Year: 2013
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Macmillan Partners with RAINN on Matching Donation Campaign Honoring Speak
“When Anderson and Macmillan staffers began brainstorming about how to commemorate the house’s multi-imprint publication of Speak, the author immediately thought of RAINN. ‘I talked about the fact that I …
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The American Booksellers Association to Launch “Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!”
“Give Me Summer! Give Me Books! presents young customers with a reading challenge: Can you read six books during the summer months? At least three of those six books should …
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Jack Gantos and Lauren Myracle to Host BEA Children’s Art Auction
New York, NY, March 21, 2013—The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), the bookseller’s voice in the fight against censorship, announced today that the Annual Children’s Book Art Auction …
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This Week on Girls Scouts’ The Studio: Comics Legend Stan Goldberg
“Cartoonists, as both artists and storytellers, have to be much more observant than the average person, so my advice would be to be aware of everything that’s going on around …
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BolognaRagazzi Award Winners Announced
“Promoted by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this initiative rewards the best books in terms of graphic and editorial design. Also this year, along with the traditional Fiction, Non-Fiction and …
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Random House Children’s Books to Publish Picture Book by Danielle Steel in Fall 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, March 19, 2013—Random House Children’s Books has acquired a picture book from the phenomenally bestselling author Danielle Steel, it was announced today by Mallory …
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YA Author Rob Thomas Raised $3.6 Million for the Veronica Mars Movie Project
Thomas established an entertainment career that includes producing television shows and writing books. He has written several books include the young-adult novel Rats Saw God. Simon & Schuster Books for …
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Voting for the Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards Now Open at bookweekonline.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY — March 19, 2013 – The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader have opened voting for the 6th annual Children’s and Teen …
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A.G. Howard to Pen Unhinged
Howard offered a short description about what readers should expect for this story. “Alyssa kicks bootie. And Chessie’s there along with other Wonderlandians (the good, the bad, and the creepy). …
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Actor Theo James Joins the Divergent Movie Cast
“Recently I saw Theo James’ screen test with Shailene Woodley, and I was sure within seconds: this was ‘Four,’ no question. Theo is able to capture ‘Four’s’ authority and strength, …
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Kami Garcia Pens a New YA Novel Called Unbreakable
The storyline involves murder, ghosts and a teen girl named Kennedy Waters. Garcia established her writing career by collaborating with her friend Margaret Stohl on the Beautiful Creatures series. more …
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The 2013 Rainbow Book List Unveiled
“The committee members evaluated over 150 books published between July 2011 and December 2012, aimed at youth, birth through 18. Forty-nine books from 31 publishers were selected for the 2013 …
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Award-Winning Titles From Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to be Offers as Ebooks on Storia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK, NY – March 14, 2013 – Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced an agreement with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, …
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Three New Actors Hired for the Divergent Movie
Nikita television star Maggie Q will play tattoo artist Tori, X-Men: First Class film actress Zoe Kravitz will play Dauntless initiate Christina, and newcomer actor Ansel Elgort will play Tris …
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David Levithan to Pen ‘Two Boys Kissing’
“The idea behind it really — I mean there are many ideas — I knew the tenth anniversary of Boy Meets Boy was coming up and that put me in …
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This Week on Girls Scouts’ The Studio: Author-Illustrator Judy Cooley
“I hope to inspire the reader to be better. I hope to make you laugh or cry. And for the grown-up reader, I hope to stir a remembrance of the …
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Kiera Cass to Author Two New Young-Adult Novels
Altogether, Cass will pen two books for this project. The story follows a character called 238. “In the as-yet-untitled YA romance, which was pitched as Matched meets Never Let Me …
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Melissa Marr to Publish a Picture Book
Marr wrote this book in honor of her youngest child, Kaden. “I love all the things I’ve written in different ways, but this one (BUNNY ROO) is special. It’s the …
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Stephanie Perkins to Pen ‘Isla and the Happily Ever After’
Penguin Young Readers Group will release the new book in fall 2013. The publisher has redesigned the covers of Perkins’ two previous works, Anna and the French Kiss and Lola …
