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The Long 'Tail': Liz Kessler's Emily Windsnap Celebrates 10 Years
In the past decade, Liz Kessler's Emily Windsnap series – five books so far – has reeled in more than 2.6 million copies in total sales of all print and e-book editions.
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Rights Report: Week of March 31, 2014
New deals for Kent Davis, Rosamund Hodge, Liz Garton Scanlon & Audrey Vernick.
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Abrams Launches First Annual Wimpy Kid Month
The publisher launches Wimpy Kid Month this April, a month-long celebration of Jeff Kinney's wildly popular series, which will become an annual event.
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Kobo Inks Deals with Nickelodeon, Blue Apple Books
In separate announcements, Nickelodeon Publishing and Blue Apple Books reached agreements to make their children’s titles available for sale through e-book retailer Kobo.
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How Sweet It Is: The 50th Anniversary of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
Beginning April 1, Penguin will kick off a year-long celebration for the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with a host of initiatives in bookstores and schools as well as online.
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Abrams Revives Chris Raschka's Thingy Things
On April 8, Abrams Appleseed will re-launch Chris Raschka's Thingy Things with previously unpublished titles in the picture book series.
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Rights Report: Week of March 24, 2014
New deals for Carol Riggs, Cindy Jensono-Elliott and Christy Hale.
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Jean Craighead George's Children Complete Her Final Novel
In April, Dial Books for Young Readers will publish 'Ice Whale,' Newbery Medalist Jean Craighead George's final novel, completed by her children following her death in 2012.
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Meet the Artist! Series Introduces Princeton Architectural Press to Children's Market
Princeton Architectural Press's new Meet the Artist! series of interactive paper-over-board books debuts this month with 'Alexander Calder' and 'Pablo Picasso.'
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Wimpy Kid #9 Set to Arrive in November
The Heffleys are hitting the road in the ninth Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, just announced by Abrams.
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Re-Opening the Book on 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone'
Hoping to build buzz for the concluding volume of Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, Little, Brown has launched an online reading initiative.
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Rights Report: Week of March 17, 2014
New deals for Teri Sloat, Meg Leder, Christian Robinson, and others.
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Bringing the Games to Kids: Sports Books 2014
Books about the sports kids love written by sports luminaries they admire is a win-win combination.
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Amulet Hatches Wimpy Kid Spring Sweepstakes
Abrams/Amulet is "egging on" readers to give "Diary of a Wimpy Kid #8: Hard Luck" a second look, with a spring sweepstakes focused on the novel's illustrations.
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'Uglies' Author Westerfeld Shines a Light on the Publishing Industry for Next YA Novel
This fall, Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, will publish 'Afterworlds,' a new standalone novel by Uglies and Leviathan series author Scott Westerfeld.
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Who Will Be Grosset's 100th 'Who Was'?
Nelson Mandela and Abigail Adams are among the individuals profiled in recent volumes of Grosset & Dunlap's Who Was? series of biographies.
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Cover Reveal: Jon Scieszka's New Science Series for Kids
Here's a first look at the cover of book one of Frank Einstein, Jon Scieszka's new series for middle-grade readers.
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Galley Talk: 'Marina'
Kathy "Scout" Pettersen, children's bookseller at The Bookworm in Omaha, Neb., has high expectations for "Marina: A Gothic Tale for All Ages" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, due out in July.
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Rights Report: Week of March 3, 2014
New deals for Cassandra Clare, Philip C. Stead, Alexandra Bracken, Stephanie Kuehn, and others.
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'Goodnight Songs' Collects Never-Seen Margaret Wise Brown Works
Margaret Wise Brown devotees will discover a new facet of her talent when Sterling Children's Books releases "Goodnight Songs," a compilation of lullaby poems, in March.



