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'The Long Haul' #1 Title Worldwide

By Clare Swanson | 11/13/2014 @ 10:00AM

The ninth book in Jeff Kinney's series is the top selling title in all English-language territories around the world, according to publisher Abrams Books.
The True (25th Anniversary) Story of the Three Little Pigs

By Shannon Maughan | 11/11/2014 @ 04:00PM

Pretty much everything about Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs' was mold-breaking when it hit shelves in 1989.
Macmillan's 'Fairest' Promotion Riffs on Cyber Monday

By Sally Lodge | 11/11/2014 @ 03:00PM

On December 1, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group is launching #cyborgmonday to promote pre-pub buzz for Marissa Meyer's 'Fairest,' the fourth installment of the fairytale-themed Lunar Chronicles.
High Schooler Mines Minecraft for Trilogy

By Judith Rosen | 11/11/2014 @ 03:00PM

Sean Fay Wolfe, a high school senior in Rhode Island, is the self-published author of the Elementia Chronicles, a fan fiction trilogy based on the popular game, Minecraft.
Barnett and Klassen Hit the Road for 'Sam and Dave'

| 11/06/2014 @ 04:00PM

Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen set out for a cross-country tour, October 14–29, in support of their new picture book 'Sam and Dave Dig a Hole.'
A Haunting Anniversary: 'Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins' Turns 25

By Shannon Maughan | 11/06/2014 @ 03:00PM

Take a non-traditional holiday story, add a noted illustrator, blend with a trio of enthusiastic magazine and children's book editors, and what do you get?
A Lion-Sized Leap from Art Director to Author

By Sally Lodge | 11/04/2014 @ 03:00PM

In spring 2016, Atheneum will publish Simon and Schuster art director Lucy Ruth Cummins debut solo picture book, 'A Hungry Lion: Or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals.'
Rights Report: Week of November 3, 2014

| 11/04/2014 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Mal Preet, Jason Reynolds, Matthew Kirby, Sarah Fine, Denis Markell, Robin Talley, and Karen Rivers.
PW's Best Children's Books of 2014

| 11/04/2014 @ 09:00AM

We've sorted through the thousands of books published for children and teens in 2014, to bring you our picks of the year's best books, in picture books, middle-grade, and YA.
A Teen Takes On Bullying by Self-Publishing

By Alexis Burling | 11/03/2014 @ 12:00PM

For the past two years, 18-year-old Aija Mayrock has immersed herself in a project particularly close to her heart: she wrote 'The Survival Guide to Bullying' and self-published it earlier this month.
Wimpy Kid #9: An Exclusive Sneak Peek

| 10/30/2014 @ 04:00PM

Book 9 of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, 'The Long Haul,' doesn't hit bookstore shelves until next Tuesday, November 4, but we've got an exclusive excerpt now.
Drawing Life Lessons from Little Golden Books

By Sally Lodge | 10/30/2014 @ 04:00PM

Longtime Golden Books editor Diane Muldrow has added to the Everything I Need to Know series, with two new books.
Penguin Imports Bestselling Swedish Series

By Sally Lodge | 10/30/2014 @ 03:00PM

The Whodunit Detective Agency series made its American debut earlier this month, when Grosset & Dunlap published full-color translations of the first two titles.
Movie Alert: 'Mockingjay Part 1'

By Matia Burnett | 10/30/2014 @ 03:00PM

The Hunger Games may have ended, but Katniss's fight for her nation’s liberty from the Capitol isn’t over – nor is Lionsgate's biggest film franchise.
What's Selling at Symposium Books

| 10/30/2014 @ 02:00PM

Anne Marie Keohane and her husband own Symposium Books, one in Providence, R.I., and its sister store in nearby East Greenwich. AShe spoke with PW about a handful of books that she is currently handselling.
Starbucks Pick of the Week: S.E. Hinton's 'Rumble Fish'

By Judith Rosen | 10/28/2014 @ 04:00PM

S.E. Hinton's 40-year-old YA classic 'Rumble Fish,' the Oct. 14–20 Starbucks/iBooks Pick of the Week, reaches far into Diversion Books' backlist.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Golden Anniversary Flight

By Shannon Maughan | 10/28/2014 @ 03:00PM

Candlewick is releasing a special 50th anniversary edition of Ian Fleming's 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' featuring the original illustrations by John Burningham.
Rights Report: Week of October 27, 2014

| 10/28/2014 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Liam Francis Walsh, C. Alexander London, and Kasie West.
Kinsella YA Novel Coming

| 10/22/2014 @ 10:00AM

Random House Children’s Books imprint Delacorte Press has acquired U.S. rights to 'Finding Audrey,' the first young adult novel from the author of the bestselling Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella
Feiwel and Friends to Publish Cecelia Ahern YA Novels

By Sally Lodge | 10/21/2014 @ 03:00PM

Macmillan’s Feiwel and Friends imprint has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to Cecelia Ahern's debut YA books, 'Flawed' and its sequel, 'Perfect.'

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