Industry News
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Grace Lin Creates the 2013 Children’s Book Week Bookmark
print yours for free at bookweekonline.com▸▸ more at CBC Book’s Pinterest board▸▸ more at Grace Lin’s blog▸▸
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A Brooklyn Elementary School Has Been Named After Maurice Sendak
“PS 118 scheduled to open in September 2013 in the former St. Thomas Aquinas will house two kindergarten classes, accommodating up to 50 children in total, and two Pre-K classes, …
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Brian Selznick’s Official 2013 Children’s Book Week Poster Unveiled at Bookweekonline.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY — February 21, 2013 – The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader have unveiled Brian Selznick’s official 2013 Children’s Book Week poster …
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Release Dates Revealed for The Bane Chronicles
RELEASE DATES April 16, 2013: What Really Happened in Peru May 21, 2013: The Runaway Queen June 18, 2013: Vampires, Scones and Edmund Herondale July 16, 2013: The Rise of …
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Margaret Stohl Pens a New YA Novel Called Icons
Even though the novel has not yet been released, Alcon Entertainment has already optioned the film rights. The movie studio has brought on screenwriter Massy Tadjedin to adapt the book …
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Women’s National Book Association Announces Nominees for the 2013 WNBA Pannell Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since 1983, the Women’s National Book Association has awarded one of the most prestigious honors in children’s bookselling. Given annually at BookExpo America’s Children’s Book and Author …
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The National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance Hosts the Our White House Giveaway
“Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out is the interdisciplinary anthology created by over 100 of America’s most gifted storytellers and artists as a project of the National Children’s Book …
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2013 Green Earth Book Award Winners Unveiled
more at The Nature Generation’s website▸▸ 2012 Green Earth Book Award Winners Picture Book The Family Tree written & illustrated by David McPhail Henry Holt and Co., an imprint of …
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Andrea Cremer to Pen New Nightshade Novel
“Snakeroot focuses on Adne’s struggles to adjust to the post-Witches War world of the Searchers. She’s plagued by disturbing dreams and visions, all of which draw her to the gardens …
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The Bologna Children’s Book Fair Has Created the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year.
“The award will highlight creative editorial choices and innovations made during the previous year. Winners will be chosen by the publishing houses participating in the fair, from a list assembled …
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Neil Gaiman Pens Fortunately, the Milk
Skottie Young created the illustrations for the American edition. Gaiman calls this project the “silliest book” he has ever written. The story features a time-travelling dinosaur named Professor Steg, green …
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Matthew J. Kirby Reveals the Title for His Next Middle-Grade Novel
“This novel is significant to me on a personal level, because an earlier draft of it was the first piece of novel-length fiction I’d ever attempted…I think of this book …
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Maggie Stiefvater to Follow Up The Raven Boys with The Dream Thieves
Scholastic will release this book on September 17, 2013. Altogether, Stiefvater plans to pen four books for this series. more at Maggie Stiefvater’s official blog▸▸
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Scholastic Unveils First of Seven Covers for the Harry Potter Books in Celebration of the 15th Anniversary of Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY (February x, 2013) – Harry Potter fans and young readers just starting their journey through the world of Harry Potter will have something new and …
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Stephenie Meyer’s Production Company Options Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Macmillan’s Tor Teen imprint published Blake’s book in August 2011. Blake followed up this project with a sequel entitled Girl of Nightmares to conclude the storyline. The publisher released the …
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Syd Hoff’s Miami Beach Home Named a Historic Literary Landmark
“The Betsy Hotel, which hosts writers at its South Beach location year-round, also announced at the dedication ceremony that it will be helping other children’s authors by launching the Syd …
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Diablo Cody Plans to Adapt the Sweet Valley High Series Into a Movie Musical
“The Francine Pascal novels (which debuted in 1983) follow the lives of twin teenagers, Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, who live in Sweet Valley, California. The series is full of puppy …
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John Green to Interview President Barack Obama During a Google+ Hangout
The idea of these virtual conversations is to re-enact President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous “fireside chats” with a twenty-first century approach. Roosevelt gave thirty radio addresses that aired from 1933 …
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Eric Carle, International Bestselling Author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, to Publish New Picture Book with Penguin Young Readers Group and Puffin UK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – February 11, 2013 – Eric Carle, the beloved and international bestselling author of more than seventy books for children including classics The Very Hungry …
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Liz Garton Scanlon Lands Deal with Beach Lane Books
This project profiles one of the United States’ most famous attractions, the Grand Canyon. The publisher plans to release the book in spring 2016. Editors Allyn Johnston and Andrea Welch …
