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Licensing Hotline: July 2001

by Karen Raugust | 07/02/2001 @ 06:00AM

Hasbro's publishing activity has increased in the last 18 months from 20 titles based on five brands to more than 100 titles based on 20 brands. In May 1999, the toymaker formed a Properties Group to better exploit its trademarks in entertainment, consumer products and publishing. As part of this initiative, it developed style guides and potential formats, which it presented to publishers at T...
Spring 2001 Flying Starts

| 06/25/2001 @ 12:00AM

A quintet of authors and illustrators are off to promising beginnings, in their spring debuts.
Licensing Hotline: May 2001

by Karen Raugust | 05/17/2001 @ 06:00AM

Hasbro has licensed My First Games (including Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders), as well as other preschool brands, to Scholastic for children's books. Hasbro and Scholastic will also expand their Tonka publishing program. Separately, Hasbro licensed Houghton Mifflin for Scrabble activity books.
Licensing Hotline: April 2001

by Karen Raugust | 04/02/2001 @ 04:00AM

Scholastic will publish four titles based on It's itsy bitsy Time, a Hasbro-sponsored, commercial-free programming block on the Fox Family Channel. The first four titles will be based on three of the literature inspired animated series within the block, Charlie & Mimmo, Animal Shelf and 64 Zoo Lane, according to Michelle Kanter, director of published products for licensor itsy bitsy Entert...
Robert Cormier Remembered

| 01/01/2001 @ 07:00AM

Friends and colleagues pay tribute to the esteemed author Robert Cormier, who passed away on November 2. These remarks were excerpted from a memorial service held last month in New York City.
Licensing Hotline: February 2000

By Karen Raugust | 02/28/2000 @ 10:00AM

Angelina Ballerina picture books for girls 3-7 written by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig, will have a renewed U.S. presence in 2000, thanks to a licensing deal between U.K.-based HIT Entertainment and Mattel division Pleasant Co.
Fall 1999 Flying Starts

| 12/20/1999 @ 12:00AM
Licensing Hotline: December 1999

By Karen Raugust | 12/06/1999 @ 07:00AM

S&S Believes in Brands In October, Simon & Schuster's Little Simon imprint followed up its success with the Cheerios Play Book by introducing the licensed Sun-Maid Raisin Play Book for children six months to two years; 215,000 copies are in print.
Licensing Hotline: July 1999

By Karen Raugust | 07/26/1999 @ 06:00AM

Books featuring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will once again be available in fall 2000, after a break of more than two years.
Fall 1998 Flying Starts

| 12/21/1998 @ 12:00AM

Seven first-time children's authors and illustrators talk about their fall debutsJ.K. ROWLINGWhen J.K. Rowling first met her agent, Christopher Little, over a lunch in London in 1995, he felt it only right to sound a cautionary note: "Now, you do realize, you will never make a fortune out of writing children's books?" Three years later, Rowling's first book, published in the U.S. ...
Fall 1997 Flying Starts

| 12/22/1997 @ 12:00AM
Every Child Deserves to Feel Seen: Close-up on Salaam Reads

| 04/06/1980 @ 12:00AM

An imprint devoted to uplifting Muslim stories celebrates its fifth birthday. (Sponsored)

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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.