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Book on Pioneering Aviatrix Takes Flight
Born in 1911, Elinor Smith began flying lessons at the age of 10 and became the youngest licensed pilot in the U.S. at 16. And 82 years ago today, on October 21, 1928, the 17-year-old did what no other pilot has ever done before or since: she flew her biplane under all four bridges that span New York City's East River. That feat and Smith's other flying accomplishments are chronicled in Soar, Elinor! by debut author Tami Lewis Brown, illustrated by François Roca.
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'Nightshade' Viral Promotion Campaign Snags Fans
To build a fan base for first-time author Andrea Cremer's Nightshade well before it went on sale this week, Penguin Young Readers Group sought out potential YA readers where they were sure to be: online.
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A Graphic Take on Homer: Gareth Hinds's 'The Odyssey'
With The Odyssey, just published by Candlewick, Gareth Hinds continues his project of reinterpreting classic texts in the graphic novel format. The 256-page work, in watercolor and pastel, hopes to find a wide audience in schools and libraries, while still appealing to adults.
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The Very Busy Publishing House
Random House Children's Books has signed a deal with Chorion, which represents The World of Eric Carle for licensing, for a line of coloring and activity books for North American distribution. The titles will feature line art versions of illustrations from the author's classic picture books.
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Open Road Media in Deal with Albert Whitman; Adds More Mysteries
Children's book publisher Albert Whitman & Co. has reached an agreement with Open Road Integrated Media to publish all 150 titles of Whitman's Boxcar Children Mysteries series in e-book format.
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In Brief: October 14
In brief this week: Judith Viorst and Lane Smith at Books of Wonder; the return of Wordstock; the 10-year anniversary of 'Because of Winn-Dixie'; and a gallery featuring the artwork of five children's book illustrators.
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Seven Stories to Publish Simultaneous Adult/YA Book
When novelist, screenwriter, and poet Barry Gifford submitted a manuscript of 42 interlinked short stories to his longtime publisher, Dan Simon at Seven Stories, both Simon and the press’s publicist Ruth Weiner thought that their kids would enjoy it. Now Seven Stories is in the midst of readying Gifford’s Sad Stories of the Death of Kings (Oct.) for both children and adults.
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Three David Macaulay Books Relaunched
Published in 1973 and 1977, David Macaulay's Cathedral and Castle won Caldecott Honors for their crisp black-and-white line art and meticulous architectural detail. In 2003, the author added Mosque to his canon of books on monumental structures. This month, Houghton Mifflin publishes Built to Last, which brings together revised versions of the three books in a single volume.
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Riordan Debuts New Series in Austin
The Lost Hero, the first novel in bestselling author Rick Riordan's highly anticipated new series for middle-grade readers, Heroes of Olympus, was released to great fanfare on Tuesday, as Bookpeople in Austin, Tex. hosted what Riordan described last week as a "worldwide party."
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Galley Talk: 'A Tale Dark and Grimm'
Andrea Greenlee, children's bookseller at Page One Bookstore in Albuquerque, recommends a new story collection.
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'Ballet for Martha': Collaboration Breeds Collaboration
"Sometimes art is made by one artist, working alone, but sometimes it is the result of artists working together--collaborating--to forge something new." That's the opening passage of Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca. But the line also applies to the creation of the book itself.
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From Graeme Base, a Picture Book with a Different Look
Motivated by an ancient legend of a golden snail, Wilbur sets sail for the Ends of the Earth to find-—and finally liberate-—this creature in Graeme Base’s The Legend of the Golden Snail, just out from Abrams Books for Young Readers.
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In Brief: October 7
In brief this week: Sonia Sones's banned book; this year's Carle Honors; Gordon Titcomb and Wendell Minor's 'The Last Train'; Cinda Williams Chima on tour; and Ann Angel's launch party for 'Janis Joplin.'
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Little, Brown to Publish Official 'Twilight' Guide
Frankfurt is a long way from Forks, but that’s where Little, Brown Books for Young Readers announced the spring 2011 publication of Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, a full-color encyclopedic guide to the world of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. Featuring both illustrations and photographs, it will offer character profiles, family trees, maps, outtakes, and an interview with Meyer.
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Three Words: Free Ice Cream
Lemony Snicket and Maira Kalman, author and illustrator of a new picture book, 13 Words, will meet their fans this weekend at an impromptu ice cream social at Cones, a West Village retailer of handmade ice cream and sorbet. The store will give out free ice cream to attendees, while Snicket, a.k.a Daniel Handler, and Kalman sign books sold through special-event retailer Mobile Libros.
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Penguin 'Times' Ad Defends 'Speak'
Responding to an attack by an associate professor in Missouri who called Speak "soft pornography," the Penguin Young Readers Group took out a full page ad in Thursday's New York Times to defend the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson.
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Wimpy Kid Balloon Joins Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will have a new star in its lineup. A giant balloon bringing the title character of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series to 3-D life will be among the 15 helium spectacles in the legendary parade.
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Getting in Bed with SIBA
One of the central images of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance’s 35th annual trade show, held from Sept. 23-25 at the Plaza Resort & Spa and Plaza Ocean Club Hotel in Daytona Beach, was a double bed placed near the registration booth. If after walking past the bed there were any doubt that the SIBA board and executive director Wanda Jewell are convinced that bookselling’s future depends on social networking, a nearby monitor displayed live tweets throughout the show.
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Russell Hoban Celebrates 50 Years of Frances
A half-century ago, Russell Hoban introduced a decidedly not sleepy young badger in Bedtime for Frances, which featured illustrations by Garth Williams. Picture book readers and their parents took an immediate shine to this feisty character...
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Galley Talk: 'Tyger Tyger'
Kenny Brechner, owner of DDG Booksellers in Farmington, Maine, gives word of a forthcoming fantasy novel, Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton.
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