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Lonely Planet Guide Saves Lives of Three Boys
A guide from the Melbourne-based travel book publisher was responsible for saving the lives of three Australian boys stuck in the Queensland mud flats during a family camping trip.
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Rights Report: Week of February 25, 2013
New deals for Jennifer A. Nielsen, Susan Gates and Dr. Tererai Trent & Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
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HarperCollins Partners with Honey Maid for Writing Contest
HarperCollins and Honey Maid have launched Made Co., an initiative aimed at helping kids realize their creative potential.
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Moving On Up: 'Etiquette & Espionage'
Gail Carriger's acclaimed YA debut, Etiquette & Espionage, about a girl attending a finishing school for spies and assassins, has enjoyed an auspicious launch.
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Fall 2013 Sneak Previews
Our exclusive Fall 2013 listings feature new titles from Kate DiCamillo, Rick Riordan, Francesca Lia Block, and many others.
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New Picture Book to Honor Newtown, Conn., Community
Random House Children's Books has announced the fall 2013 publication of Snowflakes Fall, a picture book written by Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
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Gearing Up for Spring: Picks from Children’s Booksellers
Spring is already in the air as booksellers visit with reps, peruse online and print catalogues, and place orders for the season’s new children’s titles.
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A Loving Tribute: Maurice Sendak on 'My Brother's Book'
Editor Michael di Capua is talking about My Brother's Book, Maurice Sendak's final work, as he looks through the folder he kept for the project.
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Rights Report: Week of February 18, 2013
New deals for Raina Telgemeier, Ted Sanders, Obert Skye and Kody Keplinger.
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Razorbill Partners with Framestore for 'Creature Department'
Special effects and design studio Framestore is collaborating with Razorbill and author Robert Paul Weston on The Creature Department, a middle-grade novel about siblings who befriend the creatures hidden inside a global electronics company.
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Charlesbridge and Pearson Education Announce New Stuart J. Murphy Program
In March, Pearson Education will officially launch Stuart J. Murphy's I See I Learn at School, a cooperative publishing venture based on Charlesbridge's Stuart J. Murphy's I See I Learn series of 16 storybooks starring a group of pre-K children.
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Galley Talk: 'The Rithmatist'
Megan O'Sullivan, the owner of Main Street Books in Cedar City, Utah, has high hopes for The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson's first novel for teens.
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Rights Report: Week of February 11, 2013
New delas for Eric Carle, Diona Wood and Mark Bomback & Galaxy Craze.
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From Barefoot Books, An Iranian Tale
Born in Iran and raised in Israel, multiplatinum-selling singer Rita Jahanforuz has written a picture book based on a story her mother often told her during her early childhood years in Tehran.
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Seeing and Sharing Hearts, Online and in a Picture Book
See a Heart, Share a Heart, a small-format picture book released by Dial in December, showcases a selection of Eric Telchin's 4,000 photos of heart-shaped objects, accompanied by minimal poetic text.
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New from Andrews McMeel: ‘Desmond Pucket,’ Big Nate and Downton Parody
Andrews McMeel Publishing is expanding the AMP! Comics for Kids line with the launch of Mark Tatulli’s Desmond Pucket: Makes Monster Magic, a hardcover illustrated kids’ story and activity book, while adding new titles from Lincoln Pierce’s bestselling Big Nate series and releasing a parody of the Downtown Abbey TV show.
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A New Look for Harry Potter
To mark the 15-year anniversary of the debut of Harry Potter, Scholastic will be publishing seven all-new covers on its U.S. trade paperbacks, created by Kazu Kibuishi.
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Children's Authors and Events at Winter Institute: The Complete Guide
At this year's Winter Institute 8 in Kansas City, picture book, middle grade, and YA writers an important part of the Authors Reception as well as other programming on toys, book fairs, and nonfiction is specifically geared to children's bookselling.
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Rights Report: Week of February 4, 2013
New deals for Misty Copeland & Christhopher Myers, Seth Fishman and Liz Scanlon.
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'Oh So Tiny Bunny' Reunites Kirk and Feiwel
David Kirk, the creator of the one million-copy bestseller Miss Spider's Tea Party, has just published his first new picture book in a decade, Oh So Tiny Bunny out this week from Feiwel and Friends.



