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Children's Books for Fall 2013: All Our Coverage
Our complete fall 2013 children's announcements package, including all features and listings.
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A Picturesque Release Party: 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
On June 27, author Drew Daywalt and illustrator Oliver Jeffers celebrated the release of their new book, The Day the Crayons Quit, at McNally Jackson Books in New York City.
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This Week in Children's Apps: July 11, 2013
This week in children's apps features four Byron Barton apps in one: Planes, Trains, Boats, and Trucks. Also this week, the latest Dr. Seuss app, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, is about a king who orders magicians to create new weather.
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Rights Report: Week of July 8, 2013
New deals for Andrea Pinkey, Shane Evans and Rebecca Van Slyke.
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'Scary Tales' Takes James Preller in a New Direction
James Preller, the author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries ventures into chilling territory in his latest series, Scary Tales, which launches July 9.
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Meeting a Book's Characters on Their Own Turf
In late May, two classes of 10th graders from Agawam, Mass., boarded a charter bus for New York City at 6:30 a.m. This wasn't your average class trip to the Big Apple.
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Movie Alert: 'The Spectacular Now'
A film version of Tim Tharp's The Spectacular Now, starring Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, and Jennifer Jason Leigh and directed by James Ponsoldt, releases on August 2.
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Rights Report: Week of July 1, 2012
New deals for Leila Howland, Alexandra Penfold and Jory John & Bob Shea.
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Octopus's Ticktock Imprint: A Focus on Nonfiction
Octopus Publishing Group, known for its illustrated book lines about nonfiction topics for adults, officially launched its first children's book imprint this past spring.
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Openly YA Tour Hits the Road
Just days before the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, four gay authors with new YA books hit the road on a mini-tour of the Northeast.
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Rights Report: Week of June 24, 2013
New deals for Bruce Coville, Maya Van Wagenen and Ally Carter.
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Dutton Buys YA Memoir by Teenager
Julie Strauss-Gabel at Dutton Children's Books has acquired a YA memoir by a 15-year-old writer, billed as a "Julie & Julia for teens."
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E-Stories for 'Divergent' Fans Awaiting 'Allegiant'
Divergent fans with a crush on dystopian heartthrob Four are in luck: Veronica Roth is writing four e-short stories about his history, told from his point of view.
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Mission Possible: 'Bedtime Math' Makes Numbers Fun
Due out this month, Laura Overdeck's Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late rounds up math problems for kids to tackle between story time and lights-out.
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New Diana Wynne Jones Novel Is a Family Affair
Greenwillow will publish 'The Islands of Chaldea,' a new title from Diana Wynne Jones, the acclaimed SF and fantasy author who died in March 2011.
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Rights Report: Week of June 17, 2013
New deals for Kirk Scroggs, Katherine Coville, Nick Lake and Jerry Pinkney.
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An Anniversary and a Rebranding for Richard Scarry
To mark the 50th anniversary of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever, Random House Children's Books is issuing a new edition of the book, which launches a rebranding program of the prolific author's backlist titles.
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'Letters to Klaus': A Publisher Shares His Illustrated Correspondence
Letters to Klaus, a compilation of 100 decorated envelopes sent from illustrators to publisher Klaus Fugge, has just been published by Andersen Press.
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Rysa Walker Wins Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Rysa Walker from Cary, N.C., has won Amazon's Breakthrough Novel contest with her YA title, Timebound.
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First Look: 'Rose Under Fire' by Elizabeth Wein
Elizabeth Wein's forthcoming novel is a companion to her Printz Honor- and Edgar Award-winning Code Name Verity.



