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Moving On Up: 'The School for Good and Evil'
The princess and the witch are given the chance to switch lives in director and screenwriter Soman Chainani's debut children's book, The School for Good and Evil, the first title in a trilogy.
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New Guide Navigates World of Kids' Books
Released in April, The Barnes & Noble Guide to Children's Books by Kaylee N. Davis, offers evaluations of 1,000-plus titles, guidelines for books in different categories, and essays by 20 children's authors and illustrators.
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Rights Report: Week of May 27, 2013
New deals for Marie Lu, Esther Ehrlich and Kim Savage.
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Bella & Harry's Travels Continue
The 10th installment of The Adventures of Bella & Harry, Let's Visit Jerusalem!, written by Lisa Manzione and illusrated by Kristine Lucco, is due on July 1.
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Lost and Bound: A Misplaced Notebook Finds a Publisher
This October, S&S will publish Isabelle and Isabella's Book of Rules, written by Isabelle Busath, age 10, and Isabella Thordsen, age eight, after the original was found in a parking lot and returned.
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Margaret Stohl Flies Solo – with a Little Help from Her Friends
For her nine-city tour to promote her new book, Icons, Margaret Stohl invited more than 20 YA authors to join her at different stops along the way.
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'The Cabinet of Curiosities' Leaps from Blog to Book
Greenwillow Books has acquired a story collection that has its roots in a blog written by four middle-grade authors.
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Rights Report: Week of May 20, 2013
New deals for John Boyne, Shannon Hale, Melissa Gilbert and Sarah Weeks & David Small.
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Tor Seidler: A Launch and a Relaunch
Atheneum Books for Young Readers has acquired rights to Firstborn, a new middle-grade novel by Tor Seidler, as well as The Wainscott Weasel and the NBA finalist Mean Margaret.
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Rights Report: Week of May 13, 2013
New deals for Jenny Han, Rhiannon Thomas and Monica Brown.
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This Week in Children's Apps: May 16, 2013
This week in children's apps features Curious About Shapes and Colors, which sees Curious George exploring colors and shapes through matching and sorting games.
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A Funny Little Story from Sourcebooks
It's not often that books are published in other countries and in other languages before being released in the author's own homeland, but A Funny Little Bird by Minnesota native Jennifer Yerkes is not your average children's book.
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S&S Children's to Relaunch John Christopher
John Christopher, who wrote science fiction for children and adults, who died last year at the age of 89, is having his backlist digitized by Simon & Schuster after his books largely fell out of print in the U.S.
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Ruckus Media Group Teams with CPTV to Deliver Digital Content
Ruckus Media Group is teaming with Connecticut Public TV to create a CPTV-branded platform that can deliver a variety of interactive content via mobile devices in addition to reaching a new audience of consumers.
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Moving On Up: 'The Selection' by Kiera Cass
This spring has seen the release of The Prince, a tie-in e-novella to Kiera Cass's 2012 dystopian YA romance The Selection, along with a new paperback edition, and the publication of its sequel, The Elite.
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First Look: 'Flora & Ulysses' by Kate DiCamillo
The idea for Kate DiCamillo's sixth novel, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, sprang from two of the unlikeliest sources imaginable.
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New Music Inspired by Children's Book Classics
Singer-songwriter Caroline Herring has turned to Kickstarter to finance CDs inspired by children's literature.
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Keeping Readers in ‘The Dark’: On Tour with Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen
Photos from Daniel Handler and Jon Klassen's recent book tour for their picture book, The Dark, which took them from Brooklyn to the Golden State and featured blindfolds, apples, and giant crabs.
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Galley Talk: 'Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library'
Emily Grossenbacher of Lemuria Books in Jackson, Miss., is looking forward to introducing kids to Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.
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Pseudonymous Bosch on Stage: A Photo Essay
When is an author appearance not an author appearance? When it's an interactive theatrical show.



