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Rights Report: Week of June 10, 2013
New deals for Tim Federle, Susan Juby, Liz Garton Scanlon and Ringo Starr.
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'Travels with Gannon & Wyatt' Launches Middle-Grade Series
Twin brothers on a family African safari vacation save a wounded lioness and her cubs from poachers in a new middle-grade novel from Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet, released this month by Austin, Tex.-based Greenleaf Book Group.
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Collaboration Is Key: The Roecker Sisters and 'This Is W.A.R'
Soho Press has launched a pre-pub giveaway campaign to build interest in This Is W.A.R., a YA mystery by Lisa Roecker and Laura Roecker due July 2 from Soho Teen.
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Rights Report: Week of June 3, 2013
New deals for Nova Ren Suma, Lori Goldstein, David Small and Lisa Graff.
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This Week in Children's Apps: June 6, 2013
This week in children's apps, Noisy Bug Sing Along lets players experience and interact with dozens of insect species and the sounds they make. Also this week is the latest Little Critter app, Just Helping My Dad, just in time for Father's Day.
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Jeff Kinney to Open a Bookstore?
Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney is keeping himself busy with a new project: a possible bookstore and cafe in downtown Plainville, Mass.
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Moving On Up: 'The School for Good and Evil'
The princess and the witch are given the chance to switch lives in director and screenwriter Soman Chainani's debut children's book, The School for Good and Evil, the first title in a trilogy.
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New Guide Navigates World of Kids' Books
Released in April, The Barnes & Noble Guide to Children's Books by Kaylee N. Davis, offers evaluations of 1,000-plus titles, guidelines for books in different categories, and essays by 20 children's authors and illustrators.
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Rights Report: Week of May 27, 2013
New deals for Marie Lu, Esther Ehrlich and Kim Savage.
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Bella & Harry's Travels Continue
The 10th installment of The Adventures of Bella & Harry, Let's Visit Jerusalem!, written by Lisa Manzione and illusrated by Kristine Lucco, is due on July 1.
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Lost and Bound: A Misplaced Notebook Finds a Publisher
This October, S&S will publish Isabelle and Isabella's Book of Rules, written by Isabelle Busath, age 10, and Isabella Thordsen, age eight, after the original was found in a parking lot and returned.
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Margaret Stohl Flies Solo – with a Little Help from Her Friends
For her nine-city tour to promote her new book, Icons, Margaret Stohl invited more than 20 YA authors to join her at different stops along the way.
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'The Cabinet of Curiosities' Leaps from Blog to Book
Greenwillow Books has acquired a story collection that has its roots in a blog written by four middle-grade authors.
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Rights Report: Week of May 20, 2013
New deals for John Boyne, Shannon Hale, Melissa Gilbert and Sarah Weeks & David Small.
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Tor Seidler: A Launch and a Relaunch
Atheneum Books for Young Readers has acquired rights to Firstborn, a new middle-grade novel by Tor Seidler, as well as The Wainscott Weasel and the NBA finalist Mean Margaret.
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Rights Report: Week of May 13, 2013
New deals for Jenny Han, Rhiannon Thomas and Monica Brown.
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This Week in Children's Apps: May 16, 2013
This week in children's apps features Curious About Shapes and Colors, which sees Curious George exploring colors and shapes through matching and sorting games.
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A Funny Little Story from Sourcebooks
It's not often that books are published in other countries and in other languages before being released in the author's own homeland, but A Funny Little Bird by Minnesota native Jennifer Yerkes is not your average children's book.
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S&S Children's to Relaunch John Christopher
John Christopher, who wrote science fiction for children and adults, who died last year at the age of 89, is having his backlist digitized by Simon & Schuster after his books largely fell out of print in the U.S.
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Ruckus Media Group Teams with CPTV to Deliver Digital Content
Ruckus Media Group is teaming with Connecticut Public TV to create a CPTV-branded platform that can deliver a variety of interactive content via mobile devices in addition to reaching a new audience of consumers.



