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Book on Divorce Launches Series for Feminist Press
Anastasia Higginbotham's 'Divorce Is the Worst' provides a candid look at a child's reaction to impending divorce.
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Rights Report: Week of April 6, 2015
New deals for Terry Pratchett, Tom Angleberger, Abigail Breslin, Natalie Lloyd, and Maggie Stiefvater.
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Rights Report: Week of March 30, 2015
New deals for Jonathan Stokes, Brian Conaghan, Courtney Sheinmel, and Madeline Valentine.
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'Special Delivery' Promotion Has Readers Putting Their Own Stamp on Things
Philip C. Stead and Matthew Cordell's 'Special Delivery' promotion has elementary students from Maine to Hawaii make their own special deliveries.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of March 30, 2015
Awaited middle grade and YA sequels, the latest picture book from a dynamic duo, and much-buzzed YA debuts are some of the books to look forward to next week.
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Wimpy Kid #10 Will Release Globally in November
Abrams Books for Young Readers has announced the publication of the 10th volume in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which will be released on November 3, 2015. The title has not yet been announced.
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Childhood Pen Pals Share Their Remarkable Story in New Book
A new book follows the six-year pen-pal exchange that changed two teens’ lives.
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Nonfiction for Foodies: Marcus Samuelsson and Others Get Kids Fired Up About Food
Nutrition, food sources, and the pleasures of cooking and eating are themes that are cropping up in an increasing number of children’s books dishing out facts, advice, and inspiration to encourage healthy eating.
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Scholastic Takes Minority Stake in Make Believe Ideas
Scholastic will take minority equity stake in MBI and launch a cobranded line of interactive kids e-books for early learners.
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Curious and Curiouser: Wild Iris Publishing Flourishes in the Heartland
David FitzSimmons self-published his first of two picture books, has been so successful that he has resigned from his day job to make books full-time.
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Children's Books Hot Off the Presses: Week of March 23, 2015
Hitting bookshelves this week are some buzzed-about middle-grade and YA novels, highly anticipated sequels, and stand-alones that go from juvenile detention centers to a not-so-distant Seattle where teens await their final hours under threat of asteroid impact.
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The Tapper Twins Do Battle in Series Debut
Squabbling 12-year-old twins Claudia and Reese engage in full-scale prank combat in 'The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other),' the debut title of a four-book middle-grade series by Geoff Rodkey.
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Movie Alert: 'Home'
From DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox comes 'Home,' a feature-length film adaptation of Adam Rex's 'The True Meaning of Smekday.'
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On the Radar: 'An Ember in the Ashes'
The moment Sabaa Tahir relishes most so far about becoming a novelist involves crying in her hotel room during ALA Midwinter.
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Rights Report: Week of March 16, 2015
New deals for Pablo Cartaya, Danielle Paige, Judy Blundell, Paul Gamble, Stacey Lee, Martyn Ford, and Sean Fay Wolfe.
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A Second Life for 'Heather Has Two Mommies'
Candlewick is celebrating Lesléa Newman's picture book's 25-year milestone by publishing an all-new illustrated edition for today's kids and families.
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Little, Brown in Deal with Lego
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has signed a multi-year agreement with the Lego Group to develop a publishing program based on a number of Lego properties.
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What's Cooking? Food-Infused Fiction for Kids
A different variety of cooking-related children's books, serving up a food-fiction fusion, has moved to the front burner recently.
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Children's Books Hot Off the Presses: Week of March 16, 2015
Among the noteworthy titles hitting shelves next week are the autobiography of a history-making teen, the latest picture book from an award-winning illustrator, and the anticipated script for a YA character's autobiographical musical.
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Disney Sets Stage for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'
The 20-book publishing program will debut in 36 countries this fall, ahead of the December 18 release of Episode VII of the Star Wars saga.



