Industry News
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Scholastic Acquires World English Rights to Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure Series by Award-Winning Author Inbali Iserles at Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt, Germany – Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, has acquired at auction world English language rights to a three book middle grade fantasy adventure series by …
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Penguin Young Readers Group to Launch First Serialized Digital Publication with Jessa Holbrook’s ‘While You’re Away’
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, has tapped Teen Vogue to help launch the six installments of Jessa Holbrook’s YA novel WHILE YOU’RE AWAY. The first part of the serialized digital …
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New, Free Scholastic Book Fairs App Helps Parents Find the Right Children’s Book in a Snap
New York, NY – According to recent research, parents are a key source of books for their kids, but many parents struggle to find the perfect book that matches their child’s …
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‘Wonder’, the #1 ‘New York Times’ Bestselling Middle-Grade Novel, Reaches 1 Million Copies Sold in North America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WONDER, THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MIDDLE-GRADE NOVEL, REACHES 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN NORTH AMERICA The Book that Sparked a National Movement Reaches 1 Million …
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Abrams Appleseed Acquires Caldecott Winner Chris Raschka’s Thingy Things Series; Four New Titles to Publish Alongside Four Revised Editions Starting in Spring 2014
NEW YORK, NY – Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of ABRAMS, announces the acquisition of eight books in the Thingy Things series by two-time Caldecott winner Chris Raschka. Published in a …
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Scholastic to Publish Two New Captain Underpants Books Plus Newly Re-Illustrated Editions of Dav Pilkey’s Ricky Ricotta Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SCHOLASTIC TO PUBLISH TWO NEW CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS BOOKS BY WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING AUTHOR DAV PILKEY, PLUS NEWLY RE-ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF PILKEY’S RICKY RICOTTA SERIES, WITH ALL NEW …
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Second Annual Class of National Student Poets Appointed to Serve One Year as Literary Ambassadors
Washington, DC – During a special ceremony at the National Book Festival this past weekend, five distinguished teen poets emerged as national literary leaders and were appointed as the second …
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Kids Set a New World Record for Summer Reading with 176,438,473 Minutes Read
New York, NY – Kids around the globe have a reason to celebrate: they set a new world record for summer reading! As part of the Scholastic Summer Challenge, a free program …
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Random House Children’s Books Hosts Fan Art Contest
“Christopher Paolini will pick ten finalists, plus one grand-prize winner. The finalists will receive signed copies of the 10th-anniversary collector’s edition of ‘Eragon.’ The grand-prize winner will receive original artwork …
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13 Acclaimed Illustrators Promote Children’s Independent Reading with Art Depicting READ EVERY DAY. LEAD A BETTER LIFE.
New York, NY – To increase awareness of the importance of children’s daily independent reading in order to succeed in school and in life, Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education …
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Reading Is Fundamental Kick Off Book Tour with Children’s Literacy Celebrations at Ft. Bragg, Joint Base Andrews
Abdul-Jabbar will speak with parents and kids, share his inspiring life story and sign copies of his book. Kids at the literacy celebration will also receive free books from Reading …
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Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Launches Swoon Reads
This exciting new initiative gives readers an unprecedented role in determining an author’s fate and allows them to advocate for their favorite stories: writers can directly submit their manuscripts to swoonreads.com, …
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Katherine Applegate to Write a New Middle-Grade Trilogy
The author conceived of the idea for this book after her son shared a Wikipedia article with her. From there, she wrote and submitted a three-sentence proposal to her literary …
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Scholastic Donates One Million Books to Reach Out and Read to Help Low-Income Families Build Home Libraries and Encourage Them to Read Every Day with Their Young Children
New York, NY – A recent study found that having books in the home and parents as reading role-models have a positive impact on children’s reading frequency.* To encourage all …
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Ally Carter to Pen the Embassy Row Trilogy
Levithan will edit the manuscripts. The first installment is set to be published in 2015. The story stars “a girl [who] goes to live with her grandfather – the most …
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New James Patterson Series on the Way
2014 will mark the arrival of two new middle-grade series from the prolific James Patterson, bestselling writer of middle-grade, YA, and adult fiction. Homeroom Diaries, cowritten with Lisa Papademetriou, chronicles the life …
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#1 Bestselling Authors Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Return to the World of ‘Beautiful Creatures’ with All-New Series
New York, NY – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will publish Dangerous Creatures, a new young adult book series from Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, it was announced today …
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Scholastic to Publish ‘Sinner’, Companion Book to the Internationally Bestselling Shiver Trilogy by Award-Winning Author Maggie Stiefvater
New York, NY — September 10, 2013 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that it has acquired world rights to Sinner by #1 New York Times bestselling and Printz Honor …
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Scholastic to Publish Two Middle Grade Novels by Bestselling Author Peter Abrahams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SCHOLASTIC ACQUIRES TWO SPENCER QUINN MIDDLE GRADE DOG DETECTIVE BOOKS BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR PETER ABRAHAMS Bowser & Jolene to debut in 2015 New York, NY (September 5, …
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Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando Collaborate on a Young Adult Novel
The story features “alternating perspectives to great effect as they portray a budding friendship between two young women on opposites sides of the country. Self-assured, with a boyfriend and an …
