Henry Holt seems to have underestimated demand for the tell-all,
and many accounts ran out of copies before new shipments of the title arrived. more
Following Hearst's purchase of Rodale Inc., the company quickly
sold Rodale Books' more than 2,100 titles to Penguin Random House. Adult titles
will become part of Crown, while the children's unit will become part of Random
House Children's Books. more
Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Woodson took up the mantle of the
sixth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature on January 9 at the
Library of Congress, during a ceremony presided over by Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden. more
In a nonelection year that saw politics leap even more to the
forefront of public discourse than the year prior, 2017’s biggest books were,
for the most part, nonpolitical—and many came from the backlist. more
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 Feminism and Feel-Good Stories: A Holiday Sales Report Reports from across the country indicate a healthy season for kids' booksellers, consistently citing sales hikes of 10% or more over the previous year. “I was blown away by the tall stacks of books that customers brought to the register," said Sarah Hollenbeck, co-owner of Women and Children First in Chicago. more   National Ambassador Jacqueline Woodson's Inauguration in Photos
Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Woodson took up the mantle of the sixth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature on January 9 at the Library of Congress, during a ceremony presided over by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Click through for a selection of photo highlights from the inauguration. more  Workman Announces New Director and Art Director of Children's
Publishing Workman Publishing has named Traci Todd (l.) as director of children’s publishing, effective January 29. At that time, Sara Corbett will return to the company’s children’s division as art director. more 
Book
News
 The 'Treehouse' Series Has a Growth Spurt Created by Australian author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Terry Denton, The 13-Story Treehouse introduced two boys, Andy and Terry, and their multi-tiered Treehouse, spawning several companion novels, which have sold a total of seven million copies worldwide. With two new Treehouse books due out in 2018, Griffiths spoke with us about expanding his series for international readers. more
On the Scene
 G. Neri's Antarctic Adventures in Photos How far would you go for a good story? How about to the end of the world? From October to December last year, middle grade author G. Neri did just that, journeying to Antarctica on a grant from the National Science Foundation to write a long-dreamed-about children’s book on the most extreme—and mysterious—place on earth. Click through for a variety of photos from his expedition. more
Movie Alert
 'Paddington 2' The U.S. release of the second Paddington adaptation on January 12 arrives with particular poignancy, as Paddington’s creator, Michael Bond, died at age 91 on June 27, 2017—the film’s final day of shooting. Readers will have another chance to meet the beloved bear in Bond’s final book, Paddington at St. Paul’s, which will release on the anniversary of Bond’s death this year. more
Global Kids
Connect
 Q & A with Panoply's Andy Bowers On January 25, PW and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair will present Global Kids Connect “Sounds Like Opportunity: The New World of Audio,” the first in a series of breakfasts focusing on the most compelling opportunities and greatest challenges in children’s publishing today. Andy Bowers is the chief content officer and co-founder of Panoply Media, and the creator of Slate’s podcasting network. In advance of the upcoming GKC breakfast, we spoke with Bowers about the impetus for creating audio specifically for kids, and how listeners are engaging with audio. more
Out Next Week
 Hot Off the Presses: Week of January 15, 2018 Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a prose-poem paean to love, a middle grade novel about gerbil rivalry, and a storybook about a shopping trip gone awry. more
Rights Report
 Andrea Pinkney at Scholastic has acquired the
first two books for young readers by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a scholar
of African-American literature and history. The first book, Dark Sky
Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow, a narrative nonfiction
book for ages 9–12, will be written with Coretta Scott King Honor author Tonya
Bolden. The book presents a journey through America's turbulent past and
our nation's attempts at renewal. Publication is planned for spring 2019;
David Kuhn and Lauren Sharp of Aevitas Creative Management represented Gates
in the two-book deal for world rights, and Jennifer Lyons of Jennifer Lyons
Literary represented Bolden.  Hannah Smith at Owl Hollow Press has bought,
in a two-book deal, Blank Slate series author Jennifer Bardsley's Narcosis
Room. Pitched as Total Recall meets Scott Westerfeld's Uglies,
the book is about a Seattle teenager who is put to sleep for three months and
wakes up gorgeous but unable to remember her past. The book is inspired in
part by Royal Waterloo Hospital in London, which in the 1960s had rooms
devoted to deep-sleep therapy. Publication is set for 2019; Liza Fleissig of
Liza Royce Agency negotiated the deal for world rights.  Krista Vitola at Simon & Schuster has
acquired, in a two-book deal, Meena Meets Her Match and an untitled
sequel, featuring the same characters by debut author Karla Manternach.
