Putnam to Publish Tale of Pachyderm and Pooch Pals By Sally Lodge - 06/25/2009
An animal odd couple that has captivated the mainstream media and has become a YouTube sensation will soon star in a picture book. In September, Putnam will publish Tarra & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends by Carol Buckley, documenting the friendship between an elephant and a stray dog at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.
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DK Plans Out-of-This-World LEGO Star Wars Event By Karen Raugust - 06/18/2009
DK Publishing, along with Lucasfilm and LEGO, is planning a one-day in-store launch event for its October release LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary by Simon Beecroft. The book is based on LEGO’s 10-year-old line of toys tied to George Lucas’s Star Wars saga; DK is offering participating stores an activity kit with game and trivia contests; giveaways and raffle prizes; and appearances from members of a volunteer group of Star Wars costume enthusiasts.
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Galley Talk: 'Shiver' by Maggie Stiefvater 06/18/2009 Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater is the love story of Sam and Grace, told in chapters that alternate between their points of view. Sam, a werewolf, rescues a young Grace from a wolf attack. Werewolves in Stiefvater’s world respond to the cold—they are wolves in winter, humans in summer, and each year they are human for a shorter period of time, until they remain wolves permanently. So Sam and Grace are on a deadline.
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Knopf to Publish ‘Eragon’ Novelty Book By John A. Sellers - 05/20/2009
This fall, Knopf Books for Young Readers will publish Christopher Paolini’s Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia, a novelty gift book tie-in to the author’s bestselling Inheritance cycle novels.
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Square One to Publish Woodstock Movie Tie-In By Lynn Andriani - 05/14/2009
Ang Lee’s latest film, Taking Woodstock, will have its world premiere Saturday, May 16, at the Cannes Film Festival—and Long Island independent publisher Square One has the movie tie-in edition. The house will release a trade paperback of Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte on June 1.
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McElderry to Publish ‘A Little Princess’ Sequel By Sally Lodge - 05/14/2009
News is just in from Margaret K. McElderry Books that the house has acquired the rights to publish Wishing for Tomorrow, a sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1905 classic, A Little Princess., to be written by British author Hilary McKay. McElderry Books will release the novel in January 2010.
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Simon & Schuster Prepares for Last Book in Pendragon Series By Lynn Andriani - 05/12/2009
S&S's children's division is gearing up for a multi-platform publicity and marketing campaign to coincide with the release of the 10th and final book in D.J. MacHale’s bestselling Pendragon series, The Soldiers of Halla, which goes on sale today.
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