Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Children's Book news from PW

Never Say Never Again: Alex Rider Returns
In 2011, British writer Anthony Horowitz stated that Scorpia Rising was "without question, the last book" in his bestselling series about teen spy Alex Rider. PW spoke with Horowitz about his unexpected return to the series in Never Say Die, the cover of which is revealed here for the first time.
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, known for her sunny, witty children's books and the memoirs and guided journals she created for adults, and author of a widely read Modern Love essay recently published in the New York Times, died of ovarian cancer on Monday. She was 51. "She leaves behind a legacy of love and beauty and kindness," said her longtime agent, Amy Rennert.
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IN THE MEDIA


From the Guardian:
China cracks down on foreign children's books.
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From the New York Times:
Why The Outsiders Lives On: A Teenage Novel Turns 50.
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From the Huffington Post:
11-Year-Old Starts Club for Black Boys to See Themselves in Books.
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From Entertainment Weekly:
Civil Rights icon Melba Pattillo Beals to publish MG memoir.
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From the Horn Book:
Kate DiCamillo gives a lecture, answers kids' questions, and signs until the cows come home.
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From Biography:
The Story Behind Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat.
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From 27East:
Photographer and children's book author Ken Robbins dies.
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From the New Yorker:
How Educational Children’s Books Are Explaining President Trump.
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From the Huffington Post:
60 Stunning Photos of Girls Going to School Around the Globe.
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From Entertainment Weekly:
Cara Delevingne announces debut novel, called Mirror, Mirror.
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From Bustle:
How I feel reading the LGBTQ+ young adult novels that I didn't have as a teenager.
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From Book Riot:
The YA Books I Wish I Read as a Young Adult.
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