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Kids to Crayons: 'Don't Quit!'
The colorful stars of 'The Day the Crayons Quit' may well get a vote of confidence from their fans at the end of this month when the results of a campaign to rally kids to celebrate the Crayons will be revealed.
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Random House's 'Voyagers' Explores New Multi-Platform Turf
The multi-platform, middle-grade series series kicks off in July 2015 with D.J. MacHale's 'Project Alpha.'
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New Life for Stephen Cosgrove's Serendipity Books
Animals real, mythical, and imaginary headline Stephen Cosgrove's Serendipity series of picture books, which is currently being reissued by Clovis, Calif.-based Heritage Builders Publishing.
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Rights Report: Week of September 8, 2014
New deals for Carrie Jones, Jessica Cluess, Jonathan Bernstein, Joshua C. Cohen, Beth Fantaskey, and Eric Kahn Gale.
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Publishers Bet Big on Two Picture Books
Each season, adorable, memorable picture book characters make their debuts, but only a few become childhood touchstones for the readers who embrace them.
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Jason Segel Steps into a New Spotlight
Jason Segel now adds middle-grade novelist to his impressive list of credits with 'Nightmares!,' written with Kirsten Miller.
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Movie Alert: 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'
The feature-length, live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst's 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' rolls out of bed and into movie theaters on October 10.
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'Firebird' Lands on the Page, from ABT Soloist Misty Copeland
'Firebird,' by American Ballet Theatre soloist Misty Copeland, illustrated by Christopher Myers, draws on a ballerina's real-life early struggles to tell a story of inspiration and encouragement.
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Rights Report: Week of September 1, 2014
New deals for Amy Zhang, Stephen Emond, James Burks, and Erin Soderberg.
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Rights Report: Week of August 25, 2014
New deals for Sarah Dessen, Ginger Garrett, Michelle Markel, and Stephan Lomp.
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'This Is Malala': PW Talks with Malala Yousafzai
PW spoke with Malala Yousafzai when she was in New York to launch the young readers edition of her bestselling memoir, 'I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World.'
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Dark Horse Looks to Add More Kids' Graphic Novels
Dark Horse Comics is expanding the number of kids' graphic novels it publishes each year, launching four new titles in 2015 with more planned.
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The 'Pioneer Girl' Project: The Long Road to Bringing Laura Ingalls Wilder's 1930 Autobiography into Print
Pamela Smith Hill and publisher South Dakota Historical Society Press are working on a heavily annotated version of Wilder's 1930 autobiography, 'Pioneer Girl,' for publication.
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Random House Issues Recently Discovered Richard Scarry Work
'Richard Scarry's Best Lowly Worm Book Ever!,' a never-before-published book starring this Tyrolean hat-sporting character, will be released by Random House on August 26.
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Entangled's Lux Series Lights the Way to Big Sales
Combined sales for Jennifer L. Armentrout's Lux series, inclduing the fifth and final volume, 'Opposition,' have topped 500,000 copies.
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Chaos Walking Trilogy Steps Out with New Covers
Candlewick has just reissued the Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy in paperback with new covers and a prequel short story in each, and is promoting the re-launch with a campaign dubbed Noise for Ness.
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From Page to Screen: 'The Boxcar Children'
More than 500 adults and children attended a free screening at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, Ill. on Saturday, August 16 for a full-length animated feature film, 'The Boxcar Children.'
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Rights Report: Week of August 18, 2014
New deals for Henry H. Neff, Kwame Alexander, and Isabelle Arsenault.
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Speakaboos Adds Content from Scholastic, Jim Henson
Speakaboos, a mobile educational platform for children that offers subscription access to interactive e-books and songs, is expanding its digital inventory with new content from Scholastic, the Jim Henson Company, and HIT Entertainment.
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Make Way for New Children's Bookstore in Boston
The owners of the World's Only Curious George Store are opening a second picture-book concept store, the Make Way for Ducklings Store in Boston, Mass.



