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S&S Acquires Self-Pubbed 'Life's a Witch' in Three-Book Deal

By Calvin Reid | 02/16/2012 @ 10:00AM

Brittany Geragotelis's YA novel Life’s a Witch, self-published this fall via Amazon/CreateSpace, has been acquired at auction by Simon & Schuster in a three-book, six-figure deal.
Final Artemis Fowl Book to Get 1 Million Copy First Printing

| 02/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

Disney Publishing Worldwide has announced that the final book in Eoin Colfer's bestselling children's series, Artemis Fowl, will go to press for 1 million copies.
Pear Jam Books Teams with MyLi.com

By Calvin Reid | 02/13/2012 @ 12:00AM

New Zealand-based publishing startup Pear Jam Books is teaming with MyLi.com, a U.K.-based online startup e-book and reading site for school children, to release its list of titles to young readers in Britain.
More 'Hunger Games': Scholastic Adds Movie Tie-Ins to the Franchise

By Karen Springen | 02/09/2012 @ 03:00PM

Who said a trilogy had to stop at three books? On Tuesday Scholastic released a trio of new Hunger Games titles linked to the March 23 movie, which is based on the first story in Suzanne Collins' series.
Rizzoli Reissues Saul Bass Picture Book

By Sally Lodge | 02/09/2012 @ 03:00PM

This month, Rizzoli will release a facsimile edition of Henri's Walk to Paris, long out of print and the only children's book illustrated by celebrated graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass.
In Brief: February 9

| 02/09/2012 @ 03:00PM

This week, a trio of book launch events for Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Peter H. Reynolds's Plant a Kiss, Ann Hood's The Treasure Chest series, and Scott Starkey's How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying.
Galley Talk: 'The Fourth Stall: Part II'

| 02/09/2012 @ 03:00PM

Valerie Stadick, owner of Main Street Books in Minot, N.D., is eager to introduce her customers to The Fourth Stall: Part II, due this month from HarperCollins's Walden Pond Press.
New Snicket 'Autobiography' Series Announced

| 02/08/2012 @ 12:00PM

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has announced a new four-book series from author Lemony Snicket (a pseudonym for Daniel Handler), set to launch this fall.
In Brief: February 2

| 02/02/2012 @ 03:00PM

This week, A Wrinkle in Time is featured on Jeopardy!; Little, Brown highlights some of its forthcoming picture books; Norman Bridwell checks out a traveling theatrical production starring Clifford; and author Chris Butterworth receives a "Book of the Year" honor for How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?.
'No Crystal Stair' Spotlights Legendary Harlem Bookseller

By Sally Lodge | 02/02/2012 @ 03:00PM

Coretta Scott King Award-winner Vaunda Micheaux Nelson offers a fiction-laced memoir of her great-uncle and his legendary Harlem bookstore in No Crystal Stair: A Novel in Documents, Based on the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller.
New Stiefvater Series Due in September

| 02/02/2012 @ 10:00AM

More good news for Maggie Stiefvater fans: hot off the author's Printz Honor for The Scorpio Races at last week's ALA Youth Media Awards, Scholastic has announced the publication of a new four-book series from Stiefvater.
Capstone, DC Comics Ink Licensing Deal

By Calvin Reid | 01/30/2012 @ 12:00AM

Capstone, a children’s educational and library publisher, has reached a licensing deal with DC Entertainment to create library hardcovers and paper-over-board editions of DC Comics titles.
In Brief: January 26

| 01/26/2012 @ 03:00PM

This week, Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman tour for Why We Broke Up; Chronicle hosts an art auction at ALA Midwinter; Grace Lin launches Dumpling Days; co-authors Silas House and Neela Vaswani head south for Wi7 and ALA; and a library event for Monica Carnesi's Little Dog Lost.
In Brief: January 19

| 01/19/2012 @ 03:00PM

This week, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is named a cultural ambassador by the U.S. State Department; James Patterson speaks at Winter Institute 7; Robin LaFevers promotes her forthcoming book, Grave Mercy; Matt Tavares and Boston Red Sox players sign autographs to fight cancer; and Sunny Seki celebrates the Japanese New Year.
A Witch's Brew of Early Chapter Books from S&S

By Pamela Brill | 01/19/2012 @ 03:00PM

Simon & Schuster is stirring up a witch's brew of books with the release of Heidi Heckelbeck, a chapter book series starring an eight-year-old witch whose appearance provides Junie B. Jones and Judy Moody fans with a new alternative.
Q & A with Jacqueline Woodson

By Sally Lodge | 01/19/2012 @ 03:00PM

Jacqueline Woodson, winner of numerous awards including three Newbery Honors and the 2006 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement, talks about her latest novel, Beneath a Meth Moon.

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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.