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No Plans for Dahl Text Changes from U.S., European Publishers
A report in the 'Daily Telegraph' has sparked widespread controversy, revealing that new editions of Roald Dahl’s body of work issued by U.K. publisher Puffin Books would contain language replacing some of the author's original text, removing potentially offensive words.
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'Horse Crazy' Inspires a Series for Young Readers
Starting this spring, Cameron Kids will publish Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter Sarah Maslin Nir's Once Upon a Horse series for middle grade readers.
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Rights Report: Week of February 13, 2023
New deals for Julie Kagawa, Gemma Cary, Trinity Nguyen, and others.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 20, 2022
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book featuring an aquatic pair of friends learning to compromise, a young readers adaptation on combatting racism, a YA romance about a school's matchmaking system, and more.
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PEN America List Highlights Banned Picture Books for Young Readers
In a release this week PEN America noted 317 of the 1,648 banned titles the organization tracked during the 2021-2022 school year were picture books for young readers, with 19 picture books targeted more than once.
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Amanda Gorman and Christian Robinson Partner for New Picture Book
Presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman is partnering with Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Christian Robinson for a new picture book, called 'Something, Someday.'
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Rebel Girls Enters Google Kids Space with Audio, E-book Content
Rebel Girls, the publishing-based empowerment brand, has announced a digital content partnership with Google.
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Children's Books for Black History Month 2023
In honor of Black History Month, we've gathered a selection of titles for young readers that commemorate the impact of African American cultural and political figures both past and present.
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Just Announced: February 9, 2023
Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey enters the children's book arena with his first picture book, 'Just Because,' to be published by Viking Children's Books this fall.
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New Middle Grade Series to Expand InvestiGators World
Fans of John Patrick Green's bestselling InvestiGators series will soon have some new turf to explore in the Gatorverse when First Second debuts a spinoff graphic novel series, Agents of S.U.I.T.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 13, 2023
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book depicting the formation of the universe, a middle grade graphic novel featuring breakfast-food protagonists, a YA mystery following one teen's epic fall from grace, and more.
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Rights Report: Week of February 6, 2023
New deals for Adib Khorram, Rita Feinstein, Naseem Jamnia, Abby Cooper, and others.
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2022 Children's Bestsellers: Comics with Crowd Appeal, Timeless Picture Books, and More
Our 2022 Facts and Figures compilation of children’s and YA bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by ever-expanding illustrated and graphic novel series and their spinoffs, YA movie tie-ins and sequels, and time-tested picture books.
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Sourcebooks Moves into Graphic Novels with Bestselling 'How to Catch' Series
Sourcebooks, publisher of the bestselling How to Catch picture book series, is spinning it off into graphic novels for early readers.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 6, 2022
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book following two pandas helping their community, a middle grade murder mystery with a girl's relatives as the prime suspects, a YA fantasy following former lovers reunited to save their country, and more.
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'Stranger Things' Choose Your Own Adventure Coming in April
A middle grade Choose Your Own Adventure tie-in, based on the fourth season of the Netflix hit 'Stranger Things,' is coming from Random House in April.
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Misfit Mysteries Due from Lisa Yee and Dan Santat
A former castle turned prison is now a boarding school for an elite band of crime-fighting underdogs in Misfit Mysteries, a forthcoming middle-grade series from Random House Books for Young Readers.
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Oni Press to Publish 'Lights,' Final Volume in 'Sheets' Trilogy
A curious ghost takes center stage in 'Lights,' the third volume of Brenna Thummler’s bestselling middle-grade graphic novel trilogy, which will be published by Oni Press on September 6; the first volume, 'Sheets,' was published by Oni Press in 2018.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of January 30, 2023
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book welcoming a baby into a family, a semi-autographical middle grade book from an MLB pitcher, a YA historical fiction following a group of siblings navigating courting season, and more.
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Rights Report: Week of January 23, 2023
New deals for A.S. King, Catherine Yu, Caitlin Schneiderhan, and others.