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BookExpo 2017: On Race, Reviewing, and Responsibility
Issues of fairness, fact-checking, and reviewing diverse books were the subject of a BookExpo panel held on June 2.
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Girls Crack Coding in New Projects from Penguin and Disney
New books from authors Reshma Saujani and Tamara Ireland Stone seek to close the gender gap in computer science.
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‘Little Excavator’ Continues Dewdney’s Literary Legacy
Anna Dewdney's posthumously published 'Little Excavator,' due from Viking on June 6, tells the story of a small-scale excavator who saves the day.
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Buzzworthy Books About Bees
New fiction and nonfiction titles aimed at educating kids about the importance of bees.
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Rights Report: Week of May 29, 2017
New deals this week for Ashok Banker, Nadine Jolie Courtney, and Katie Cotugno.
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of June 5, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a picture book about an airplane learning to write, a middle grade novel about a kid fused with a hyperintelligent being, and a YA novel about moving forward from loss.
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Title Revealed for Volume One of Pullman’s ‘The Book of Dust’
Knopf has revealed the title of the first volume in Philip Pullman’s highly anticipated new trilogy, The Book of Dust, along with an excerpt.
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‘Claymates’: A Tale of Friendship by Two New Friends
A new picture book by friends Dev Petty and Lauren Eldridge stars two lumps of clay.
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of May 29, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a picture book about "the smartest dog in the world," a middle grade novel in which a boy confronts his grandfather's dementia, and a guide to life by a high-profile YouTuber.
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Knopf to Publish Children's Book by Khizr Khan
The Gold Star father who gave a stirring speech at last year's DNC has written a middle-grade nonfiction book about the Constitution.
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Rights Report: Week of May 22, 2017
New deals this week for Jason Henderson, Anna Hecker, Lauren Magaziner, and more.
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Licensing Hotline: May 2017
Read on for news about Papercutz’s new Gumby comics, Dynamite’s Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, Fox Chapel’s Vera Bradley coloring books, Debbie Macomber’s new licensing program, and more.
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Cover Story: 'The Bone Queen'
A look at Candlewick's redesign of YA fantasy author Alison Croggon's Books of Pellinor series.
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of May 22, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a quiet picture book about an observant child, a middle-grade adaptation of a scene from American history, and a YA novel about teens in a fashion design competition.
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Phyllis Grann, Tomie dePaola Team Up for Literacy
Phyllis E. Grann, who retired from publishing in 2011, takes on a new role as children’s book author.
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Harnessing Bookstagram: A PAMA Panel
The women behind top Bookstagram accounts—influencers of Instagram’s literary community—gathered for a recent panel.
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From YouTube Screen to Print
YouTubers are enticing legions of fans, and publishers are eager to translate their brand to the page. Here we round up some YA releases from this new community of celebrities.
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Movie Alert: ‘Captain Underpants’
'Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie' swoops into theaters on June 2; the animated film, directed by David Bowers, is based on Dav Pilkey’s comics-style series starring fourth grade friends Harold Hutchins and George Beard.
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Harry Potter Tour Finds Magic at the Met
In honor of the anniversary of J.K. Rowling’s 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,' a tour company has launched “Griffins, Goblets and Gold: A Wizarding Tour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”



