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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.
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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.



