.
Children's Authors and Events at Winter Institute: The Complete Guide

By Judith Rosen | 02/12/2013 @ 03:30PM

At this year's Winter Institute 8 in Kansas City, picture book, middle grade, and YA writers an important part of the Authors Reception as well as other programming on toys, book fairs, and nonfiction is specifically geared to children's bookselling.
Rights Report: Week of February 4, 2013

| 02/07/2013 @ 05:00PM

New deals for Misty Copeland & Christhopher Myers, Seth Fishman and Liz Scanlon.
'Oh So Tiny Bunny' Reunites Kirk and Feiwel

By Sally Lodge | 02/07/2013 @ 03:00PM

David Kirk, the creator of the one million-copy bestseller Miss Spider's Tea Party, has just published his first new picture book in a decade, Oh So Tiny Bunny out this week from Feiwel and Friends.
Rights Report: Week of January 28, 2013

| 01/31/2013 @ 05:00PM

New deals for Julie Kagawa, James Kochalka and Colleen Houck.
Worlds Collide in New Rick Riordan Short Story

By Shannon Maughan | 01/31/2013 @ 03:30PM

What if Percy Jackson and Carter Kane – the stars of Rick Riordan's bestselling mythology-inspired series – Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and The Kane Chronicles – met each other?
Author Jesse Klausmeier on Her Childhood Sketch Turned Published Book

By John A. Sellers | 01/31/2013 @ 03:00PM

A story that debut author Jesse Klausmeier wrote when she was five, growing up in Madison, Wis., helped form the basis for her picture book Open This Little Book, just published by Chronicle.
This Week in Children's Apps: January 31, 2013

| 01/31/2013 @ 02:00PM

This week in children's apps features an adaptation of the bestselling picture book The Kissing Hand, starring Chester Raccoon. Also this week is the newest Little Critter app, Just Shopping with Mom. The newest Berenstain Bears app is also out this week, teaching players a lesson about anger and the curative functions of laughter.
Could 'Timmy Failure' Spell Success for Candlewick?

By Sally Lodge | 01/29/2013 @ 03:00PM

Candlewick is rolling out a $250,000 marketing campaign for the debut of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, the first children's book from Stephan Pastis, creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.
American Girl Expands Bestselling Advice Book

By Claire Kirch | 01/29/2013 @ 03:00PM

American Girl Publishing has updated one of its bestselling titles, now called The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls, for readers ages 8 to 10. A second volume, The Care & Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls, is aimed at an audience ages 10 and up.
Author Celebrates Good Fortune by Paying It Forward

By Alexis Burling | 01/29/2013 @ 03:00PM

To celebrate the publication of her first picture book, author Brenda Ferber has taken a cue from her story's pages and is hosting a "Random Act of Kindness" contest in the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day.
Delirium Trilogy Heads to the Small Screen

| 01/23/2013 @ 01:00PM

The Fox Network has ordered a pilot based on Lauren Oliver's popular Delirium trilogy, just ahead of the release of book three, Requiem (Harper, March).
Random House to Reissue Ruth Chew's Fantasy Oeuvre

By Sally Lodge | 01/17/2013 @ 03:00PM

Random House Books for Young Readers has acquired the rights to Ruth Chew's 29-book canon of middle-grade fantasy novels including No Such Thing As a Witch and What the Witch Left.

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PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Dan Gemeinhart
Dan Gemeinhart spoke with PW KidsCast about his new middle grade novel, ‘Coyote Lost and Found,’ the follow up to ‘The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,’ and returning to his beloved characters.