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In Brief: March 3
In brief this week: A new Shel Silverstein book; celebrating Read Across America Day; defending a "graphic" pregnancy picture book; and stage versions of 'Skellig' and 'Class Clown.'
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Paul Galdone Headlines HMH's New Folk Tale Classics
Four backlist picture books by Paul Galdone will launch HMH Books' Folk Tale Classics line this month. Due out with a combined 100,000-copy first printing are The Little Red Hen, The Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, and Three Little Kittens. "We identified as a marketplace trend a return to the comfort of the classics," says HMH's Mary Wilcox.
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YA Novel Unearths Lost Chapter in History
A simple question sparked the idea for Ruta Sepetys's first novel for young adults, Between Shades of Gray, about Stalin's genocide in the Baltic states during WWII. On a visit to her family in Lithuania in 2005, Sepetys asked to see photographs of her grandfather, an officer in the Lithuanian army who had fled to a refugee camp before the genocide began and ultimately emigrated to America.
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In Brief: February 24
In brief this week: A Birthday for Booktenders' Secret Garden; 'Weird Al' on tour; a party for 'Where's Walrus?'; and events with authors Devon Kinch and Elizabeth Schoonmaker.
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Spring 2011 Children's Announcements: R-S
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Spring 2011 Children's Announcements: D-F
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Fall 2011 Sneak Previews
Here's an early look at what's on deck in children's and YA publishing for fall 2011.
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Galley Talk: 'Forgotten' by Cat Patrick
Judith Lafitte, an owner of Octavia Books in New Orleans and the children's book buyer, enjoys reading books by first-time authors; one spring debut novel especially caught her attention.
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Rights Report: February 10
News of deals for several top authors this week, including Ally Carter, Lurlene McDaniel, and Jay Asher.
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S&S Signs Up New YA Trilogy by Tonya Hurley
Simon & Schuster has acquired U.S. and audio rights to The Blessed, a trilogy by Tonya Hurley, author of ghostgirl and its two sequels. The trilogy—a contemporary, supernatural romance that is a reimagining of the martyrdom legends of three saints—will be edited by executive editor Zareen Jaffery; the inaugural novel will be published in July 2012.
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Kristi Yamaguchi's Debut Picture Book Stars a Skating Piglet
Encouraged by her family and best friend, Poppy the pig follows her dream of becoming a star in Dream Big, Little Pig! by Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. Not surprisingly, after learning to believe in herself and much persistence and practice, Poppy finally finds her niche as an ice skater.
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In Brief: February 10
In brief this week: Gennifer Choldenko hits the road; meetings of the NCCBA and SCBWI-Wisconsin; and an event with writer Jessica Burkhart.
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Sterling to Publish Picture Book of 'Blowin' in the Wind'
Jon J Muth will illustrate the first picture book edition of Bob Dylan's 1963 protest song, "Blowin' in the Wind," which will be published in November by Sterling Children's Books. The book will include a CD of Dylan's original recording, which was released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. "Blowin' in the Wind" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
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'Thirteen Reasons Why' Heads to Paperback
Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, the bestselling YA novel that tackles teenage bullying and suicide, will finally arrive in paperback in June.
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Galley Talk: 'What Happened to Goodbye'
Amy Vandenplas, owner of Butterfly Books in DePere, Wisc., welcomes a spring novel by Sarah Dessen, who's a perennial favorite of staff and customers at her store.
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Disney-Hyperion Signs Rachel Cohn Series
Disney-Hyperion has acquired a four-book sci-fi/fantasy series by Rachel Cohn, whose earlier YA books include Gingerbread and its sequels, and a trio of novels coauthored with David Levithan, among them Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.
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