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Nahoko Uehashi and Roger Mello Receive 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Japanese author Nahoko Uehashi and Brazilian illustrator Roger Mello are the recipients of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.
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In Brief: March 20
This week, illustrators celebrate the release of a collaborative picture book; a WWII veteran is a book event's guest of honor; authors get stage-ready; a musician-illustrator team visit the Carle; an artist draws on her experience; and an author attends a monster of an event.
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 20, 2014
This week in children's apps, we usher in spring with new apps featuring familiar faces – Little Critter and Dr. Seuss.
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Children's Choice Award Finalist Stirs Controversy
After the finalists for the Children's and Teen Choice Book Awards were announced, some in the children's book community voiced concern and "shock" over the inclusion of Rush Limbaugh for the Author of the Year award.
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What's Selling at The Voracious Reader
Francine Lucidon, owner of The Voracious Reader in Larchmont, N.Y., spotlights a handful of children's books that she's making a point of handselling.
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Bloomsbury Consolidates Children's Imprints; Easton Leaving
Bloomsbury is folding its Walker Books for Young Readers imprint into the larger Bloomsbury Children’s Books.
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Facts & Figures 2013: For Children’s Books, Divergent Led the Pack
In our annual Facts & Figures roundup, each year has its superstar.
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Bologna 2014: What's New at the Fair?
As children's publishers from around the world descend on Italy for the 51st Bologna Children's Book Fair, here's a look at some new things they can expect to see this year.
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NoVa Teen Book Festival Makes Its Debut: A Photo-Essay
Close to 300 guests attended the first NoVa (Northern Virginia) Teen Book Festival, which took place on Saturday, March 8 at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.
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Licensing Hotline: March 2014
Beginning in summer 2014, Simon Spotlight will release the first chapter books, joke book, and ready-to-reads based on Ubisoft's Rabbids videogame franchise, followed by new titles each season.
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This Week in Children's Apps: March 13, 2014
This week in children's apps, we feature two new Berenstain Bears apps, a noisy Little Critter app, and another app that takes users on a prehistoric adventure.
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In Brief: March 13
This week: psychic readings and selfies amp up a book release party; National Jewish Book Awards ceremony honors a picture-book team; an illustrator bonds with his daughter over Truffula trees; and an author plants the seeds of a love of nature with young readers.
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Cupcake Digital Acquires zuuka and Its iStorytime Library App
Cupcake Digital, a developer of enhanced e-book apps sold through the major app distributors, has purchased zuuka, developer of the iStorytime library app featuring narrated children’s storybooks.
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Scholastic Announces 'Worlds Collide' Initiative
The alternative-reality adventure world of The 39 Clues, the time-travel world of Infinity Ring, and the fantasy world of Spirit Animals will converge in Scholastic’s Worlds Collide, a marketing campaign that aims to connect the authors and fans of these multi-platform series.
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News from the North: March 2014
In our latest dispatch from Canada, we highlight some ways publishers are making the most of their connections and partnerships.
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The Poisoned Pencil Announces First YA Title
After nearly two years of planning, The Poisoned Pencil, an imprint of Poisoned Pen Press, is releasing its first title, Janie Chodosh's "Death Spiral," on April 1.
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Rights Report: Week of March 10, 2014
New deals for Keith & Theodora Richards, Doreen Cronin, Chris Barton, Cynthia Voigt, Blythe Woolston, and others.
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Bologna Book Fair 2014 Preview: Emerging Imprints and Promising Publishers
Subagents from around the world recommend noteworthy children's publishing efforts, just in time for the 2014 Bologna Book Fair.
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Seuss Sales Double Thanks to Reading Initiative
Sales for "Green Eggs and Ham" and other classics more than doubled after the Read Across America celebration on March 2, Dr. Seuss's birthday.
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Fighting Gender Stereotypes in Kids' Publishing
Color war is fine for summer camp, but when it comes to children's books, there are plenty of people don't want to have to choose between blue and pink.



