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Q & A with Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks
Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks, authors of the fun and funny fashion blog Go Fug Yourself, are newly minted YA authors with their just-published first novel, Spoiled.
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Rosemary Wells Tackles Childhood Conundrums
Bossiness, messiness, lying, and tattling are some of the issues Rosemary Wells addresses in Kindergators, her new picture-book series set in a kindergarten classroom.
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In Brief: June 16
In brief this week: Abby Levine retires from Albert Whitman after 28 years; and Meg Medina, Geoff Herbach, and David A. Kelly celebrate new books.
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'Wind in the Willows' Sequel Due in 2012
Kenneth Grahame's renowned Toad, Mole, Ratty, and Badger will make a return appearance in a recently announced sequel to 1908's The Wind in the Willows, tentatively titled The Willows Redux.
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Scholastic Announces New 'Hunger Games' Pub Programs
To capitalize on the holiday bookselling season—and building excitement for the release of the first Hunger Games film next year—Scholastic has announced new editions of and tie-ins to the first book in Suzanne Collins's bestselling series.
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More Harry Potter? Rowling Reveals Pottermore.com
A week ago, the biggest Harry Potter news of the summer was next month's release of the final film in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. Now, Rowling has given Potterphiles something else to look forward to—and it's still a mystery.
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Next 'Wimpy Kid' Book to Get Six Million-Copy First Printing
Abrams' Amulet Books imprint has announced a six million-copy first printing for the next book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling children's series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
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Gingrich Picture Book Joins the Political Pack
With the September 26 release of Sweet Land of Liberty, Newt Gingrich's wife, Callista Gingrich, will join the growing ranks of political family members who have penned picture books for children.
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This Week in Apps: June 9, 2011
This Week in Apps offers a look at Nickelodeon's Olivia and a journey to the bottom of the sea.
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In Brief: June 9
In brief this week: some sweet events with Eric Luper; author Sue Fliess's book and shoe drive; editor Robert Wyatt at the Strand; and author events with Elanna Allen and Kirby Larson.
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Galley Talk: 'The Summer I Learned to Fly'
One galley that recently grabbed the attention of Christy McDanold, owner of Seattle's Secret Garden Bookshop, is The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt, which Random House's Wendy Lamb Books imprint will release next month.
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, But Fun to Recall
Web sites like PostSecret and Secret Regrets, where people can anonymously post their darkest secrets for the world to read, have been around (and popular) for years. This week, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers launched a similar Web site, with a literary bent: the Why We Broke Up Project.
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Tuesday Was 'Dork Day'
Sweet-toothed Manhattan-based fans of Rachel Renee Russell's Dork Diaries series from Aladdin were in for a treat on June 7, when Simon & Schuster touted the publication of Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star with a Dork Day celebration at Rockefeller Center.
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This Week in Apps: June 2, 2011
This week there's a new app for potty training, as well as the classic tale of Snow White.
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In Brief: May 26
In brief this week, books on TV: Trent Reedy visits 'The Today Show,' and Oprah and First Book team up for a big donation.
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BEA 2011: A BEA First: A Middle-Grade Buzz Panel
There’s a kind of inferiority complex at work in the middle-grade market, which is sometimes perceived as receiving less attention and respect than its YA older sibling (which, in turn, has its own self-esteem issues when compared to the adult publishing world). But while the first-ever Middle-Grade Editors Buzz Panel at BEA wasn’t an SRO affair as were the YA and adult panels, it was still quite full.
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BEA 2011: YA Buzz Panel Rocks Javits
As five editors talked up their favorite YA fall releases to a packed room of about 200 people during the YA Editor's Buzz panel at BEA, a few things became clear: these books are what happens when editors want titles that reflect elements of Twilight, The Hunger Games, and Harry Potter.
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'Press Here' Off to Auspicious Start
Press Here is not only the title of the book, but the simple instruction that launches its readers on an engaging adventure on which they push, rub, jiggle, clap at, and even blow on dots printed on the page to make them rearrange themselves.
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In Brief: May 19
In brief this week: Sarah Dessen hits the road; the Forest of Reading Awards; music and books in Portland; and a Mother's Day author event in New York City.
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This Christmas Season, the Elf's Off the Shelf
This could be the year for children's book parodies—for parents. Next month Akashic Books is releasing the highly anticipated Go the F**k to Sleep, currently in the #1 spot at Amazon. And in October Adams Media is aiming to knock a holiday favorite off its perch with the publication of The Elf Off the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition Gone Bad by Horace the Elf.
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