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Licensing Hotline: May 2017
Read on for news about Papercutz’s new Gumby comics, Dynamite’s Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, Fox Chapel’s Vera Bradley coloring books, Debbie Macomber’s new licensing program, and more.
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Cover Story: 'The Bone Queen'
A look at Candlewick's redesign of YA fantasy author Alison Croggon's Books of Pellinor series.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of May 22, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a quiet picture book about an observant child, a middle-grade adaptation of a scene from American history, and a YA novel about teens in a fashion design competition.
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Phyllis Grann, Tomie dePaola Team Up for Literacy
Phyllis E. Grann, who retired from publishing in 2011, takes on a new role as children’s book author.
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Harnessing Bookstagram: A PAMA Panel
The women behind top Bookstagram accounts—influencers of Instagram’s literary community—gathered for a recent panel.
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From YouTube Screen to Print
YouTubers are enticing legions of fans, and publishers are eager to translate their brand to the page. Here we round up some YA releases from this new community of celebrities.
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Movie Alert: ‘Captain Underpants’
'Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie' swoops into theaters on June 2; the animated film, directed by David Bowers, is based on Dav Pilkey’s comics-style series starring fourth grade friends Harold Hutchins and George Beard.
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Harry Potter Tour Finds Magic at the Met
In honor of the anniversary of J.K. Rowling’s 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,' a tour company has launched “Griffins, Goblets and Gold: A Wizarding Tour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of May 15, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a pun-filled picture book, a middle grade adventure novel set in the 18th century, and the launch of a YA series set in feudal Japan.
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A Landmark Year for ‘Larry Gets Lost’
This year, Sasquatch Books’ Little Bigfoot imprint is celebrating the 10th anniversary of author and illustrator John Skewes’s Larry Gets Lost, a picture book series for young armchair travelers.
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‘Baby University’ Offers Early Admission
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky is currently enrolling toddlers and their parents in Baby University, a board book series by Chris Ferrie that uses simple explanations and bold pictures to introduce complex science concepts.
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Bestselling Authors Stead and Mass Team Up for a Tale About Friendship
'Bob' by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, is the first collaboration between longtime friends.
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Movie Alert: ‘Everything, Everything’
The movie adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s bestselling YA novel arrives in theaters on May 19.
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of May 8, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a nearly wordless tale of friendship, the launch of a new romance trilogy, and a YA fantasy novel about where we go when we die.
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of May 1, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a goldfish crossing over, a middle grade novel about an orphan seeking her origins, and a YA novel set in the world of a bestselling series.
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Wimpy Kid Book 12 Cover and Title Revealed
Abrams has revealed the cover for the 12th installment of Jeff Kinney’s bestselling Wimpy Kid series.
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Rick Riordan Imprint Acquires First Three Titles
Yoon Ha Lee and two other authors will be the first to publish novels with Rick Riordan Presents, Disney-Hyperion’s newest imprint.
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Children’s Book Collections: Spring 2017
A look at new book collections for young readers being published this spring.
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A Quartet of Titles Launches Chris Bradford’s Bodyguard Series
On May 9, Philomel will release 'Recruit,' the first novel in Chris Bradford’s Bodyguard series, as well as the next three installments, 'Hostage,' 'Hijack,' and 'Ransom.'
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Frappucinos Are Ephemeral, Unicorn Books Are Forever
A roundup of unicorn-themed books inspired by the new limited-edition Unicorn Frappuccino from Starbucks.