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Rights Report: February 10
News of deals for several top authors this week, including Ally Carter, Lurlene McDaniel, and Jay Asher.
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S&S Signs Up New YA Trilogy by Tonya Hurley
Simon & Schuster has acquired U.S. and audio rights to The Blessed, a trilogy by Tonya Hurley, author of ghostgirl and its two sequels. The trilogy—a contemporary, supernatural romance that is a reimagining of the martyrdom legends of three saints—will be edited by executive editor Zareen Jaffery; the inaugural novel will be published in July 2012.
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Kristi Yamaguchi's Debut Picture Book Stars a Skating Piglet
Encouraged by her family and best friend, Poppy the pig follows her dream of becoming a star in Dream Big, Little Pig! by Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. Not surprisingly, after learning to believe in herself and much persistence and practice, Poppy finally finds her niche as an ice skater.
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In Brief: February 10
In brief this week: Gennifer Choldenko hits the road; meetings of the NCCBA and SCBWI-Wisconsin; and an event with writer Jessica Burkhart.
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Sterling to Publish Picture Book of 'Blowin' in the Wind'
Jon J Muth will illustrate the first picture book edition of Bob Dylan's 1963 protest song, "Blowin' in the Wind," which will be published in November by Sterling Children's Books. The book will include a CD of Dylan's original recording, which was released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. "Blowin' in the Wind" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
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'Thirteen Reasons Why' Heads to Paperback
Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, the bestselling YA novel that tackles teenage bullying and suicide, will finally arrive in paperback in June.
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Galley Talk: 'What Happened to Goodbye'
Amy Vandenplas, owner of Butterfly Books in DePere, Wisc., welcomes a spring novel by Sarah Dessen, who's a perennial favorite of staff and customers at her store.
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Disney-Hyperion Signs Rachel Cohn Series
Disney-Hyperion has acquired a four-book sci-fi/fantasy series by Rachel Cohn, whose earlier YA books include Gingerbread and its sequels, and a trio of novels coauthored with David Levithan, among them Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.
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Gossip Girl Returns—with a Vengeance
Gossip Girl heroines Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen become trendsetting serial killers in Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer, Cecily von Ziegesar's tongue-in-cheek reimagining of her 2002 novel that launched the bestselling series. Little, Brown's Poppy imprint will publish the new novel in October.
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Atheneum to Publish William Joyce 'Guardians' Series
Starting in fall 2011, Simon & Schuster’s Atheneum imprint will publish the first two books in William Joyce's new series, The Guardians of Childhood, which will present the histories of such childhood icons as Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and the Easter Bunny. The series will consist of 13 books—seven chapter books and six picture books.
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Winter Institute: Big Books for Kids
Although education was the primary focus of last week’s Winter Institute, books and authors were uppermost in many book buyers’ minds. As if to emphasize the point that it is ultimately all about the books, Candlewick supplied a book bag to every one who registered. It featured one of the press’ most commercial YA series to date, L.A. Weatherly’s Angels trilogy, which it will publish starting with Angel Burn this spring.
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Madeline Visits the White House
In John Bemelmans Marciano's Madeline at the White House, 12 little girls arrive—in two straight lines—at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue just in time for the annual Easter Egg Roll. Along on the trip is Madeline's magician friend, appearing here as a fez-wearing rabbit, who escorts her and the president's delighted daughter on a fantastical nighttime tour of Washington. Published this week by Viking, the book evolved from several stories initially conceived by Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline's creator and Marciano's grandfather, who died in 1962.
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In Brief: January 27
In brief this week, lots of writers on the road: Tony and Lauren Dungy tour for their new book; three authors visit the American Embassy School in India; and AJ Stern stops by Politics and Prose.
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New Eric Carle Book Due in October
Bestselling picture book author Eric Carle will publish his first new picture book in more than four years in October. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse will be published simultaneously, by Penguin's Philomel imprint in the U.S., and by Puffin in the U.K. A 300,000-copy first printing is planned for the U.S.
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A Force Returns: Amulet Announces Sequel to 'Origami Yoda'
Tom Angleberger's The Strange Case of Origami Yoda centers on a seemingly clueless sixth grader who communicates through his origami Yoda finger puppet. Amulet will publish a sequel, Darth Paper Strikes Back, due out next summer.
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In Brief: January 20
In brief this week: Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee on the morning show circuit, and Workman gets ready for Papertoy Monster Day.
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On Today's 'Oprah': Bindi Irwin
Bindi Sue Irwin, the 12-year-old wildlife conservationist who is behind a new children's book series, appears today with her mother and brother on the third installment of Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure. The show pays tribute to Bindi's father, the late Steve Irwin, whose conservation efforts the family has continued through their Australia Zoo in Queensland.
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