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Rights Report: Week of August 26, 2019
New deals for L.L. McKinney, Kerri Maniscalco, Dana Swift, and others.
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In Conversation: Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
We asked author Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham to interview each other about their collaboration on the middle grade graphic novel-style memoirs 'Real Friends' and 'Best Friends,' and their real-life friendship.
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'What Is … Judy Moody?'
Judy Moody author and lifelong 'Jeopardy!' fan Megan McDonald reflects on the experience of seeing her book featured on her favorite TV quiz show.
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Q & A with Thanhha Lai
This fall Thanhha Lai publishes her debut novel for young adults, 'Butterfly Yellow.'
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Q & A with Brendan Wenzel
Brendan Wenzel’s new picture book, 'A Stone Sat Still,' looks at some of the same themes as his 2016 Caldecott Honor book, 'They All Saw a Cat'; Wenzel spoke with us about making picture books as a way of thinking through experience.
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Rights Report: Week of August 19, 2019
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Rights Report: Week of August 12, 2019
New deals announced for Maiya Ibrahim, Debbi Michiko Florence, Carme Lemniscates, and more.
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YA Community Joins Forces in Support of Author Beth Revis
More than 150 authors have come together to support one of their own through a difficult time with the “Bid My Soul Farewell Preorder Giveaway."
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Obituary: Charles Santore
Illustrator Charles Santore, widely recognized for the realistically detailed paintings in his interpretations of beloved children’s stories, died on August 11 at age 84.
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Four Questions for Jerry Pinkney
PW asked Pinkney about his inspiration for, and the challenge of, creating the art for 'A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation,' written by Barry Wittenstein.
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Four Questions for Celia C. Pérez
Celia C. Pérez’s new novel, 'Strange Birds,' is a story about heritage, activism, and friendship, and is the fourth novel from Penguin’s just-launched Kokila imprint.
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Q & A with Laurel Snyder
Snyder’s new middle grade novel, 'My Jasper June,' tells the story of 13-year-old Leah Davidson who is still struggling with the drowning death of her younger brother the previous summer.
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Q & A with Stacey Lee
In her fourth book for young adults, 'The Downstairs Girl,' Stacey Lee introduces 17-year-old Jo Kuan, a Chinese immigrant in the New South, who secretly dwells beneath the floorboards of a local newspaper printer.
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In Brief: August 15, 2019
This week, Mo Willems plays ball; Penguin Random House and We Need Diverse Books honor teen writers; Allison Crotzer Kimmel sets off on a book tour/family vacation; and DC mentors future comics creators.
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Obituary: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Lee Bennett Hopkins, passionate educator and prolific children’s poet and anthologist, died on August 8 in Cape Coral, Fla., at the age of 81.
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Rights Report: Week of August 5, 2019
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San Diego Comic-Con 2019 in Photos
Approximately 135,000 fans gathered for the 50th anniversary of San Diego Comic-Con International, which took place July 18–21, featuring a number of children's authors and illustrators.
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Rights Report: Week of July 29, 2019
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Generation Next: PW Talks with Todd Strasser and Sarvenaz Tash
In the YA novels ‘Summer of ’69’ and ‘Three Day Summer,’ Strasser and Tash bring different perspectives to Woodstock.
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Four Questions for Pablo Cartaya
Pablo Cartaya's third novel, 'Each Tiny Spark,' is the first hardcover middle grade novel published by Penguin’s new Kokila imprint, whose mission is to "center stories from the margins."



