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Sales of Self-Published 'Rabbit' Sleep Book Top 29,000

By Jim Milliot | 08/26/2015 @ 10:45AM

After selling roughly 300 copies prior to last week, self-published picture book 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep' moved more than 29,000 print copies in the week ended August 23. It's also rumored that the book were acquired by Random House for seven figures.
'Caps for Sale' Turns 75

By Sally Lodge | 08/25/2015 @ 03:00PM

Seventy-five years after its initial publication, HarperCollins is releasing an anniversary edition of Esphyr Slobodkina's 'Caps for Sale,' as well as a sequel.
Rights Report: Week of August 24, 2015

| 08/25/2015 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Anne Marie Pace and Fran Preston-Gannon, Megan Atwood, Adam Gudeon, Andrew DeYoung, and Roslande Bonnet.
Salomonsson Agency Signs Self-Pubbed Sleep Picture Book

By Clare Swanson | 08/21/2015 @ 02:10PM

Stockholm-based Salomonsson Agency has signed 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep,' a self-published picture book by Swedish author Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin that has shot up bestseller lists in a number of countries.
Harlequin Teen Gets Creative on Social for 'Legacy of Kings'

By Rachel Deahl | 08/21/2015 @ 10:00AM

For 'Legacy of Kings,' the first book in Eleanor Herman’s new series, Harlequin Teen wanted to engage readers in a creative way. The result is something the publisher has dubbed a “digital oracle” that delivers nuggets of wisdom to readers via Twitter.
London’s ‘The Wild Ones’ Inspired by Redwall

By Sally Lodge | 08/20/2015 @ 04:00PM

C. Alexander London launches The Wild Ones, an animal-adventure fantasy series, due this month from Philomel.
Julie Murphy's 'Dumplin' Strikes a Chord

By Sue Corbett | 08/20/2015 @ 04:00PM

Quiz time: name a YA novel with an overweight main character. Now, name one whose weight loss doesn't figure into the plot.
Veni, Vidi, Wimpy: Translating a Children's Classic for Classicists

By Natasha Gilmore | 08/20/2015 @ 03:00PM

Monsignor Daniel Gallagher's Latin translation of Jeff Kinney’s 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', rendered as 'Commentarii de Inepto Puero,' comes out from Abrams this month.
Rights Report: Week of August 17, 2015

| 08/20/2015 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Corey Ann Haydu, Liz Garton Scanlon, Kyo Maclear and more.
Rights Report: Week of August 10, 2015

| 08/13/2015 @ 03:00PM

New deals for Pat Kiernan, Kate DiCamillo, Jesse Andrews, and Cherie Priest.
Dav Pilkey Wants to Give You Superpowers

By Natasha Gilmore | 08/13/2015 @ 03:00PM

The latest installment of Captain Underpants, 'Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot,' hits shelves on August 25, and to support it, Scholastic is kicking off a "heroic" marketing effort.
Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 17, 2015

| 08/13/2015 @ 02:00PM

Hitting bookshelves next week are a "colorful" picture book, a rocky YA romance, a high-concept YA debut, a reimagining of Alexander the Great's adolescence, a middle-grade novel about three animals attempting to follow their dreams, a collection of "Wonder"-ous stories, a mythological compendium, a picture book that’s on the go, a star-studded YA horror collection, and the kick-off to a new illustrated series.
Univ. of Chicago Press Brings Children's Philosophy Series Stateside

By Natasha Gilmore | 08/13/2015 @ 02:00PM

University of Chicago Press, in an existing distribution partnership with German publisher Diaphanes, will bring a French series of philosophical picture books to the U.S. in September.
David Fickling Books to Publish Classic Dutch Novel

By Sally Lodge | 08/06/2015 @ 04:00PM

Dutch author's Tonke Dragt's longstanding bestseller 'The Letter for the King' will finally appear in the U.S. this month, courtesy of Scholastic's David Fickling Books.
Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 11, 2015

| 08/06/2015 @ 02:00PM

Hitting bookshelves next week are Halloween picture books from bestselling authors, a YA novel that addresses love beyond racial bounds, a paranormal romance, a middle-grade novel that plays possum, and a novel in which a teen attempts the impossible.
Rights Report: Week of August 3, 2015

| 08/06/2015 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Roxane Gay, Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, and Chad J. Thompson.
'What Pet Should I Get?' Sells 200K in First Week

By Clare Swanson | 08/06/2015 @ 09:40AM

The new Seuss title is the fastest-selling picture book in Random House Children’s Books history, and across all picture-book titles this year.
Chronicle Builds Publishing Program Around 'Construction Site'

By Karen Raugust | 07/30/2015 @ 03:00PM

Chronicle Books is expanding its publishing program for 'Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site' and 'Steam Train, Dream Train,' with a total of 11 new books and gifts planned for release from spring 2016 through fall 2018.
Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 3, 2015

| 07/30/2015 @ 02:00PM

Among the titles hitting bookshelves next week are a metafictive picture book, a middle grade novel set amidst a plague-ridden 1920s San Francisco, an illustrated look at Hurricane Katrina, two YA novels that look at unexpected loves, a dystopian YA from a trio of authors, and the latest from two Newbery Medalists.
The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Fall 2015

| 07/30/2015 @ 10:30AM

The big children's books of the season.

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