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Behind the Scenes: 'Skulls!'
We asked author Blair Thornburgh to let us peek inside her thought process for writing her debut picture book, which dates back further than she first realized.
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Rights Report: Week of July 22, 2019
New deals announced for Alwyn Hamilton, Dante Medema, Sara Zarr, Raúl Colon, Jillian Tamaki, and more.
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Laurence King Rushes Translation of YA Book About Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenage activist who has mobilized a global environmental movement more than a million strong, will star in 'We Are All Greta,' a translation of an illustrated YA book.
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Twitter’s Exploding Unicorn Lands Book at BuzzPop
Comedy writer and social media star James Breakwell is bringing his comedic parenting tips and quips to a younger audience with 'Prance Like No One’s Watching,' which is due out in February 2020.
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of July 22, 2019
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about our skulls, a story about an apartment building's occupants banding together to stop a toy, and a mysterious graphic novel about a missing girl.
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Rights Report: Week of July 15, 2019
New deals announced for Nina Moreno, Cole Nagamatsu, Kim Ventrella, and more.
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A Debut Middle-Grade Author's Life-Changing Tweet
A simple Twitter post helped debut author B.B. Alston land a three-book deal and a film option at Universal Pictures for his middle grade fantasy, 'Amari and the Night Brothers.'
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of July 15, 2019
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a book about parents who miss going to school, a picture book about a robot making friends, and a graphic novel memoir about a child’s experience in a Japanese internment camp.
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In Brief: July 11, 2019
This week, Knuffle Bunny gets a statue; a middle-grade author joins the Pride March; Charlie Chaplin gets an encore; and debut graphic novelists hit the road.
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Macmillan Acquires Latina 'Who's Who' Children’s Book
After what literary agent Adriana Domínguez describes as “a very enthusiastic auction,” last month Laura Godwin at Henry Holt acquired artist Juliet Menéndez’s middle-grade debut, 'Latinitas,' a compilation of biographies of Latina women.
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Noteworthy Novel Sequels: August 2019
Novel sequels hitting shelves in August include the follow-up to a graphic memoir, a fairy tale retelling, an unlikely hero’s journey, and more.
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Rights Report: Week of July 8, 2019
New deals announced for Laura Silverman, Nancy Werlin, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Lucy Ruth Cummins, Nina LaCour, Adam Rex, Amanda Gorman, and more.
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Rights Report: Week of July 1, 2019
New deals announced for Derrick Barnes, J.Elle, Mayra Cuevas, C.S. Pacat, and more.
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Books for Africa Sends 300,000 Barefoot Books to Mozambique
As part of a new initiative, Books for Africa is partnering with Barefoot Books to distribute 300,000 of the publisher's Portuguese-language titles to AIDS orphans and their caregivers in Mozambique.
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Points of Sale: Getting Physical with Inclusivity
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New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of July 1 and July 8, 2019
New books hitting shelves include a picture book about a child's first day of kindergarten, an autobiography of an influential mathematician, and a YA novel revisiting the world of Pan’s Labyrinth.
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Quarantine: From Dystopian YA Series to Summer Camp
A YA novel published several years ago, 'Quarantine,' has inspired the launch of Northern Illinois University's STEM-focused summer camp for high school students.
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Rights Report: Week of June 24, 2019
New deals announced for Asha Bromfield, Sophia Glock, Shannon Dittemore, and more.
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Cover Reveal: Mildred D. Taylor Bids Farewell to the Logans
Viking has announced the January 2020 publication of 'All the Days Past, All the Days to Come,' the fifth and final novel in Mildred D. Taylor’s Logan Family saga, which began in 1975.