New John Green Novel Announced; Library Advocacy Efforts Gain Steam

[PW Children's Bookshelf: Breaking children's and YA publishing news, author interviews, bestsellers lists and reviews.] [New from Magination Press | Grow Happy]( School and Library Spotlight [Library Advocacy Efforts Gain Steam]( In response to continued budget cuts, librarians are raising their voices to demonstrate the value of libraries in the community. We checked in on a few of the ongoing advocacy campaigns. [more]( Book News [Penguin Announces New John Green Novel, ‘Turtles All the Way Down’]( Penguin’s Dutton imprint will publish a new novel by YA author John Green on October 10, Turtles All the Way Down. The book follows 16-year-old Aza Holmes as she investigates the disappearance of a fugitive billionaire, while coping with mental illness. [more]( [Moon Beam]( New on Kickstarter [AllWithBooks Funds Library in Mexico]( AllWithBooks, a social enterprise that creates children’s books for and about communities in need, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to build a library in Katab, Mexico. To date, the organization has raised more than $21,000, exceeding its fundraising goal. [more]( Licensing News [Growing Synergy Between Books and Tie-Ins]( The 2017 Licensing International Expo, held last month, highlighted the growing synergy between children's books and licensed products. Publishers including Candlewick, Scholastic, and Albert Whitman exhibited at the Las Vegas show. [more]( [Restart by Gordon Korman]( Out Next Week [Hot Off the Presses: Week of June 26, 2017]( Hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a girl, her unicorn, and a new friend; a middle grade graphic novel about a boy raised as a bloodhound; and a YA novel about siblings coping with loss. [more]( In Brief [In Brief: June 22, 2017]( This week, Caldecott winners celebrate a new David Wiesner exhibition; Jin Xiaojing, an Emerging Artist Award winner, spends the day at Little, Brown; and author Lauren Myracle gets to know Denver readers. [more]( SPONSORED [PW KidsCast: Listen Now]( Dan Santat, Jennifer and Matthew Holm, Philip C. Stead, Matthew Cordell, Kwame Alexander, Maggie Stiefvater, Jewell Parker Rhodes – listen to these and other top writers and artists discuss their new books for children and teens in the PW KidsCast podcast. [Click here]( to listen. For more about these and other great jobs, visit the new [PW JobZone]( now with resume hosting and more! - [Marketing Manager, Art - The Quarto Group - Beverly](. - [Publishing Operations & Technology Manager - United Nations - New York](. - [Sr. Production Manager - Abrams Books - New York](. - [Assistant - Park Literary & Media - New York](. - [Sales & Support Representative-National Accounts - Ingram Content Group - Berkeley](. Rights Report Deirdre Jones at Little, Brown has acquired former ESPN sportscaster (and new American citizen) Sandra Neil Wallace (l.) and novelist Rich Wallace’s First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great. The illustrated middle grade survey book celebrates the significant contributions to our country made by a diverse group of modern Americans. It will be illustrated by artist (and recent immigrant) Agata Nowicka; publication is slated for fall 2018. Liza Voges at Eden Street represented the authors and Marlena Torzecka at Marlena Agency represented the artist in the deal for world rights. Anne Hoppe at Clarion has bought North American rights to Tamara Moss’s middle grade novel, Lintang and the Pirate Queen, an adventure set on the high seas, filled with deadly creatures, a diverse cast of strong female characters, and two young friends determined to make their way in the world. Publication is tentatively set for fall 2018; Allison Hellegers at Rights People brokered the deal on behalf of Penguin Random House Australia. Kat Enright at Sky Pony Press has acquired world English rights to From Sunset till Sunrise, a middle grade novel by Jonathan Rosen. In it, 12-year-old cousins Devin and Tommy must survive the night after being invited to a school dance by the pretty new girl in the neighborhood, who happens to be a vampire. Publication is scheduled for fall 2018; Nicole Resciniti at the Seymour Agency negotiated the deal. Eliza Swift at Albert Whitman has acquired Ava Morgyn’s Resurrection Girls, a YA contemporary novel about an obsessive friendship between two teen girls who write letters to murderers, eventually leading them to question everything they know about life and death. Publication is set for fall 2019; Thao Le at Dijkstra Agency negotiated the deal for world English rights. Stephen Morgan at Entangled Teen has bought world rights to Madeline Reynolds's The Time Traveler's Guide to Modern Romance, in which a Victorian-era boy travels to the future and must choose between the freedom to be with the modern-era boy who captures his heart and the fate of his family in the past. Publication is planned for fall 2018; Whitley Abell at Inklings Literary brokered the deal. Andrea Davis Pinkney at Scholastic Press has bought world English rights to three books by New England Patriot and literacy activist Malcolm Mitchell. Originally self-published, The Magician’s Hat is a picture book about a magic man who shows up unexpectedly at the town library’s Family Fun Day and reveals the most awe-inspiring treasure—books that make every kid’s dream come true. Joanne Lew-Vriethoff will illustrate the new edition; The Magician’s Hat is slated for May 1, 2018, with two more books to follow. Rick Richter at Aevitas Creative Management did the deal. Susan Kochan at Putnam has acquired Some Snow Is by author Ellen Yeomans (l.), a poetic celebration of all the different types of snow that fall throughout winter, and the excitement and fun that comes along with it. Andrea Offermann will illustrate; publication is scheduled for fall 2019. Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown Ltd. represented the author, and Sean McCarthy at Sean McCarthy Literary Agency represented the illustrator. Cecily Kaiser at Phaidon has bought Paul Schmid’s Little Bear Dreams, a bedtime picture book that contemplates what polar bears dream of, from big mountains to small friends, hot chocolate to cold pizza. Publication is set for fall 2018; Steven Malk at Writers House represented Schmid in the deal for world rights. Meredith Mundy at Sterling has acquired world rights to Andria Rosenbaum's Boats Will Float, illustrated by Jordi Solano, about the busy life of different types of boats. Publication is planned for fall 2018; Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency represented the author, and Hannah Whitty at Plum Pudding represented the illustrator. Kendra Levin at Viking has bought world rights at auction to Libby Babbott-Klein’s (l.) Baby Feminists, a lift-the-flap novelty book that takes the universal fact that everyone was once a baby and applies it to famous feminists, showing the youngest readers that they, too, can make a difference. Jessica Walker will illustrate; a publication date has not yet been set. Hannah Mann at Writers House represented the author and the illustrator in her first deal. To see all of this week's deals, [click here](. IN THE MEDIA [From BuzzFeed:]( Why We Need Diverse Characters In YA Books, According to Angie Thomas. [Click here]( [From People:]( How Jimmy Fallon's Daughters Inspired His New Picture Book Everything Is Mama [Click here]( [From the New York Times:]( At the Dr. Seuss Museum: Oh, the Places They Don't Go! [Click here]( [From the Progressive:]( Patricia McKissack's son on the death of his mother and the healthcare debate. [Click here]( [From the New York Times:]( How to Raise a Reader, by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo. [Click here]( [From the Huffington Post]( I’m a Teenager and I Don't Like to Read Young Adult Novels. Here's Why. [Click here]( [From Atlas Obscura:]( The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children's Literature. [Click here]( [From Forbes:]( How 12-Year-Old Marley Dias Is Changing the Face of Children's Literature. [Click here]( [From Variety:]( A Movie Based on The Day the Crayons Quit Is in the Works at Sony Pictures. [Click here]( [From the Bookseller:]( Two new Harry Potter books for British Library exhibition. [Click here]( [From Atlas Obscura]( The Grimm Brothers' Other Great Project Was Writing a Giant German Dictionary. [Click here]( [From School Library Journal:]( Teaching with Science Comics. [Click here]( [From NPR:]( What If Willy Wonka Was Your Dad? Roald Dahl's Magical Parenting with Food. [Click here]( [From Brightly:]( Nine Hilarious Parodies of Classic Picture Books. [Click here]( SHELFTALKER Elizabeth Bluemle [Fabulous First Lines of 2017 (Round 1)]( It’s not easy to begin novels in fresh and interesting ways, but these writers managed it in style. [more »]( Cynthia Compton [The Stories We Hear, the Stories We Tell]( Daily conversations in a children’s bookstore are the best stories of all. [more »]( Kenny Brechner [An Interview with Mrs. Perry’s Class]( The participants in DDG’s 11th annual ARC review project hold forth on some issues of moment. [more »]( Meghan Dietsche Goel [When Less Is More]( An appreciation for novels in verse. [more »]( FEATURED REVIEWS [What Does Baby Want?]( Tupera Tupera. Phaidon, $12.95 (22p) ISBN 978-0-7148-7407-4 In this circle-shaped board book, readers are confronted by an increasingly irate baby whose round head fills the page. An unseen mother offers various circular objects (“Aw, you don’t want your tambourine?”) before landing on exactly what her child needs. [more]( [The Littlest Train]( Chris Gall. Little, Brown, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-39286-0 After being accidentally knocked off a tabletop town of crisscrossing wooden tracks, a train travels through a mouse hole “tunnel” to the outside world and meets life-size trains of all kinds. Working together, the toy train’s new friends deliver him back where he belongs. [more]( [I Love You Like a Pig]( Mac Barnett, illus. by Greg Pizzoli. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-235483-9 For kids, similes are a gateway to the world of figurative language, but they’re also ripe for absurdist comedy, as Barnett and Pizzoli prove. The silly sincerity of the text goes together with the goofy innocence of Pizzoli’s minimalist cartooning like, well, peas in a pod. [more]( [Warcross]( Marie Lu. Putnam, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-399-54796-6 Emika Chen, an 18-year-old hacker turned bounty hunter, ekes out a life in New York City by tracking down criminals in the virtual world of Warcross, an immersive game accessed by a “brain–computer interface.” Facing eviction, Emi recklessly hacks into the game to steal a valuable power-up. [more]( TALES FROM THE SLUSH PILE [SEE ALL]( June 22, 2017 E-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( [Bilingual, Reversible, Interactive!]( [Restart by Gordon Korman]( In Case You Missed It [Working Out the Bugs: Adventures in Translating Carson Ellis’s ‘Du Iz Tak?’]( [more]( [YA Authors and Fiction on Center Stage]( [more]( [The Art of Diversity: A CBC Panel]( [more]( [Judy Moody Takes the Stage]( [more]( Follow Us Children's Bookshelf is on [Instagram]( Follow us @pwkidsbookshelf. Bookshelf Archives Looking for a previous issue of Children's Bookshelf? [Click here]( for our archives page! CONTACT US Have a comment or suggestion? 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