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Capstone Celebrates Katie Woo
Katie Woo, the spunky first grader who stars in an eponymous early chapter-book series by Fran Manushkin, is having a banner season with a number of upcoming releases.
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This Week in Children's Apps: September 19, 2013
This week in children's apps features two apps from The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library, a new Little Critter app, and both a new Berenstain Bears app and the first Berenstain app collection.
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Rights Report: Week of September 16, 2013
New deals for Kenn Nesbitt & J. Patrick Lewis, Sherry Duskey Rinker, Henry Clark, and Andrea Davis Pinkney.
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Singer-Songwriter Janis Ian Publishes Her First Picture Book
Netherlands-based Lemniscaat is releasing The Tiny Mouse by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, illustrated by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert.
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Books for Budding Gourmands
This year there’s been a batch of food-related books, written by celebrities for kids.
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Ally Carter's New Mission: Goodbye Gallagher Girls, Hello Embassy Row
On September 17, the sixth and final installment of Ally Carter's Gallagher Girls series, United We Spy, arrives on bookshelves.
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Rights Report: Week of September 9, 2013
New deals for Philip Kerr, Leslie Margolis, Jessica Lawson, Sara Zarr and Demi Lovato.
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James Patterson Launches New Middle-Grade Series
The prolific author debuts a middle-grade adventure series with Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman, as well as the sequel to 2012's Confessions of a Murder Suspect with Maxine Paetro.
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Beautiful Creatures Authors to Write Spinoff Series
The bestselling supernatural YA series Beautiful Creatures, which concluded in October 2012, will soon have a spinoff series, written by co-authors and best friends Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
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Galley Talk: 'The Midnight Dress'
Alicia Michielli, assistant manager of Talking Leaves Books in Buffalo, N.Y., is eager to handsell Karen Foxlee's The Midnight Dress when it is released in October.
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Jim Carrey Rolls Out His First Children's Book
Jim Carrey will add “first-time author” to his resume when his children's book, How Roland Rolls is published on September 24.
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Rights Report: Week of September 2, 2013
New deals for Peter Abrahams, David Leviathan, April Lindner, and Michael B. Kaplan.
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Sourcebooks, Wattpad Team Up To Launch YA Authors
Wattpad is entering into a multifaceted partnership with Sourcebooks to both publish Wattpad writers through the Sourcebooks Fire YA imprint and market Sourcebook authors on the online writing community.
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Room to Read Partners with Asia Foundation
Global literacy nonprofit Room to Read announced a partnership with the Asia Foundation's Books for Asia, which provides donated educational material throughout the region.
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RH Children's to Publish Seuss Classics as E-books
On September 24, the longtime publisher of Dr. Seuss's print editions will debut 15 digital versions.
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Brick by Brick, Lego Guru Sean Kenney Builds a Book Empire
Next month, Lego artist Sean Kenney branches out with a new series that shows kids how to build various structures using of the same limited supply of the diminutive plastic bricks.
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A Fresh Start for Jessica Darling
Bestselling author Megan McCafferty is sending her popular Jessica Darling character back to middle school in a new tween series.
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Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of 'The Dot'
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'Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing': A PW Excerpt
In 1872, a canny 26-year-old English bank clerk with a penchant for doodling on the job resigned his post, gathered up his few possessions, and headed for London to seek fame and fortune as an illustrator.
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Rights Report: Week of August 26, 2013
New delas for Martin Widmark, Cori McCarthy and Huntley Fitzpatrick.



