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Hungry for More About the Hunger Games? A Q&A with Amandla Stenberg (aka Rue)

By Karen Springen | 01/19/2012 @ 03:00PM

Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy ended in 2010, but it gets a new lease on life with the release of the big-screen version of the first novel on March 23. Eighth-grader Amandla Stenberg, 13, who portrays Rue, talked with PW about her role in the movie.
New Life for 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind'

By Sally Lodge | 01/12/2012 @ 03:00PM

Just off press from Dial is a picture-book adaptation of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, teenager William Kamkwamba's remarkable story of bringing electricity and life-saving water to the famine and drought ravaged village of Wimbe, Malawi.
Scholastic Announces the Return of Captain Underpants

By Sally Lodge | 01/12/2012 @ 10:00AM

After six years without appearing in a new adventure, Dav Pilkey’s indomitable Captain Underpants will be back in all his caped, alliterative glory next August when Scholastic will release Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers.
Antarctic Press Wins Extension in Wimpy Kid Suit

| 01/11/2012 @ 10:00AM

Antarctic Press, the small manga publisher that was sued for copyright infringement by Wimpy Kid, Inc. over the sale of its parody of the popular children's series featuring zombies, was given more time to negotiate.
Director Chris Columbus to Write Three-Book Middle-Grade Series

| 01/05/2012 @ 03:00PM

HarperCollins has announced it has preempted rights to a three-book middle-grade series by director Chris Columbus, to be called House of Secrets.
Nick Bruel's Bad Kitty Hits Her Stride

By Sally Lodge | 01/05/2012 @ 03:00PM

Since making her debut in 2005 in Bad Kitty, Nick Bruel's feisty feline has caused additional trouble in two subsequent picture books, Poor Puppy and A Bad Kitty Christmas, and in four early chapter books, the success of which have helped boost the in-print tally of the Bad Kitty series to almost four million copies.
Looking for John Green? Find Him on Tour

By Karen Springen | 01/05/2012 @ 03:00PM

An abundance of fans will see Printz Award-winning author John Green on his 17-city tour for The Fault in Our Stars beginning Jan. 10) when the Looking for Alaska writer and his younger musician brother, Hank, will launch their three-week road trip.
'The Pregnancy Project' Due as Book and TV Movie

By Sally Lodge | 01/05/2012 @ 03:00PM

The widespread attention that then 17-year-old high-school honor student Gaby Rodriguez received when she announced that she had feigned a pregnancy as an experiment for her senior project led to a book contract with Simon & Schuster, as well as a TV movie deal with Lifetime.
B&N and Laurie Berkner Invite Kids to a 'Party Day'

By Shannon Maughan | 01/05/2012 @ 03:00PM

Barnes & Noble has released its first original NOOK Kids Read and Play e-book for NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet: a musical day-at-the-beach adventure entitled Party Day by wildly popular children’s singer-songwriter Laurie Berkner.
Wimpy Kid Wins Restraining Order Against Comics Parody

By Heidi MacDonald | 12/29/2011 @ 03:00PM

The Wimpy Kid was not so wimpy in a Massachusetts court Wednesday when the company won a temporary restraining order against Antarctic Press, publisher of two Wimpy Kid parody graphic novels.
B&N Ships Green's 'Fault' Too Early

| 12/22/2011 @ 10:00AM

In a blog post on Wednesday, author John Green revealed that Barnes & Noble has accidentally shipped copies of his forthcoming YA novel, The Fault in Our Stars (Dutton), a few weeks too early.
Scholastic Unveils New Multi-Platform Series

By Rachel Deahl | 12/21/2011 @ 03:00PM

Although the New York Times wanted to push it as the next Harry Potter, Scholastic's forthcoming multi-platform book series, Infinity Ring, is clearly the heir apparent to the publisher's more recent foray into transmedia storytelling, The 39 Clues.
New Buzzboy Graphic Novel Out in Print, the Web, on iPad

By Calvin Reid | 12/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

Cartoonist John Gallagher, creator of the popular self-published kid’s comic Buzzboy, has released Buzzboy: Sidekicks Rule, a new graphic novel about the tween super sidekick, in three different formats this month.
Penguin Postpones Release of Two Mortenson YA Editions

| 12/16/2011 @ 12:00AM

Penguin’s Dial Books for Young Readers imprint is not publishing two Greg Mortenson titles it had on its schedule, at least for now.
'Book Thief' Hits Two Million in U.S. Sales

| 12/15/2011 @ 04:30PM

Markus Zusak's 2006 Printz Honor novel The Book Thief (Knopf) has just sold two million copies, across multiple formats, in the United States.
In Brief: December 15

| 12/15/2011 @ 03:00PM

This week, Michael Morpurgo visits The Today Show; Jan Brett-inspired holiday windows at Neiman Marcus; a gathering of Arizona authors; a meeting of the National Ambassador of Young People's Literature and Ireland's Children's Literature Laureate; and Norton Juster visits Atlanta.
Feiwel and Friends Rolls Out 'Cinder' in High Style

By Sally Lodge | 12/15/2011 @ 03:00PM

An extensive Facebook campaign, promotion on Tor.com, an exclusive pre-publication excerpt on USAToday.com, and a "Hollywood-style" book trailer are among the highlights of the marketing campaign launching Cinder, a debut novel by 26-year-old Marissa Meyer.
Movie Alert: 'War Horse'

By Matia Burnett | 12/15/2011 @ 03:00PM

From page to stage, and now to screen, it’s been a long, storied journey for British author Michael Morpurgo and his epic novel, War Horse,first published in 1982.

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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.