Susan Goldman Rubin is the author of Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein (Charlesbridge, 2011), the Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Older Readers Category. From the promotional copy:
Beginning with Lenny’s childhood in Boston and ending with his triumphant conducting debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic when he was just twenty-five,
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John M. Cusick is the first-time author of Girl Parts (Candlewick, 2010, 2012) and the free e-book “Abandon Changes: A Girl Parts Story” (also Candlewick). From the promotional copy:
David and Charlie are opposites. David has a million friends,
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Diabolical by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Tantalize, Book 4) is now available from Walker Australia and New Zealand. Note: previously released in North America; more releases pending.
Last call! Enter to win the Diabolical Grand Prize Giveaway!
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From Candlewick Press: “Watch author-illustrator David Ezra Stein talk about how he developed the idea and the artwork for his Caldecott Award Honor Winning book Interrupting Chicken. Bwok!”
See also A Conversation with David Erza Stein: Creator of Interrupting Chicken and Interrupting Chicken Candlewick Press Story-Hour Kit (both PDFs).
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Maureen Johnson, author of the YA supernatural thriller The Name of the Star takes us on a trip round the East End of London with bloggers and fans of her book. From the promotional copy:
Sixteen-year-old American girl Rory has just arrived at boarding school in London when a Jack the Ripper copycat-killer begins terrorising the city.
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Enter to win one of the following autographed books:
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The American Indian Library Association has selected The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, illustrated by Ellen Beier; Free Throw and Triple Threat,
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Enter to win an ARC of Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin: Book 1 by Robin LaFevers (Houghton Mifflin, 2012) from P.J. Hoover at Roots in Myth. Note: Grave Mercy is highly recommended.
Lee & Low Acquires Children’s Book Press by Wendy Werris from Publishers Weekly.
Author Frieda Wishinsky introduces Maria Martella.
By Lena Coakley
Imagine if it was your job to choose books for thousands of children every year. As a school and library wholesaler, Maria Martella does just that by helping teachers and librarians select books for their classrooms and libraries.
This past December,
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