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A Promotion to Spread the Love for Middle Grade
Workman and its Algonquin Young Readers imprint are welcoming 2016 with iLoveMG, an initiative encouraging booksellers, librarians, teachers, bloggers, and other children's publishers to celebrate middle-grade books and authors.
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Scholastic Starts a New Story
Scholastic is gathering together materials in an effort to highlight its illustrated books geared towards parents, teachers, booksellers, librarians, and caregivers to share books with children.
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YA Book Bloggers Targeted by Catfishing Scheme
A book blogger at Bookish Antics took to social media on Monday after falling victim to an elaborate catfishing scheme perpetrated via email by a woman posing as a publicist.
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2016 Sendak Fellows Announced
The 2016 Sendak Fellows were announced on January 1; they are Elisha Cooper, Jenni Desmond, and Yuyi Morales.
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Yang Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
The new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature is graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, winner of the Printz Award, and two-time National Book Award finalist.
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PW’s Top Children’s Stories of 2015
Here are the 10 most popular stories about children’s and YA books published on publishersweekly.com in 2015.
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In Brief: December 17, 2015
This week, the force is with First Book; a children's book podcast premieres; and a beloved author-illustrator draws a crowd.
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BEA 2016 Children's Breakfast Speakers Announced
The three speakers and the master of ceremonies have been announced for the Children’s Author Breakfast at next year’s BookExpo America.
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Children’s Publishers Choose Their Favorite Reads of 2015
We asked children's publishers to tell us about their favorite children's or YA book of the year.
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Licensing Hotline: December 2015
Scholastic is bringing some of its licensed brands into two new-for-licensing formats: character biographies and informational nonfiction.
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Children's Holiday Sales 2015: Picture Books and Middle Grade Top YA
We spoke with children's booksellers across the country about how they fared at the start of the busy holiday season, and found out what their early strong sellers have been.
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In Brief: December 10, 2015
This week, the force awakens in D.C.; an author gives her stamp of approval; an artist puts a new spin on 'Alice in Wonderland'; and an illustrator gets her very own day.
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Children's Publishing in China: Highlights from the First GKC China Deep Dive
Children's books play a leading role in the fragmented and state-controlled publishing industry in China, and titles in translation are an important part of the mix.
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Publishers Crack Coding for Kids
This year's Computer Science Education Week and Hour of Code – December 7-13 – are off and running, and more children's book publishers than ever are offering titles designed to get kids excited to learn how to make computers work.
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School & Library Spotlight: Hot Topics for School Libraries
Makerspaces, computer coding for kids, the Transform Your School Library initiative, and other topics that school librarians are buzzing about.
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What Are Students Reading?: The Most Checked-Out School Library Books
Follett, distributor of technologies, services and digital and print content to the educational market, has created Follett Students’ Choice, a new tool that ranks the top 50 books with the most checkouts in a given month.
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PW Talks with Rosen Publishing CEO Roger Rosen
Rosen Publishing CEO Roger Rosen talks digital innovation and librarians' roles in today's society.
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Global Kids Connect: A Star-Studded Party
Capping the Global Kids Connect conference was a party for PW's just-published Children's Starred Reviews Issue; many local authors and illustrators whose books were featured in that issue were in attendance.
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Global Kids Connect Conference Debuts in New York
The one-day conference offered an expert lineup of publishers, editors, and agents, who offered professional perspectives on everything from content creation and licensing to doing business in China.
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What's Selling at Third Place Books
Holiday gift-buying is in full-swing at Third Place Books, where Patti Harriman is busy recommending titles to customers looking for that just-right book on their gift lists.



