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Roaring Brook Teaches Spelling with Scripps's Bee
Macmillan's Roaring Brook Press has secured the rights to publish four titles tied to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 8, 2016
Hitting shelves next week are a highly illustrated take on the origins of Pinocchio, a high fantasy middle grade novel featuring a kindly witch, and a counting book featuring woodland creatures.
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The Shape of Things to Come from Award-Winning Picture Book Team
Bestselling picture book creators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen will kick off a new series in 2017, Candlewick announced jointly with Walker Books Group.
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Midnight Parties for 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'
The new Harry Potter went on sale last Saturday night, and bookstores across the country celebrated with midnight parties. Here we present a sampling of photos from those festivities.
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Rights Report: Week of August 1, 2016
New deals for Marc Favreau, Mia Garcia, and David McPhail.
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Chelsea Clinton Namechecks Children's Books at DNC
Chelsea Clinton referenced several children’s book titles while introducing her mother, presidential candidate and longtime champion of early childhood education Hillary Clinton, during the Democratic National Convention.
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The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Fall 2016
The big children's books of the season.
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Ten Speed Issues Sequel to Sleeper Hit 'Rad American Women'
Author Kate Schatz and illustrator Miriam Klein Stahl, the duo behind 2015's 'Rad American Women A-Z,' have written a follow-up volume, 'Rad Women Worldwide,' to be published in September.
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Looking for a Few Good Potter Party Photos
PW Children’s Bookshelf is planning to run a photo essay to show some of the great parties we know will take place this coming weekend to mark the release of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—Parts I and II.'
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 1, 2016
Hitting shelves next week are a picture book in which a boy confronts his grandfather’s illness, a graphic novel about a cast of characters in the same town, and a YA novel set in a future in which everyone in Manhattan lives in a single high rise.
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Two YA Authors Tweet Mutual Interests into Six-Figure Deal
What began as a casual Twitter conversation between two long-time friends has become a hot property that recently sold at auction in a six-figure deal.
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Children's Book Reissues: Spring and Summer 2016
Here we offer a roundup of some noteworthy children's books making their way back into print. Represented among this crop are one of Philip Pullman’s boyhood favorites, Caldecott Medalist Roger Duvoisin, and a classic text on picture books.
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Rights Report: Week of July 25, 2016
New books from MarcyKate Connolly, Amy Spalding, Judy Sierra, and several debut writers.
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Harry Potter and the Return of the Bookselling Frenzy
Harry Potter fans, booksellers, and librarians are getting ready to party like it's 2007: Scholastic is prepping to release 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two' on July 31.
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Chronicle Signs Annie Barrows's Debut Picture Book
Annie Barrows leaps into the picture-book arena with 'John Marco,' the story of the youngest brother in a large family who struggles to make himself heard.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of July 25, 2016
Hitting shelves this week are a picture book about a girl who won't stop sucking her thumb, a middle grade graphic novel set in a highly "inventive" world, and a YA novel about the experiences of conjoined twins.
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RH Children's Books to Publish Mark Siegel’s '5 Worlds'
First Second editorial director Mark Siegel has organized a group of young illustrators to produce the forthcoming graphic novel series, 5 Worlds.
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Spring 2017 Children's Sneak Previews
A look ahead at the children's and YA books due out this spring.
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Chin Music Press Translates Japanese Children's Poet for U.S. Market
This September, Seattle-based publisher Chin Music Press will publish 'Are You an Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko' – a book featuring both a narrative about Kaneko's life and a collection of her poems.
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'Wings of Fire' Flying High
On June 28, 'Wings of Fire: Legends: Darkstalker, ' the first standalone title of Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire fantasy series, made its debut.