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Rights Report: Week of December 7, 2015
New deals for Natalie Anderson, Destiny Soria, Emily Trunko, Martin Wilson, and Ginger Zee.
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'Unslut' Takes a Stand Against Sexual Bullying
After experiencing bullying in middle school, Emily Lindin began keeping a diary chronicling her experiences and emotional turmoil, which is reproduced in 'Unslut: A Diary and a Memoir,' due from Zest Books on December 29.
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A Piggle-Wiggle for a New Generation
Ben Hatke will create covers and interior artwork for a new Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series written by Newbery Honor author Ann M. Martin with Annie Parnell.
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Movie Alert: 'The 5th Wave'
'The 5th Wave,' the first in Rick Yancey's YA science fiction trilogy, arrives in theaters on January 16. The movie, from Columbia Pictures, stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, and Liev Schreiber, and is directed by J. Blakeson.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of December 7, 2015
Hitting bookshelves next week are a rhyming picture book that follows the adventures of an eager dog, a nonfiction book about a breakthrough medical procedure, a YA novel that centers on the lives of two very different sisters, and many more.
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Small Calif. Press Revives Caldecott Book on Abraham Lincoln
California publisher Beautiful Feet Books is reprinting a 75th-anniversary edition of 'Abraham Lincoln' by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaires.
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Rights Report: Week of November 30, 2015
New deals for Vesper Stamper, Trish Doller, and David Zeltser.
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HMH Rolls Out 'Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition'
Chris Van Allsburg’s 'The Polar Express,' which has enchanted children and adults for three decades, has a fresh new look on bookstore shelves this holiday season.
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YA Debut Gets Six-Figure Deal, Sold to 16 Territories and Jerry Bruckheimer
A six-figure deal for North American rights to 'The Cruelty' is the latest in a string of good things that have happened to Scott Bergstrom's debut novel in just the past month.
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Numeroff, Munsinger, and Cleverkick Team Up for New Series
"I've always wanted to publish a story about a service dog," said Laura Numeroff, who can now check off that box on her career wish list.
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PW at the Movies: 'Mockingjay: Part Two'
Two staffers in PW's children's department caught a screening of the final film in the Hunger Games series, 'Mockingjay: Part Two.'
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of November 23, 2015
Hitting bookshelves next week are a picture book featuring a grumpy bear turned unwitting mother, a visually driven pseudo-Gothic middle grade story, and a novel in which two teens confront living in spite of familial terminal illness.
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Rights Report: Week of November 16, 2015
New deals for Kwame Alexander, Alexandra Christo, Elly Blake, Deborah Hopkinson, and Claudia Gray.
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Latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid Debuts as Global Bestseller
Following its simultaneous 90-country-wide global release, the 10th Wimpy Kid volume from Jeff Kinney, 'Old School,' has sold more than 1,000,000 copies in its first week.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of November 16, 2015
Among the books hitting shelves next week are the conclusion to a high-octane YA thriller, an epistolary novel in which a schizophrenic boy reaches out to the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, and a Christmas picture book about unlikely friends, based on a true story.
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Picture Book Parody Aims to Hypnotize Kids into Harvard
For parents who don’t want their kids sleeping all night, but rather staying up studying, Penguin Young Readers Group is publishing a parody of 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep' early next year. 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Go to Harvard' hops into bookstores in February.
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A Three-Book Deal in Sheep's Clothing
John Churchman was sure he had violated proper bookstore etiquette when he dropped in unannounced at his local bookstore with copies of 'The SheepOver,' the picture book he had recently published with his wife, Jennifer.
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Dave Eggers Pens Picture Book on the Golden Gate Bridge
Dave Eggers has lived in the Bay Area for long enough that stories about the Golden Gate Bridge were imprinted in his mind, but only recently did he learn the less well-known story of the multi-year discussion over the bridge's color.
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Movie Alert: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2'
The dystopian YA franchise that has made an indelible mark on popular culture has reached its final chapter with the release of Lionsgate's 'Mockingjay Part 2' on November 20.
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Rights Report: Week of November 9, 2015
New deals for Megan Miranda, Amy Ignatow, Catherine Hapka, Sarah Henning, and Michelle Cuevas.
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