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Hot Off the Presses: Week of May 16, 2016
Hitting bookshelves next week are a picture book parody of a well-known tale, a middle grade novel in which a girl takes solace in her imagination, and a YA anthology compiling summer love stories.
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Rights Report: Week of May 9, 2016
New deals for Gene Luen Yang, Jason Reynolds, Kelly DiPucchio, and Shannon Gibney.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of May 9, 2016
Hitting bookshelves next week are a picture book about America’s melting pot, a middle grade novel about an eventful summer road trip, and a YA novel in which one character struggles with mental illness, and a young hopeful psychiatrist takes an interest in him.
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'Quiet' Riot: Bringing Susan Cain's Bestseller to Young Readers
Susan Cain's new middle grade nonfiction book, 'Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts,' was inspired by the reaction from the conference attendees at her TED Talk in 2012.
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Rights Report: Week of May 2, 2016
New deals for R.L. Stine, Kaitlyn Sage Patterson, Brigid Kemmerer, Alan Cumming, Carter Higgins, and Brenda Rufener.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of May 1, 2016
Hitting bookshelves this week are a picture book about a wild child seeking his place, a middle grade novel in which a teen spends a summer getting to know his family's history, and the next installment of a high fantasy YA series.
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Wimpy Kid Book 11 Cover and Title Revealed
Abrams/Amulet revealed the cover and title of Jeff Kinney's 11th volume in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
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Rights Report: Week of April 25, 2016
New deals for Kirsten Hubbard & Michelle Schusterman, David Almond, Jared Reck, Martin Stewart, Jessica Olien, and Michele Corriel.
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Dungeons & Dragons Joins Candlewick’s 'Ology Series
Candlewick Press is bringing two books tied to 'Dungeons & Dragons,' the fantasy role-playing game, to the U.S. market.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of April 25, 2016
Hitting bookshelves this week are a meta picture book about reading, an historical middle grade about two unlikely allies, and the conclusion to a mythological YA series.
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Rights Report: Week of April 18, 2016
New deals for Allison Fairall, Mariko Tamaki, Zach Hines, Renee Collins, Tony Abbott, and Tamara Ireland Stone.
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Rafael López's Murals Inspire New Picture Book
Rafael López's murals in San Diego's East Village are the inspiration for a new picture book, 'Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood,' written by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell and illustrated by López.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of April 18, 2016
Hitting bookshelves this week are a picture book about an antisocial asteroid, an early reader nonfiction comic about a maligned urban bird, and a YA novel about a teen fascinated by the unexplained.
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Rights Report: Week of April 11, 2016
New deals for Somaiya Daud, Cao Wenxuan, Kim Turrisi, Katherine Locke, and Natalie Lloyd, among others.
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Rights Report: Week of April 4, 2016
New deals for David Macinnis Gill, Tiffany King, and Adam Lehrhaupt & Jared Chapman.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of April 11, 2016
Among titles hitting bookshelves this week are a picture book featuring a ride through books, an anticipated middle grade novel from an award-winning author, and a YA novel of historical fiction in which a teen trades it all for a hardscrabble life.
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Bologna 2016: Meg Rosoff Wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Meg Rosoff is the winner of the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest children's book prize.
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Children's Poetry: The Body Eclectic
Move over, Mother Goose: new books of poetry for children push boundaries with style and substance.
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Sleepless Kids? A Trio of Picture Books Comes to the Rescue
Parents all-too-familiar with the frustration accompanying their children's refusal to fall under the soporific spell of Goodnight Moon will appreciate three recent picture books that tackle the issue strategically and organically.
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Listen Up! Harry Potter's Million-Audio Milestone
J.K. Rowling's phenomenally popular tales of a boy's adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry continue to have legs in any format.