The middle-grade novels focus on an artistic, irrepressible nine-year-old
trying to navigate friendships at school while dealing with a previously
undiagnosed medical issue. The first book will publish in spring 2019, with
the sequel following in spring 2020. Emily Mitchell of Wernick & Pratt
brokered the deal for world English rights.  Melissa Kim at Islandport Press has bought Gail
Donovan's new middle grade novel, Finchosaurus. Ten-year-old Finch
Martin loves digging up everything from worms to trouble, and dreams about
becoming a paleontologist with a dinosaur named after him. Publication is
slated for fall 2018; Edite Kroll of Edite Kroll Literary Agency did the deal
for North American English rights.  Katie Cunningham at Candlewick Studio has
acquired Crystal Kite-winning author-illustrator Carme Lemniscates's Birds.
The picture book celebrates the many ways that these winged creatures inspire
us. Publication is scheduled for spring 2019; Adriana Dominguez at Full
Circle Literary negotiated the deal for world rights.  Sarah Shumway at Bloomsbury has bought world
rights for the debut picture book of former BuzzFeed books editor Isaac
Fitzgerald, illustrated by Brigette Barrager (Uni the Unicorn).
The book tells the story of a girl whose salty grandfather inspires voyages
of imagination. Publication is planned for early 2020; Charlotte Sheedy of
the Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency represented the author, and Kirsten Hall
of Catbird Productions represented the illustrator.  Phoebe Yeh at Crown and Nicole de las Heras at
Penguin Random House have acquired Jan Carr's (l.) Star of the
Party, illustrated by Pura Belpré Award-winner Juana Medina. The
picture book celebrates the Sun's 4.6 billionth birthday with planetary
quirks and nonfiction content. Publication is slated for fall 2019; Andrea
Cascardi of Transatlantic Agency represented the author, and Gillian
MacKenzie of the Gillian MacKenzie Agency represented the illustrator in the
deal for world rights.  Charlotte Wenger at Page Street Kids has
bought Nova the Star Eater, a picture book by Lindsay Leslie,
illustrated by John Taesoo Kim. Nova, who is hungry for stars, slurps
down the Earth's sun—causing the folks on the bluish-green planet to think
creatively about how to get it back. Publication is set for spring 2019;
Stephanie Fretwell-Hill of Red Fox Literary represented the author, and the
illustrator represented himself in the deal for world rights.
To see all of this week's deals, click here.
IN THE MEDIA
SHELFTALKER
Kenny Brechner An Interview with the Years 2018
The Years 2018 share their book picks for the first quarter of
the year, and reveal the secret of their duality.
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Cynthia Compton January Thaw
Adjusting to the quiet of the bookstore in January can be
difficult.
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Elizabeth Bluemle The Inventory That Wasn’t: A Fairy Tale
Dreams of a perfect inventory count, gone awry.
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Meghan Dietsche Goel A New Book for a New Year
Kicking off a new year of reading with a terrific debut from
Samira Ahmed.
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Breaths An Na. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4814-2225-3 Grace King’s father is determined to help find a cure for the mental disorder that plagued his wife and caused her to disappear when Grace was a child. A former doctor, he has taken an administrative position at the Genentium clinic where Grace has secured a prestigious internship. Although the clinic is filled with brilliant doctors, Grace doesn’t share her father’s optimism that a cure for schizophrenia will be found. Then her own sense of reality begins to deteriorate. more  Sweet Revenge:
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To Our Readers
Because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, we won't have
an issue of Children's Bookshelf next Tuesday. Look for the next issue of
Children's Bookshelf on Thursday, January 18!
People
Lindsay Davis Auld has joined Writers House as a junior agent, based in London.
She was previously with Writers House from 2006 through 2009, and most
recently was a freelance editor.
Random House Children's Books has two promotions. Jake Eldred
has been promoted to managing editor at Knopf; he was formerly associate
managing editor at The Princeton Review. Claribel Vasquez has been
promoted to assistant manager of production, from production supervisor.
Morgan Rath has
joined Macmillan Children's Book Group as associate publicist; she previously
worked in publicity at BookSparks.
