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LBYR is off to the International Reading Association's second conference of the
year in Minneapolis in the beginning of May. Please come visit us in Booth #1336
from Monday, May 4 – Wednesday, May 6. We have quite a few authors coming,
including Robie H. Harris, Suzanne Selfors, Todd Parr, Sean Beaudoin, and Kirk
Scroggs. Stop by the booth for information about their signings and programs. We
will have cute little gardening kits to give away for Peter Brown's The
Curious Garden picture book out this month, too. He is also the guest author
of Little, Brown School this month so please read what he has to say about his
inspiration for The Curious Garden below.
We also have some exciting contest opportunities at
James Patterson's Maximum Read web page. If you register on
maximumread.com today, you'll be automatically entered to win FREE books for
your ENTIRE school. You'll also be the FIRST to learn about creative new
teaching opportunities that will engage your students like never before.
Sign up NOW!
If you haven't yet, please join us on
Facebook. We are updating the page regularly with lots of new videos and
discussions.
In other news, are you interested in booking an author to come visit your
school? Let us know! Many of our authors are available to come talk to your
students about their books. Visit our website at
www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/librarians_request-author-visit.aspx and
download our Author Appearance kit. You can even search by region so you can
find someone close to home.
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When the Moon Forgot
by Jimmy Liao
Jimmy Liao, author/illustrator of The Sound of Colors and The Blue
Stone, brings us another beautiful story about a day when a young boy finds
the moon in the field and it is unable to rise. We follow the boy on a journey
to nurse the moon back to health and then learn how to let go of his new friend
when the time comes. Liao's illustrations are beautiful and the story will
definitely appeal to little ones with big imaginations.
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Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall
by Emily Bearn
In three thrilling tales with charming illustrations in every chapter, Tumtum
and Nutmeg--along with the valiant efforts of veteran hero General Marchmouse,
Ms. Tiptoe's bouncing ballerina army, and a team of caged gerbils--prove that
small-size mice can have world-size hearts. They live in the broom closet of
Nutmouse Hall and are content there until their lives get shaken up. This new
series has a very classic feel to it and is perfect for readers who are moving
from picture books into novels.
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Peter Brown was born in Hopewell, New Jersey and studied at the Art Center
College of Design in California. He is the author of the popular Chowder
series and The Flight of the Dodo. Kirkus called his newest book, The
Curious Garden, a "hopeful little paean to the persistence of growing things
in the dreariest places."
Peter in his own words...
The Nature of The Curious Garden
By Peter Brown |
I'll admit that my first few picture books supplied a super-sized serving of
silliness. (After all, giggling is my favorite pastime.) But when I'm not
imagining slobbery bulldogs bouncing on trampolines, I find myself wallowing in
the opposite extreme, worrying about weighty topics like environmental
conservation. And ever since I started down the path to being an author and
illustrator, I've struggled to answer the question: How can I make a fun
children's book about a weighty topic?
(And yes, I think it should be fun.)
The answer began to reveal itself when I stumbled upon the Highline. The
Highline is an abandoned, elevated railway running down Manhattan's west side,
and over the years it has become completely overgrown with wildflowers and
trees. The notion that wilderness could spontaneously sprout up in the middle of
a concrete island is something I thought everybody would find fascinating. And
it seemed like a unique entry point to a book about caring for the environment.
Children can smell a "Lesson" a mile away, so the story had to be as imaginative
and entertaining as possible. Using the Highline as inspiration, I began
dreaming up The Curious Garden. It's two parts reality, one part fantasy,
and zero parts preachy. The Curious Garden involves a boy in a dreary
city who just happens to discover a place like the Highline, and he just happens
to decide that he wants to take care of it.
I do hope that this book can be used as a fun conversation starter about the
environment. But for kids to care about that conversation, they must first care
about the story. And so above all else, I hope The Curious Garden can be
enjoyed simply as an engaging picture book.
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The Free Library of Philadelphia is having a book festival the weekend of April
18-19. There will be street vendors, a children's stage and many authors,
including Vicki Myron of Dewey fame. Visit here
libwww.freelibrary.org/bookfestival/visitor.cfm for more info.
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books happens Saturday, April 25. There will
be TONS of children's and YA authors there including Geektastic editor
Cecil Castellucci, Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut! author Paul Feig,
Burn author Suzanne Phillips, Patrick Carman of the Atherton series,
and more. Visit
www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/ for more info.
If you have a community event that you would like Little, Brown School to
announce in our newsletter please email
littlebrownschool@hbgusa.com with the info.
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Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita has won the Louisiana Young
Readers Award for grades 6-8! This is put together by the Louisiana Center for
the Book and over 19,000 students voted. Congratulations, Jen! |
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The Devouring by Simon Holt has been nominated for the 2009-2010 TAYSHAS
list! Congratulations! |
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Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass,
The Postcard by Tony Abbott, and
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr have been chosen for the CCBC Choices 2009, the
annual best-of-the-year list of the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC).
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Wabi Sabi has been selected as a 2009 Notable Children's Books in the
Language Arts. It is one of only 30 books chosen each year and the list will be
presented at the 2009 NCTE Conference as well as the 2010 IRA Conference.
Congratulations!
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Breaking Dawn,
Ghostgirl, and
Sweethearts have all been put on the New York Public Library's list "Stuff for the Teen Age," formerly known as "Books for the Teen Age." It is an annual list of 100 items. Congratulations to our authors! |
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The first 25 people that respond to
littlebrownschool@hbgusa.com with FREE YA GALLEY PACK or FREE CURIOUS GARDEN the subject line will receive a finished copy of The Curious Garden or a collection of our Spring/Summer 2009 YA galleys. YOU MAY ONLY CHOOSE ONE OPTION. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS (no PO Box) in the email.
No purchase or payment of money is necessary to enter or win To enter this sweepstakes, you should send an email to FREE YA GALLEY PACK or FREE CURIOUS GARDEN offer. Limit of one entry per person. Sweepstakes is open for TWO DAYS ONLY and begins April 2, 2008, 11:00 am (ET) and ends on April 3, 2008, 5:00 pm (ET). There will be 25 prizes awarded. No returns or substitutions. Each prize has an approximate retail value of $16.99. Winners will be notified by email on or before March 5, 2008, and may be asked to sign and return a short affidavit to confirm eligibility and agreement to abide by these official rules. The odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received. Available to all United States residents over the age of 18 who are librarians and/or educators. Sponsor, and its affiliates and their employees and families, are not eligible to enter. Applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners. Sponsor reserves the right at any time to cancel or modify this sweepstakes in whole or in part in the event of technical or other difficulties. By participating in this sweepstakes, entrant agrees to be bound by these official rules. Prize will be awarded to alternate winner if prize notification cannot be made or is otherwise undeliverable. Sweepstakes sponsored by Hachette Book Group USA, Inc., 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Attention: Victoria Stapleton, Room 15-164.
There's the bell!! We'll be back next month!
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