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Onder Named Publisher at HMH Books for Young Readers
Catherine Onder, formerly editorial director at Bloomsbury Children’s Books, will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers as senior v-p and publisher on Feb. 6.
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Cheryl Klein Named Editorial Director at Lee & Low Books
Klein, formerly executive editor at Scholastic, will join the company March 1, marking a major change in the leadership of its editorial department.
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In Rare Move, French Children’s Exec Resigns After Labor Unrest
Béatrice Decroix is resigning her position as the editorial director of La Martinière Youth/Le Seuil Jeunesse children’s division in France as of February 15.
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of January 16, 2017
Hitting shelves next week are a wordless picture book investigating the heights of a trampoline jump, a middle grade novel about a girl and her father’s taco truck, and the newest work from a bestselling YA author.
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Sourcebooks Expands Children's Program in Deal with March 4th
Sourcebooks has struck a deal with March 4th that will add 25 frontlist and backlist titles from March 4th's Little Pickle Press imprint to its children's nonfiction publishing program.
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Children’s Booksellers End 2016 on an Up Note
Hands down, the presidential election was the biggest factor in holiday sales last year.
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Future House Publishing: A Young Press Off to a Bright Start
After only two years of publishing, Utah’s Future House Publishing has seen a fair amount of success.
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North Star Editions: Shining a Light on YA and MG Fiction
North Star Editions first attracted attention in children's publishing circles when it acquired the Flux imprint from Llewellyn Worldwide last July.
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New Children’s and YA Titles from Scandinavia
While for years the Moomins and Pippi Longstocking have been the most influential literary exports out of Scandinavia, since the runaway success of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' publishers’ eyes have been on literature from the north.
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Rights Report: Week of January 2, 2017
New deals this week for G Neri, David Litchfield, Susan Verde, and Peter Reynolds.
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