Industry News
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Everyone’s a Winner This Summer: Kids Read & Log Minutes to Earn Rewards; Parents Get a Free Kids eBook; Top School Wins Visit From Captain Underpants Author
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Sara Sinek, Scholastic, 212-343-6899, ssinek@scholastic.com Nadia Almahdi, Scholastic, 212-343-6355, nalmahdi@scholastic.com New York, NY – According to the recent Kids & Family Reading Report, 99% of parents think their child should read over …
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Scholastic Media Launches The Magic School Bus: Dinosaurs for LeapFrog’s Award-Winning Educational Entertainment Platforms
NEW YORK – MAY 6, 2013 – Scholastic Media, a division of Scholastic Inc., the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced a new addition to its global children’s science franchise, The Magic School …
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NPR’s Michele Norris to Be Presented with 2013 Impact Award at The Children’s Choice Book Awards Gala on May 13
New York, NY — May 6, 2013 – Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book Council are honored to present the 2013 Impact Award to Michele Norris for creatively …
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The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Announces the Winners of the Annual Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards
The SCBWI is excited to announce the winners of the 2013 Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards for our fifteen regional divisions: Africa ● Neil Malherbe – The Magyar Conspiracy (Tafelberg Publishers) Australia ● Meg …
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The 94th Annual Children’s Book Week Kicks Off on Monday, May 13th
The 94th Annual Children’s Book Week kicks off on Monday, May 13th! This annual celebration shines the spotlight on books for young people and the joy of reading. Since 1919, …
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A.S. King Wins the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Young-Adult Literature Category
“Ask the Passengers was born out of 25 years of thinking about being a questioning teenager. It also was born of a habit I’ve had since I was a very …
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Jeff Stone on the Out of Ashes Book Series
“As with the original Five Ancestors series, the remaining Out of the Ashes books will each feature a different main character’s point of view (POV). Book #2 Lion follows Ryan’s …
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Candlewick Press Acquires Juana Medina Illustrated Chapter Books at Auction
Somerville, MA – Candlewick Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of two full color illustrated chapter books by Juana Medina in a “good deal.” The books, which will be …
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George Blagden Narrates the Second Bane Chronicles Short Story
“George, in addition to stealing our hearts with hot-blooded songs about anger and freedom in Les Mis, also stars in Vikings as the young Christian monk Athelstan—and with such fine …
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Booksellers: Enter the Children’s Book Week Display Contest!
The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader are partnering with the ABC Children’s Group at ABA on a Children’s Book Week display contest this year! Prizes: A visit from …
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We voted for our favorite books. Have you?
1 week left to Voice Your Choice in the @CBCBook Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards! bookweekonline.com/voting #CCBAs I voted for my favorite books in the @CBCBook Children’s & Teen …
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This Week on Girls Scouts’ The Studio: Author Greg Bancroft
“People, and life in general, are the inspiration for me to tell stories. We all have stories to tell. We are all fascinating creatures. I don’t imagine I will ever …
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Reliance Entertainment Acquires Film Rights to Graceling
“Graceling was published in 2008 as the first installment of a trilogy, followed by Fire and Bitterblue. It centers on young woman who lives in a world where select people …
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Malinda Lo Has Written a Companion Novella for the Adaptation Series
“Before she met her girlfriend Reese, before she knew the role she would play in the fate of two worlds, Amber was a fifteen-year-old Imrian torn between two identities. Imrian …
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Eloise at The Plaza Selects Every Child a Reader As Its Literacy Event
JOINT PROGRAMMING TO KICK-OFF WITH CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK (May 13-19, 2013) APPEARANCES AT ELOISE AT THE PLAZA BY FIONA ROBINSON, GRACE MACCARONE, AND BETSY & TED LEWIN FOR IMMEDIATE …
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Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards Announced
Recipients of the 2013 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced today by the Jane Addams Peace Association. Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis and published …
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Lucy Knisley to Create a YA Nonfiction Graphic Novel
“Aimed at the young adult reader, New Kid is a memoir-in-comics of Knisley’s high school years, detailing her experiences with friends, drugs, sex, and her desire to make art in …
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Cornelia Funke & Mirada Studios Team Up for the MirrorWorld App
“It took eight months to make the app, during which Cullen and Funke established a creative bond…Although the app, which will retail for $5.99, is about MirrorWorld, no text from …
