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Helping Kids Make Sense of War: Military Books 2013
With news of violence in the Middle East dominating today's headlines, and many thousands of military parents serving overseas, it is impossible for children and young adults to escape the reality of war.
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After 25 Years, Michael Ende's 'Momo' Returns to Print
This week, McSweeney's McMullens brings Michael Ende's Momo back into print with a 40th-anniversary edition featuring a new translation and illustrations.
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Chronicle Expands Its Little Finger Puppet Books Menagerie
Launched in 2005, the Little Finger Puppet Books series now includes 33 titles and has sold close to 3 million copies in the U.S. and the UK.
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Rights Report: Week of August 12, 2013
New deals for An Na, David Potter, and Don Tate & Chris Barton.
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Chooseco Kickstarts Choose Your Own Adventure Series
Chooseco, publisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure books, is reinventing the series once more with the help of a Kickstarter campaign.
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Penguin Signs 13-Year-Old Author
Penguin Young Readers Group's latest debut author is also one of its target readers: a 13-year-old boy.
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Scholastic Lands Baldacci's 'The Finisher'
Bestselling author David Baldacci has signed with Scholastic for his first standalone children's book, a fantasy novel called The Finisher.
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Galley Talk: 'The Year of Billy Miller'
Jennifer Green, owner of Green Bean Books in Portland, Ore., shares her thoughts on The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes, which she'll be eagerly handselling when it's released in September.
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Rights Report: Week of August 5, 2012
New deals for Julie Murphy, Thanhha Lai, and Antony John.
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Greg Heffley Faces 'Hard Luck' in Wimpy Kid #8
The eighth book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Hard Luck, will go on sale November 5.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Bids Goodbye to Alice
After 28 years and 28 novels, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is wrapping up her series starring Alice McKinley with Now I'll Tell You Everything, out October 15.
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OddInt Media Launches with Little Book by Big Name
Ross C. Follett, former president and CEO of Follett Library Resources, makes his authorial debut with BeeBear.
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'Speak' to Be Adapted as a Graphic Novel
Author Laurie Halse Anderson will adapt the text of her novel, a 1999 National Book Award Finalist, and Emily Carroll will illustrate.
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Back in Print: 'Pat the Bunny' Author's Earliest Titles
The New York Review Children's Collection is reissuing paper-over-board editions of the Pat the Bunny creator's first two picture books.
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Amulet to Unveil Wimpy Kid #8 Details at Six Flags Great Adventure
On August 8, readers will finally learn the title of Jeff Kinney’s forthcoming eighth book in his popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
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Rights Report: Week of July 29, 2013
New deals for Robert Venditti, Michael Buckley and Winifred Conkling.
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Counting Down to 'The 100'
Alloy Entertainment's latest book-and-TV project, The 100, adapted from the debut sci-fi novel by Kass Morgan, was ready to air before the book had even been published.
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Movie Alert: 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'
The clock is ticking down to the August 21 release of City of Bones, adapted from the first book in Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series.
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Comics for Kids Are Hot at Comic-Con 2013
From Viz Media's relaunch of its children's imprint to Archie's first zombie comic and Papercutz’s team-up with the WWE, publishers attending the San Diego Comic-Con International had plenty of news about kids' comics to share.
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Feiwel and Friends Acquires Wattpad Sensation
Editor-in-chief Liz Szabla at Feiwel and Friends has just acquired worldwide rights to the Styclar Saga, a YA paranormal trilogy by Nikki Kelly.



