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Celebrating a Flock of Children's Book Anniversaries
There is cause for celebration on Publishers' Row. Babar is turning 80, The Phantom Tollbooth has spent five decades in print, and the Magic School Bus has been zipping along for a quarter-century. Here's a sampling of anniversary observances in the works.
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Random House to Publish Lost Dr. Seuss Stories
A greedy duck named McKluck learns a lesson in the title story of The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories, a collection of seven tales by Dr. Seuss that were published in Redbook in 1950 and 1951.
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In Brief: August 11
This week, author and bookseller events from around the country: Erin and Philip Stead in Petsokey, Michigan; Elise Allen in Pasadena; and an off-site reading organized by Queen Anne Books in Seattle.
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On My Nightstand: Julie Just's Nighttime Reading
The life of a YA-leaning literary agent is fairly dominated by guilty pleasures, so at the top of the heap, foreground, you can see galleys of new and recent books that I can tell myself are all for work.
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NY Knicks Captain Turns Children's Author
New York Knicks captain and six-time NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire will become a children's book author next year with the launch of his STAT: Standing Tall And Talented series for middle-grade readers, published by Scholastic.
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Children's Bookshelf Archive
Read past issues of PW Children's Bookshelf.
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Children's Bookshelf Archive
Read past issues of PW Children's Bookshelf.
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Children's Bookshelf Archive
Read past issues of PW Children's Bookshelf.
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Elkeles Wraps Up 'Perfect Chemistry' Trilogy
With a combined 300,000 copies in print and more than 13,000 Facebook fans, the Perfect Chemistry trilogy, which concludes on August 16 with Chain Reaction, appears to have perfect chemistry, not only among the characters on the pages but with readers as well.
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Galley Talk: 'Wildwood'
Sarah Hutton, children's book buyer and store manager at Village Books in Bellingham, Wash., shares her enthusiasm for a new novel.
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Teen Writing Workshop from 2005 Spawns New YA Novel
In spring 2005, Brooklyn high-school sophomore Julia Mayer noticed a poster at her school advertising a summer novel-writing program for teens at nonprofit organization 826NYC. Six years later, her novel is being published by Sourcebooks Fire.
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In Brief: August 4
In brief this week, it’s all about first-time authors, with launch events for debut novelists Arlaina Tibensky and Jane Paley, as well as mystery author Kathryn Miller Haines’s first book for teens.
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Scholastic Reveals 'Hugo' Companion Book Cover
Scholastic has revealed the cover of The Hugo Movie Companion Book, which releases on November 1 to coincide with the film's theatrical release on November 23. The book will have a first printing of 100,000.
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Kids, Comics, and Comic-Con International 2011
Comics aren't just for adults at Comic-Con International. Big announcements for children's comics share time with blockbuster movies and roaming hordes of costumed fans.
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In Brief: July 28
In brief this week: John Green rewards fans (and punishes his wrist) by signing the entire first edition of his new book; Tomie dePaola gets a library wing named in his honor; and author Janet Fox is eastward bound.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Kids' Books at the Show
The 42nd annual Comic-Con International took place this past weekend, with more than 130,000 fans flocking to the San Diego Convention Center for a peek at what's new and next in the worlds of comics, books, and movies. As in years past, the presence of children's book publishers at the show continued to grow—read on for our round-up of photos from the show.
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HCI Makes Its Teen Fiction Debut
Star-crossed love, supernatural evil, and martial arts fuse in Dark Territory, the launch title of The Tracks, HCI Teens' first foray into young adult fiction.
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'Robert the Rose Horse' Author Back on the Scene
Joan Heilbroner, best known for her first book, Robert the Rose Horse, which was published in 1962 and has never been out of print, is back. After a hiatus of about 20 years Heilbroner returns with A Pet Named Sneaker, which Julie Just of Janklow & Nesbit Associates has just sold to Alice Jonaitis at Random House.
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Former Mayor Ed Koch Tackles Timely Topic
Michelle Obama’s "Let's Move!" initiative to educate American youth about healthy lifestyle choices has cast a spotlight on the increase in childhood obesity, a subject also addressed by former New York City mayor Ed Koch in a fall picture book.
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A Brixton Brothers Fan Solves a Mystery
"If there's a mystery you can't solve, I will," pledged 11-year-old Sarah Salas in a recent letter to Mac Barnett, author of the Brixton Brothers mystery series from Simon & Schuster.
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