• Meet the Imprint

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: Poppy | November 1, 2011

Meet the Imprint familiarizes you with the diverse imprints of our member houses! This month, Faye Bi, publicity assistant at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, shows us the ropes at Poppy!

Poppy is a boutique imprint at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers that publishes 18-20 titles per year.  With a focus on high-concept novels that have a distinctive commercial appeal, social comedy, and titles that smartly capture the zeitgeist of our pop culture, Poppy entertains teen girl readers with stylishly-written, insightful stories featuring dynamic female characters.  Our publishing program is a combination of ongoing series and one-off novels. Poppy: where stories bloom.

Bestseller:

In October 2011, Poppy published the hilariously over-the-top re-imagining of the original #1 bestselling Gossip Girl novel, Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer by author Cecily von Ziegesar.  “This time they’re taking backstabbing literally“.

Exciting new title:

Bunheads is the debut novel of former New York City Ballet dancer Sophie Flack. “In a crowd of beautiful ballet dancers, how can one girl stand out?”

 

 

 

Best title you may not have heard about:
Debut author Meg Haston’s How to Rock Braces and Glasses is being made into a feature television comedy series on Nickelodeon, coming in winter 2012.  “Geek is the new chic“.