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Patricia MacLachlan to Pen Boxcar Children Prequel
Albert Whitman & Company announced on Tuesday that it has signed Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan to write a prequel to Gertrude Chandler Warner's The Boxcar Children series, which has sold more than 50 million copies since its debut in 1942.
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What's Selling at The Briar Patch
Annie Kuhn, a bookseller at The Briar Patch in Bangor, Maine, reports on strong sales for a series of chewable books, which customers are literally eating up.
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Reach Out and Read's New Literacy Guide for Children with Disabilities
Reach Out and Read, the Boston-based nonprofit that prescribes new books for children at pediatric checkups, is piloting a guide for the parents of children with disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, and low vision, at 57 hospitals and clinics.
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NPR Feature Brings Spike in Sales
Sales of You Can Count on a Monster, which uses monster-themed geometrical designs to introduce prime and composite numbers, had been humming along since the picture book's February 2010 release. Recently, the sales volume increased dramatically after the book was serendipitously spotlighted on NPR's Weekend Edition.
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In Brief: March 10
In brief this week: a karaoke fundraiser for Children's Book Press; the Book Maker's Dozen at Sparkhouse Toys and Books; Lisa Yee on tour; 'The Wednesday Wars' on stage; and an author event for Andrea Alban.
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Random House Gives Debut YA Novel a Big Sendoff
A Facebook game and three tie-in original e-book short stories are among the features of the extensive marketing campaign Random House Children’s Books has in place for Starters, a futuristic thriller by debut novelist Lissa Price, due from Delacorte on March 13 with a 100,000-copy first printing.
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'Marcel the Shell,' Picture Book Star
Based on the popular web video by Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: Things About Me, will be published on November 1 with a 100,000-copy first printing.
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S&S Signs Up Trilogy by YA Collaborators
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers announced this week that it will publish a new YA trilogy co-written by authors Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian. The novels are told from the perspectives of three high-school girls who overcome their differences and band together to seek revenge on those who have wronged them.
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Elizabeth Berkley Brings Messages of Her Teen Workshops to the Page
Matters of the heart, body image, self-esteem, friendships, and family issues are some of the topics explored in Ask Elizabeth by actress Elizabeth Berkley.
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In Brief: March 3
In brief this week: A new Shel Silverstein book; celebrating Read Across America Day; defending a "graphic" pregnancy picture book; and stage versions of 'Skellig' and 'Class Clown.'
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Paul Galdone Headlines HMH's New Folk Tale Classics
Four backlist picture books by Paul Galdone will launch HMH Books' Folk Tale Classics line this month. Due out with a combined 100,000-copy first printing are The Little Red Hen, The Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, and Three Little Kittens. "We identified as a marketplace trend a return to the comfort of the classics," says HMH's Mary Wilcox.
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YA Novel Unearths Lost Chapter in History
A simple question sparked the idea for Ruta Sepetys's first novel for young adults, Between Shades of Gray, about Stalin's genocide in the Baltic states during WWII. On a visit to her family in Lithuania in 2005, Sepetys asked to see photographs of her grandfather, an officer in the Lithuanian army who had fled to a refugee camp before the genocide began and ultimately emigrated to America.
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In Brief: February 24
In brief this week: A Birthday for Booktenders' Secret Garden; 'Weird Al' on tour; a party for 'Where's Walrus?'; and events with authors Devon Kinch and Elizabeth Schoonmaker.
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Spring 2011 Children's Announcements: R-S
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Spring 2011 Children's Announcements: D-F
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Fall 2011 Sneak Previews
Here's an early look at what's on deck in children's and YA publishing for fall 2011.
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Galley Talk: 'Forgotten' by Cat Patrick
Judith Lafitte, an owner of Octavia Books in New Orleans and the children's book buyer, enjoys reading books by first-time authors; one spring debut novel especially caught her attention.
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