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Nominees Announced for 2014 Pannell Award
The nominees for the 2014 Women's National Book Association's Pannell Award have been announced.
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Henson Forms Publishing Division; Signs Bloomsbury For First Franchise
The division’s first project, the chapter book series Enchanted Sisters, is launching with Bloomsbury Children’s Books this fall.
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The Can-Do Spirit: Four Decades of Kids Can Press
As 2013 drew to a close, Toronto-based Kids Can Press wrapped up its 40th anniversary celebrations. In light of this milestone, PW took the opportunity to look back on the publisher's development, from its early days as a summer project for a group of idealistic artists to the present.
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ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia: A PW Photo-Essay
We spotted a number of authors and illustrators at the ALA midwinter conference in Philadelphia, and we've rounded up some of the photographic highlights for you.
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Wi9 Panel: Starting Tween and Teen Advisory Boards
The children's panels Winter Institute offered a lot of practical advice for booksellers, but perhaps none more so than a one on how three bookstores of very different sizes created successful teen advisory boards.
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Wi9: Booksellers Recharge at Upbeat Winter Institute
This year's ninth annual American Booksellers Association Winter Institute, held January 22–24 in Seattle, gave booksellers a chance to take stock of their business after the holiday selling season.
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WI9 Panel: Seasonal Promotions Do the Trick Year-Round
A Winter Institute seminar called A Year of In-Store Promotions led booksellers on a tour of the seasons with ideas about holiday-specific children's book promotions.
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Wi9 Panel: Selling Sad and Dark Young Adult Literature
Young adult fiction with difficult emotional themes presents several challenges to booksellers, as discussed in a January 23 Winter Institute panel called Selling Sad and Dark YA Literature.
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In Brief: January 30
This week, a space-themed book tour launches; authors soak up local flavor during Wi9; cosplayers get into character; and a picture book author hosts a crafty PJ party.
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Children's Job Moves: January 2014
New job announcements in children's publishing for January 2014.
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2014 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Coverage
Read PW's coverage of the annual awards from ALA, featuring interviews with the newly minted 2014 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Medalists.
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DiCamillo, Floca, Sedgwick Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz
Kate DiCamillo has won the Newbery Medal for "Flora & Ulysses"; Brian Floca has won the Caldecott Medal for "Locomotive"; and Marcus Sedgwick has won the Printz Award for "Midwinterblood."
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Disney Fairies Fly to Little, Brown
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has acquired the license for Disney Fairies, which will roll out beginning in February.
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Galley Talk: 'Half Bad'
Of all the 2014 YA novels she's read to date, Amanda Hurley, manager of Inkwood Books in Tampa, Fla., puts Sally Green's "Half Bad" at the top of the list of titles she'll particularly enjoy handselling this spring.
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In Brief: January 23
This week, picture book pros get animated over animals; fellow authors and others welcome a sophomore effort; fans brave the elements for a book tour launch; a publishing house celebrates its inaugural picture book list; and a literary event is better late than never.
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Licensing Hotline: January 2014
Scholastic has licensed El Chavo, a property with multigenerational appeal, from Univision Communications.
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2014 Charlotte Zolotow Award Announced
"The Dark" by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Jon Klassen, has won the 17th annual Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book.
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Arthur Yorinks Debuts Web-Based Lost Marbles Books
Arthur Yorinks, a playwright, director, and author of more than three dozen children's books, has launched Lost Marbles Books, an online digital publishing venture in collaboration with OR Books.
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The Waldo Search Returns
Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association have announced that they will partner for the third summer in a row to get out the "shop local" message, with a July 2014 Waldo scavenger hunt.
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Questioning the Common Core: A Children's Literary Salon Panel
The first Children's Literary Salon event of 2014 took place on January 4 at the main branch of the New York Public Library, with a discussion on the who, what, when, where, and why of the Common Core State Standards.
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