Month: January 2013
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Jacqueline Woodson Wins 2013 Charlotte Zolotow Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, WI — Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E. B. Lewis, is the winner of the sixteenth annual Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding …
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SCHOLASTIC TO PUBLISH NEW MULTI-PLATFORM FANTASY ADVENTURE SERIES, SPIRIT ANIMALS™
New York, NY — January 10, 2013 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and the pioneering publisher of the multi-platform New York Times bestselling The 39 Clues® and Infinity Ring® series, continues …
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Submissions Open Through January 31 for the 2013 Bull-Bransom Award
Jackson Hole, Wyoming – January 9, 2013 – Submissions are still being accepted through January 31 for the 2013 Bull-Bransom Award for artistic excellence in wildlife illustration for children’s books, to be …
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Scholastic, Inc. Sends Books to NY & NJ Schools Affected by Hurricane Sandy
“The effort is part of a larger initiative by Scholastic to donate a million books to schools impacted by Sandy in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. School officials began …
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Three Kidlit Publishers Come Together to Send Books to Kids at Sandy Hook Elementary School
“The books were loaded onto the CPU’s literacy bus, which in the wake of the tragedy was transformed into the All Aboard – Sandy Hook Coping and Caring Parent Express …
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National Geographic Kids Content to be Featured on the Reading Rainbow Digital Book App
“The partnership will offer NatGeo Kids’ line of digital Picture-the-Seasons books, easy readers, and its Look & Learn picture books for pre-readers through a branded section of RRKidz’s ‘Awesome People …
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HarperCollins to Publish Three Delirium Novellas in a Single Paperback Collection
“For the first time, Lauren Oliver’s short stories about characters in the Delirium world appear in print. Originally published as digital novellas, Hana, Annabel, and Raven each center around a …
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Beth Revis Gives Away Her Across the Universe Novella for Free
Fans can download all the chapters of As They Slip Away by following Revis on her blog tour for the final Across the Universe novel, Shades of Earth. Each chapter …
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Five YA Authors Band Together for the “Bringing YA to You” Group Book Tour
“The participating authors and their upcoming books are Beth Revis (Shades of Earth, Razorbill), Marissa Meyer (Scarlet, Feiwel and Friends), Marie Lu (Prodigy, Putnam), Victoria Schwab (The Archived, Hyperion), and …
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National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Walter Dean Myers on Why “Reading is Not Optional”
Myers dropped out of high school at age 15. Despite that set back, he has established a successful career as a children’s books author which includes winning the inaugural Michael …
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Housing Works to Host Warm-Up Events for John and Hank Green’s “An Evening of Awesome”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSING WORKS TO HOST WARM-UP EVENTS FOR JOHN AND HANK GREEN’S “AN EVENING OF AWESOME” Limited tickets available for “John and Hank Green: A Rehearsal of Awesome” …
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National Book Award Winner William Alexander to Pen Sci-Fi Book Called Ambassador
Editor Karen Wojtyla (from Simon & Schuster’s Margaret K. McElderry Books) oversaw the acquisitions process and secured North American rights. Joe Monti (from the Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency) negotiated the …
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Releases Beautiful Creatures the Official Illustrated Movie Companion
“Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and penned by New York Times best-selling author Mark Cotta Vaz (otherwise known as The Twilight Saga guides guy), the movie companion …
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Caroline Carlson Lands Book Deal with HarperCollins Children’s Books
This fiction story follows a young girl who jumps from finishing school to a pirate ship. The publisher plans to release the first installment in September 2013. Editor Toni Markiet …
