Industry News
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Hachette Audio Enhances Young Adult Audiobooks Through Immersive Music Soundtracks With Booktrack Technology Platform
NEW YORK, NY — Hachette Audio, a division of Hachette Book Group, and literary technology pioneer Booktrack (www.booktrack.com) launch a new generation of audiobooks with an industry-first partnership, bringing full soundtracks to young adult …
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Jeff Kinney’s Bestselling Series Now Has 180 Million Books in Print Worldwide
New York, NY — Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, announces a new global in-print number for the #1 bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, as well as the …
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Penguin Young Readers Publishes Jacqueline Woodson’s National Book Award Winner ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’ For The First Time in Paperback
New York, NY — Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, will publish New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir in verse, Brown Girl Dreaming, for the first …
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The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Kick Off The National Art.Write.Now Exhibitions Program Featuring Work From Creative Teens
New York, NY – September 16, 2016 – The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens, kicks off the annual Art.Write.Now …
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Children in TX, FL, LA, PA, and GA Logged the Most Reading Minutes in the 2016 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge
NEW YORK, NY – This summer, nearly 250,000 children from across all 50 states and 25 countries read 204,594,918 million minutes in the annual Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. The top …
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Scientific Fact: ‘Ada Twist, Scientist’ is the Fastest Selling Picture Book of the Year
New York, NY — Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS, announced today that Ada Twist, Scientist is the fastest selling picture book release of the year. The …
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Klutz Teams Up With World’s Largest Restaurant Chain Subway For Activity-Based Kids’ Meal Promotion This Fall
NEW YORK, NY — Klutz® announced today a promotion in which more than 30,000 Subway® restaurants across the United States, Canada, Aruba, and the Bahamas will be offering four exclusive …
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Sony’s Columbia Pictures Teams Up With Frederick Warne & Co., Part of Penguin Random House UK, For Peter Rabbit™
CULVER CITY, CA and LONDON, UK – Columbia Pictures has teamed up with Frederick Warne & Co., part of Penguin Random House UK, for Peter Rabbit™, a new live-action/CG motion picture …
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Scholastic Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results
Solid Revenue Gains in all Segments, Led by Children’s Books on Strong Harry Potter Sales New York – September 22, 2016 – Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, …
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Little, Brown Emerging Artist Award
The inaugural prize will be judged by Caldecott Medalist and Caldecott Honor artist Jerry Pinkney along with members of the Little, Brown editorial team. Diversity is, in fact, the keynote of the initiative. …
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The Alliance For Young Artists & Writers Receives Grant From The New York Life Foundation to Support Grieving Teens
NEW YORK, NY – Nearly one in 20 children in the U.S. will lose a parent before the age of 16* – and, now more than ever, there is a …
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Candlewick Press Announces Acquisition of Sixth Book in the Best-Selling Timmy Failure Children’s Book Series
SOMERVILLE, MA — Popular cartoonist and author Stephan Pastis continues to strike comic gold with his best-selling middle-grade books starring the most inept kid detective in children’s literature history. Timmy Failure, …
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White House Committee Names Five Student Poets For Prestigious National Student Poets Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The fifth annual class of the National Student Poets Program (NSPP)—the nation’s highest honor for youth poets— has been announced by the President’s Committee on the Arts …
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Disney to Launch New Rick Riordan Imprint
The imprint is set to launch in summer 2018, led by Riordan’s editor, Stephanie Owens Lurie. The mission of Rick Riordan Presents will be to ‘find, nurture, and promote the best storytellers …
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Temple Grandin to Publish Children’s Book About Invention and Innovation With Penguin Young Readers
New York, NY – September 13, 2016 – Temple Grandin, master innovator and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Animals in Translation, will publish a hands-on, fun-filled, thought-provoking …
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International Literacy Day: Get Kids Reading with Four Big Ideas from Four Countries
Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report™ U.S., U.K., Australia and India Editions Reveal Four Key Themes to Help Kids Everywhere Fall in Love with Reading NEW YORK, NY – September …
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First Book and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing to Donate 20,000 Jason Reynolds’ Books to Children in Need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise that has distributed more than 150 million books to children in need, has partnered with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing to distribute 20,000 …
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K-5 Educators Will Harness the Power of Read Alouds with New Professional Resource from Scholastic
The Best Friend Fiction Collection by Lester Laminack Enhances Literacy Instruction with Interactive Read Alouds and Introduces the Breakthrough Concept of “Best Friend Books” New York, NY – August 31, …
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First Book and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing to Donate 20,000 Jason Reynolds’ Books to Children in Need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise that has distributed more than 150 million books to children in need, has partnered with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing to distribute 20,000 …
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2016 School Library Journal School Librarian of the Year Announced
NEW YORK, NY – The 2016 School Librarian of the Year Award winner and two finalists were announced today by School Library Journal (SLJ). Sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, this …