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First Look: 'Mr. Wuffles!'
The story behind David Wiesner's forthcoming picture book, Mr. Wuffles, begins and ends with crickets.
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Rights Report: Week of April 29, 2013
New deals for Cynthia Levinson, Charlotte Zolotow and Garth Stein & R.W. Alley.
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19th-Century-Style Mailing Promotes New Picture Book
Some 100 children's book professionals received an unusual package in the mail this month – a piece of art handmade by award-winning illustrator Sophie Blackall.
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All Aboard for a 'Steam Train, Dream Train' Event
Author Sherri Duskey Rinker and illustrator Tom Lichtenheld recently appeared at the Reading Bug in San Carlos, Calif., in support of their newest bedtime book.
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'The 5th Wave' Launches with a Splash
Penguin Young Readers Group has big crossover hopes for The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey’s new YA science fiction thriller.
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Rights Report: Week of April 22, 2013
New deals for Salla Simukka, Kimberly Derting, Lucy Knisley and Jason Segal & Kirsten Miller.
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Amazon Children's Picks Up Finnish YA Trilogy
Amazon Children's Publishing/Skyscape has acquired U.S. rights for Finnish YA author Salla Simukka's Snow White Trilogy.
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'Tiger Eyes': A Family Film
Judy Blume's son, Lawrence, has directed a feature film version of her novel Tiger Eyes, to be released June 7.
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Tacky the Penguin's Creators Celebrate 25 Years
Twenty-five years after making his self-titled debut, Tacky the Penguin celebrates a special day in Happy Birdday, Tacky!, Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger's latest installment in the series, due May 14.
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What's Selling at the Reading Bug
Lauren Savage, owner of The Reading Bug in San Carlos, Calif., shares word of some titles that are moving quickly in her store.
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'Press Here' Creator Hervé Tullet Takes His Newest Project on Tour
The Paris-based artist has brought his new book, I Am Blop!, to the U.S.
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Cover Reveal: 'The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett'
Take a first look at the fourth book in Tom Angleberger's Origami Yoda series.
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Caroline Kennedy, Poetry Advocate
With her fourth anthology, Poems to Learn by Heart, editor Caroline Kennedy continues to champion the literary form.
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Australian Duo Branches Out with 'Treehouse' Series
Longtime collaborators Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have set an uproarious scene in The 13-Story Treehouse, an illustrated middle-grade novel released this month.
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Rights Report: Week of April 15, 2013
New deals for Judd Winick, Hannah Moskowitz and Deborah Underwood.
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Berenstain Bears Join Sourcebooks' Put Me In The Story Platform
The publisher has signed a deal to release versions of the Berenstain titles through its Put Me In the Story platform.
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Online Promotion Has Fans Seeing 'Red'
Author and illustrator Lita Judge has started her own Red Hat Society with a contest promoting her new picture book, Red Hat.
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'My Little Pony' Leads Kids' Comics Charge
Kids' comics were a vital piece of the comics industry's nearly 15% overall sales increase in 2012.
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'Miss Peregrine's Home' Goes Graphic
In March, Yen Press debuted the first chapter of its graphic novel adaptation of Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, with art by illustrator Cassandra Jean.
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Blockbuster Director, Bestselling Author Team Up for Middle-Grade Series
Acclaimed film screenplay author, director, and producer Chris Columbus and bestselling YA novelist Ned Vizzini are the coauthors of the new middle-grade series, which debuts with House of Secrets on April 23.



