Saturday, October 29, 2016

The Roundup with PW

 
Wimpy Kid Takes to the Thanksgiving Skies Again in Macy's Parade
For the seventh year running, Jeff Kinney's iconic Wimpy Kid, aka Greg Heffley, will be a helium balloon star in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This beloved character, who has an updated likeness this year, will be cheered on by some 3.5 million spectators and more than 50 million TV viewers.
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IN THE MEDIA

From the Hollywood Reporter:
Amblin options film rights to social media star Zach King's debut novel; Harper nabs book rights.
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From the Daily Dot:
Readers are demanding a young adult fiction category at the Hugo Awards.
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From the Associated Press:
Veronica Roth on her new book and tour.
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From the New York Times:
Lord of the Flies Six Decades Later, by Lois Lowry.
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From School Library Journal:
The Magical and Messy Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Conversation with Javaka Steptoe.
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From Brightly:
The Joy of Feel-Good Children's Books, by Todd Parr.
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From Bustle:
10 Self-Published YA Novels That Need to Be on Your Radar.
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From Paste:
The 30 Best Young Adult Books of All Time.
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From the Guardian:
The nominations for the U.K.'s 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have been announced.
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From the Guardian:
Daycare centers in Washington state are warned off scary stories for children.
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From the Guardian:
Writing YA fiction requires new skillsets.
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From the Guardian:
Stephen King pens a picture book about a train that comes alive.
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From Entertainment Weekly:
The five scariest lines from Elena Ferrante's creepy children's book The Beach at Night.
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From Creative Review:
Flying Eye's beautiful books for curious children.
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From Inverse:
The 8 Best YA Novels For People Who Don't Like YA Novels.
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From the Ugly Volvo:
Harold's Mother and the Purple Crayon.
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Amazon to Buy Tata-Owned Publisher: E-commerce giant Amazon will acquire the Indian publishing business Westland for an undisclosed sum.
LifeWay Bookstores Ban Author: LifeWay, a chain of Christian bookstores, has banned Christian author Jen Hatmaker over her recent support of LGBT rights.
Booker Winner Beatty On Music, Politics: The author of 'The Sellout' on truth and contradiction, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the elusive gauge of progress in America.
Elizabeth and Alice: On the last love affair of poet Elizabeth Bishop, and the losses behind her much-anthologized vilanelle “One Art.”
Gone Girl With Dragon Tattoo On Train: Why are there so many books with “girl” in the title? And when will the madness stop? Emily St. John Mandel investigates—with charts!
 

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