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Rights Report: Week of July 18, 2016
New deals for John August, Jennifer Donnely, Becky Albertalli, Margaret McNamara, Brian P. Cleary, and Matthew Reinhart.
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Veronica Roth's 'Carve the Mark' to Make Global Splash
Veronica Roth's latest novel, 'Carve the Mark,' will be published in 33 languages in a simultaneous global release on January 17.
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Movie Alert: 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'
Something peculiar this way comes. The big-screen adaptation of Ransom Riggs's 'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children' arrives in theaters on September 30.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of July 18, 2016
Hitting bookshelves next week are a picture book about a library invasion, a middle grade mystery featuring gamers on a treasure hunt, and a YA novel that pits cheerleaders against aliens.
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Faber & Faber Brings Eliot's 'Cats' to a New Format
This summer, Faber & Faber is putting a new spin on T.S. Eliot's old "cats," by transforming the author's stories into picture books with original illustrations.
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Rights Report: Week of July 12, 2016
New deals for Philip Pullman, Dana Schwartz, Candace Fleming, and Jeffrey Salane.
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Ken Burns's Nighttime Routine Inspires His First Children's Book
When his daughters were young, the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns sent them off to sleep with a call and response routine perhaps only someone who has devoted his life to chronicling American history would invent.
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Scholastic Partners with American Girl
Beginning in January 2017, Scholastic will publish in print and digital formats books based on American Girl characters.
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'Treasure Hunters' Contest Has High Stakes
Fans of James Patterson's Treasure Hunters series have a chance to land booty of their own by entering a contest with a grand prize that is grand indeed: $10,000.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of July 11, 2016
Among titles hitting bookshelves next week are a picture book in which an unruly T. rex must care for a newly hatched dinosaur, a bestselling middle grade fantasy series continues, and an award-winning author addresses the anniversary of 9/11.
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Rights Report: Week of July 5, 2016
New deals for Kara Thomas, Margaret Rogerson, Antoinette Portis, and Patrick McDonnell.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of July 5, 2016
Hitting bookshelves next week are a spate of picture books, including one with two alien friends who speak a unique language, another in which a boy learns how to roar, and a YA novel in which a girl confronts a terminal illness.
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PRH to Pub Follow-Up to 'Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep'
The bestselling self-published Swedish picture book that promised it could lull children to sleep, which PRH acquired in a seven-figure deal last summer, is getting a sequel: 'The Little Elephant Who Wants to Fall Asleep.'
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Sourcebooks Issues 'This Is Where It Ends' Challenge
Although 'This Is Where It Ends,' a YA novel by Marieke Nijkamp, was published by Sourcebooks Fire almost six months ago, it is having a moment.
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Rights Report: Week of June 27, 2016
New deals for Daniel José Older, Hilde Lysiak, Erin Chack, Chandler Baker, Greg Howard, and Jennifer A. Nielsen.
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Scholastic Signs on for 'Five Nights at Freddy's'
Scholastic plans to publish a series of young adult novels based on the videogame franchise 'Five Nights at Freddy's.'
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of June 27, 2016
Among titles hitting bookshelves next week is a picture book about picture day at school; the launch of a middle grade series set in a familiar, fantastical universe; and a royally dramatic YA novel.
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Rights Report: Week of June 20, 2016
New deals for David Arnold, Pat Zietlow Miller, Jenny Han, Melissa Landers, Gillian French, and Maggie Thrash.
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Evan Turk's 'The Storyteller' in Photos
Evan Turk's The Storyteller is the culmination of the author-illustrator's long-held fascination both with Moroccan art and ancient modes of oral storytelling.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of June 20, 2016
Hitting bookshelves next week are a picture book exploration of a city through the eyes of a girl, a middle grade novel about three classmates who want to do something special for their terminally ill teacher, and a YA novel in which a facsimile of our planet is discovered in space.