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Kids in Charge: Choose-Your-Fate Fiction Kicks into High Gear
Though interactive novels giving kids control of their fictional destinies have been on bookstore shelves for decades, 2018 has brought a resurgence of the format, with at least a half-dozen publishers offering new entries across a variety of genres.
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Children's Book Anniversaries: Fall 2018/Winter 2019
This season brings big milestones for several children's and YA books, and publishers are celebrating with redesigned editions, revitalized retellings, and more.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of November 12 and 19, 2018
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about two siblings seeking a lost dog, a middle grade novel about a Norwegian girl with an indomitable spirit, and a YA novel about a group of teens facing each other and their prejudices.
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Trumpian Political Humor: A Fine Line Between Children's Books and Parody
As the second anniversary of President Trump's inauguration approaches, political satire and humor books are flooding the marketplace—some of them in the guise of children's books.
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Rights Report: Week of November 5, 2018
New deals for Nina de Pass, Mintie Das, Marthe Jocelyn, Isabelle Follath, and others.
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'NYTBR,' NYPL Announce Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2018
The New York Times Book Review has unveiled the 10 titles on its 66th annual list of Best Illustrated Children's Books.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of November 5, 2018
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about two toys on an unlikely adventure around the world, a middle grade book about a blob of ink with a mind of its own, and a high fantasy novel featuring a protagonist who defies her world's rigid caste system.
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Rights Report: Week of October 29, 2018
New deals for Zoraida Córdova, Natalie C. Parker, Hannah Capin, and others.
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Noteworthy Picture Book Sequels: October 2018
This month, familiar characters and concepts return in fresh new picture books.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of October 29, 2018
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about two egotistical animals, a middle grade novel about friendship and loss, and a dramatic YA novel that returns to the science fiction world of an existing series.
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HarperCollins Launches YA Novel on Snapchat
HarperCollins Children's Books has partnered with Snapchat to bring Suzy Cox's 2012 teen novel, 'The Dead Girls Detective Agency,' to the smallest of screens: phones.
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Increased Visibility for 'The Invisible String'
This month, Little, Brown releases the first paperback edition of Patrice Karst's inspirational picture book, 'The Invisible String,' featuring new illustrations by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff and an afterword by Karst.
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On Tour with Max Brallier
This September and October, author Max Brallier set out on a seven-city tour for the launch of the fourth book in his bestselling middle-grade graphic novel series, The Last Kids on Earth.
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Rights Report: Week of October 22, 2018
New deals for Reimena Yee, Christopher Swiedler, Kimberly Willis Holt, Jessixa Bagley, and others.
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Moving On Up: Spy School
We spoke with Spy School author Stuart Gibbs about the latest book in his popular action-adventure series, which releases this month, and why the books appeal to middle grade readers.
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Kickstarter for Third 'Rebel Girls' Brings in More Than $200K
Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo of Timbuktu Labs recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for 'I Am a Rebel Girl: A Journal to Start Revolutions.'
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Noteworthy Graphic Novel Sequels: October 2018
Featuring witches, amulets, middle school crushes, and more, a number of graphic novel sequels hit the shelves this month.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of October 22, 2018
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about immigration, a middle grade science-filled space romp, and a YA novel that melds history and magic.
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Norton Signs Graphic Memoir by Olympic Protest Hero Tommie Smith
In an announcement timed to coincide with his historic protest at the Olympic games 50 years ago, Norton Young Readers unveiled plans to publish a graphic memoir by 1968 Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith, to be co-written by Derrick Barnes, an award-winning writer for young readers.
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Rights Report: Week of October 15, 2018
New deals for Tara O'Connor, Eva Gibson, Wendelin Van Draanen, and others.