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Rights Report: Week of March 24, 2014
New deals for Carol Riggs, Cindy Jensono-Elliott and Christy Hale.
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Jean Craighead George's Children Complete Her Final Novel
In April, Dial Books for Young Readers will publish 'Ice Whale,' Newbery Medalist Jean Craighead George's final novel, completed by her children following her death in 2012.
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Meet the Artist! Series Introduces Princeton Architectural Press to Children's Market
Princeton Architectural Press's new Meet the Artist! series of interactive paper-over-board books debuts this month with 'Alexander Calder' and 'Pablo Picasso.'
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Wimpy Kid #9 Set to Arrive in November
The Heffleys are hitting the road in the ninth Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, just announced by Abrams.
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Re-Opening the Book on 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone'
Hoping to build buzz for the concluding volume of Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, Little, Brown has launched an online reading initiative.
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Rights Report: Week of March 17, 2014
New deals for Teri Sloat, Meg Leder, Christian Robinson, and others.
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Bringing the Games to Kids: Sports Books 2014
Books about the sports kids love written by sports luminaries they admire is a win-win combination.
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Amulet Hatches Wimpy Kid Spring Sweepstakes
Abrams/Amulet is "egging on" readers to give "Diary of a Wimpy Kid #8: Hard Luck" a second look, with a spring sweepstakes focused on the novel's illustrations.
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'Uglies' Author Westerfeld Shines a Light on the Publishing Industry for Next YA Novel
This fall, Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, will publish 'Afterworlds,' a new standalone novel by Uglies and Leviathan series author Scott Westerfeld.
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Who Will Be Grosset's 100th 'Who Was'?
Nelson Mandela and Abigail Adams are among the individuals profiled in recent volumes of Grosset & Dunlap's Who Was? series of biographies.
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Cover Reveal: Jon Scieszka's New Science Series for Kids
Here's a first look at the cover of book one of Frank Einstein, Jon Scieszka's new series for middle-grade readers.
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Galley Talk: 'Marina'
Kathy "Scout" Pettersen, children's bookseller at The Bookworm in Omaha, Neb., has high expectations for "Marina: A Gothic Tale for All Ages" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, due out in July.
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Rights Report: Week of March 3, 2014
New deals for Cassandra Clare, Philip C. Stead, Alexandra Bracken, Stephanie Kuehn, and others.
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'Goodnight Songs' Collects Never-Seen Margaret Wise Brown Works
Margaret Wise Brown devotees will discover a new facet of her talent when Sterling Children's Books releases "Goodnight Songs," a compilation of lullaby poems, in March.
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More Than a Decade Later, a 'Peek-a WHO!' Follow-Up
In March, Chronicle will release Nina Laden's "Peek-a ZOO!," a follow-up to her 2000 die-cut, guessing-game board book "Peek-a WHO!"
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FSG Brings Out George Selden Classics as E-books
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is releasing George Seldon's Chester Cricket and His Friends series in e-book format for the first time for the new tablet-toting generation of young readers.
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Rights Report: Week of February 24, 2014
New deals for Grace Lin, Aaron Hartzler, Maya Rock, and Joseph Kuefler.
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Fall 2014 Children's Sneak Previews
Get early word of forthcoming books by Chris Van Allsburg, Lauren Myracle, Rick Riordan, Paolo Bacigalupi, Cynthia Kadohata, Scott Westerfeld, Barbara McClintock, and many others.
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Harriet the Spy Celebrates 50 Years of Sleuthing
Delacorte has just issued a 50th anniversary edition of Louise Fitzhugh's "Harriet the Spy."
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Rights Report: Week of February 17, 2014
New deals for Isaiah Campbell, Carrie Mesrobian, Leila and Tom Hirschfeld, and others.



