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Movie Alert: 'The Great Gilly Hopkins'
A foster girl notorious for scaring off prospective new foster parents finally meets her match in the upcoming film adaptation of Katherine Paterson's 'The Great Gilly Hopkins.'
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 22, 2016
Books arriving on shelves next week include a picture book featuring an antagonizing monster, a middle grade novel in which boys face their own mortality, and a companion to a YA historical fiction series.
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15 Years After September 11: A Roundup of New Children's and YA Titles
To mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, publishers are offering a variety of titles for all ages to communicate the events of that day while also offering historical and cultural context.
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Rights Report: Week of August 15, 2016
New deals for P.C. and Kristin Cast, Taran Matharu, Joan Holub, April Tucholke, and Paul Noth.
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Curious George Turns 75
The classic children’s book character continues to delight kids with his curiosity.
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KinderGuides Translate Adult Classics for Younger Readers
Melissa Medina and Fredrik Colting were visiting family in Kansas last Christmas, when they got the idea for KinderGuides, a line of illustrated children's learning guides based on classic films and works of literature.
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Movie Alert: 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life'
It's boy vs. middle school. The live-action adaptation of James Patterson's bestselling novel 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life' opens on October 7.
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'Me List Books': Fall Books for Cave Kids
Whether it's the influence of the Paleo craze, or the deep-seated desire for children to have dinosaur friends, there's no denying that prehistoric titles for children are spreading like the discovery of fire.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 15, 2016
Hitting shelves next week are a picture book featuring a skeletal town with a mystery to solve, a middle grade novel with a robotic main character, and the conclusion to a YA mystery series.
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Dragons Love Tacos—Still!
Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri dished out heaps of hearty humor in their 2012 picture book, 'Dragons Love Tacos'—and fans will be treated to a second course next May.
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Rights Report: Week of August 8, 2016
New deals for Amy Kim Kibuishi, Kristen Ciccarelli, Ellen Oh, Brian Lies, Renée Ahdieh, and Marty Kelley.
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BOOM! Studios Publishes Its First Picture Book
Graphic novel publisher BOOM! Studios enters the picture book market for the first time with 'What Is It?' by the husband and wife team of Dustin Nguyen and Nicole Hoang.
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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.



