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Movie Alert: 'The Spectacular Now'

By Matia Burnett | 07/02/2013 @ 02:00PM

A film version of Tim Tharp's The Spectacular Now, starring Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, and Jennifer Jason Leigh and directed by James Ponsoldt, releases on August 2.
Rights Report: Week of July 1, 2012

| 07/02/2013 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Leila Howland, Alexandra Penfold and Jory John & Bob Shea.
Octopus's Ticktock Imprint: A Focus on Nonfiction

By Claire Kirch | 06/27/2013 @ 03:00PM

Octopus Publishing Group, known for its illustrated book lines about nonfiction topics for adults, officially launched its first children's book imprint this past spring.
Openly YA Tour Hits the Road

By John A. Sellers | 06/27/2013 @ 03:00PM

Just days before the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, four gay authors with new YA books hit the road on a mini-tour of the Northeast.
Rights Report: Week of June 24, 2013

| 06/27/2013 @ 01:00PM

New deals for Bruce Coville, Maya Van Wagenen and Ally Carter.
Dutton Buys YA Memoir by Teenager

| 06/25/2013 @ 10:00AM

Julie Strauss-Gabel at Dutton Children's Books has acquired a YA memoir by a 15-year-old writer, billed as a "Julie & Julia for teens."
E-Stories for 'Divergent' Fans Awaiting 'Allegiant'

By Karen Springen | 06/20/2013 @ 04:00PM

Divergent fans with a crush on dystopian heartthrob Four are in luck: Veronica Roth is writing four e-short stories about his history, told from his point of view.
Mission Possible: 'Bedtime Math' Makes Numbers Fun

By Sally Lodge | 06/20/2013 @ 03:30PM

Due out this month, Laura Overdeck's Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late rounds up math problems for kids to tackle between story time and lights-out.
New Diana Wynne Jones Novel Is a Family Affair

By Kit Alderdice | 06/20/2013 @ 03:00PM

Greenwillow will publish 'The Islands of Chaldea,' a new title from Diana Wynne Jones, the acclaimed SF and fantasy author who died in March 2011.
Rights Report: Week of June 17, 2013

| 06/20/2013 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Kirk Scroggs, Katherine Coville, Nick Lake and Jerry Pinkney.
An Anniversary and a Rebranding for Richard Scarry

By Sally Lodge | 06/18/2013 @ 03:00PM

To mark the 50th anniversary of Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever, Random House Children's Books is issuing a new edition of the book, which launches a rebranding program of the prolific author's backlist titles.
'Letters to Klaus': A Publisher Shares His Illustrated Correspondence

By Julia Eccleshare | 06/18/2013 @ 03:00PM

Letters to Klaus, a compilation of 100 decorated envelopes sent from illustrators to publisher Klaus Fugge, has just been published by Andersen Press.
Rysa Walker Wins Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

| 06/17/2013 @ 10:00AM

Rysa Walker from Cary, N.C., has won Amazon's Breakthrough Novel contest with her YA title, Timebound.
First Look: 'Rose Under Fire' by Elizabeth Wein

By Sue Corbett | 06/13/2013 @ 04:00PM

Elizabeth Wein's forthcoming novel is a companion to her Printz Honor- and Edgar Award-winning Code Name Verity.
Rights Report: Week of June 10, 2013

| 06/13/2013 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Tim Federle, Susan Juby, Liz Garton Scanlon and Ringo Starr.
'Travels with Gannon & Wyatt' Launches Middle-Grade Series

By Sally Lodge | 06/13/2013 @ 02:00PM

Twin brothers on a family African safari vacation save a wounded lioness and her cubs from poachers in a new middle-grade novel from Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet, released this month by Austin, Tex.-based Greenleaf Book Group.
Collaboration Is Key: The Roecker Sisters and 'This Is W.A.R'

By Sally Lodge | 06/11/2013 @ 03:00PM

Soho Press has launched a pre-pub giveaway campaign to build interest in This Is W.A.R., a YA mystery by Lisa Roecker and Laura Roecker due July 2 from Soho Teen.
Rights Report: Week of June 3, 2013

| 06/06/2013 @ 02:00PM

New deals for Nova Ren Suma, Lori Goldstein, David Small and Lisa Graff.
This Week in Children's Apps: June 6, 2013

| 06/06/2013 @ 02:00PM

This week in children's apps, Noisy Bug Sing Along lets players experience and interact with dozens of insect species and the sounds they make. Also this week is the latest Little Critter app, Just Helping My Dad, just in time for Father's Day.
Jeff Kinney to Open a Bookstore?

By Judith Rosen | 05/31/2013 @ 09:05AM

Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney is keeping himself busy with a new project: a possible bookstore and cafe in downtown Plainville, Mass.

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