In the Winners'
Circle
We Need Diverse Books has announced the winners for its 2018
Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In the
Teen category, Jason Reynolds has won for Long Way Down
(Atheneum/Dlouhy); and in the Younger Readers category, author Carole Boston
Weatherford and illustrator Eric Velasquez have won for Schomburg: The Man
Who Built a Library (Candlewick). For the complete list of Honor Books, click here.
Poet and debut children’s book author Bao Phi has received the 2018
Charlotte Zolotow Award for his picture book A Different Pond,
illus. by Thi Bui (Capstone). The award is given annually by the Cooperative
Children's Book Center to the author of the best picture book published in
the U.S. For more information, click here.
Author-illustrator Dan Santat has received the 2018 Charlotte
Huck Award for his picture book, After the Fall (Roaring Brook).
The award is presented annually by the National Council of Teachers of
English to an exceptional work of fiction for children. For the complete list
of Honor and Recommended Books, click here.
The Association of Jewish Libraries has announced the winners of
its 2018 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, presented to outstanding books
that focus on Jewish content and themes for young readers: in the Younger
Readers category, The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of
Hebrew by Richard Michelson, illus. by Karla Gudeon (Charlesbridge); in
the Older Readers category, Refugee by Alan Gratz (Scholastic Press);
and in the Teen Readers category, The Librarian of Auschwitz by
Antonio Iturbe, trans. by Lilit Thwaites (Holt/Godwin). For the complete list
of Honor and Notable Books, click here.
The Jewish Book Council has announced the winners of its 2017
National Jewish Book Awards. The Language of Angels by Richard
Michelson, illus. by Karla Gudeon (Charlesbridge), won in the Children's
Literature category; and Refugee by Alan Gratz (Scholastic Press) won
in the Young Adult category. For the complete list of winners and finalists, click here.
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 Holt Ships 700K Copies of ‘Fire and Fury’ With most retailers waiting for in-demand copies of Michael Wolff’s 'Fire and Fury,' publisher Henry Holt announced that it has just shipped more than 700,000 copies of the title. The Macmillan imprint said it has more than 1.4 million copies on order. more »  Bookstore Sales Dropped 6.4% in November The late year swoon in bookstore sales continued into November with sales down 6.4% from November 2016. November was the fourth consecutive month bookstore sales fell compared to the same month in 2016. more »  Translation Database Now Hosted by 'PW' The Translation Database, founded in 2008 by Chad Post and featuring details on over 6,000 works in translation, will now be hosted on the 'Publishers Weekly' website. more »  New Year, New Books from Rowman & Littlefield Start your new year with these highly anticipated titles: 'Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?', 'Let's Talk about Sleep: A Guide to Understanding and Improving Your Slumber', and 'The Campus Cure: A Parent’s Guide to Mental Health and Wellness for College Students.' Use code RLNEW18 to save 30%. (Sponsored) Learn More » 
Valerie Pierce is being
promoted to senior marketing managerm at Sourcebooks and can be contacted at valerie.pierce@sourcebooks.com.
Geoffrey Dennis has
joined Kregel Publications as director of sales and can be contacted at geoff@kregel.com.
Emily van Beek has been
named partner at Folio Literary Management.
Steve Troha has been named partner at
Folio Literary Management.
Amber Hoover has been named director of
subsidiary rights for Basic Books, Da Capo, PublicAffairs, Running Press, and
Avalon at Hachette Book Group, and can be contacted at amber.hoover@hbgusa.com.
Brianna Yamashita, formerly
executive director of publicity and marketing at TarcherPerigee, is joining
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as marketing director for lifestyle and culinary.
Claribel Vasquez has been
promoted to assistant manager of production at Random House Children's Books.
 Workman Announces New Director and Art Director of Children's Publishing
Workman Publishing has named Traci Todd (l.) as director of children’s publishing, effective January 29. At that time, Sara Corbett will return to the company’s children’s division as art director. more » »  12 Essential Spanish-Language Female Authors Cristina Rivera Garza, author of 'The Iliac Crest,' highlights 12 female authors from the Spanish-speaking world that you should know. more » »  GKC 2018 Breakfast Series: Q&A with Panoply's Andy Bowers
In advance of the upcoming Global Kids Connect breakfast, “Sounds Like Opportunity: The New World of Audio,” we spoke with Bowers about how young listeners and their families are engaging with audio. more » »  PubTechConnect 2018: New Voices, New Viewpoints Meet four innovative content creators who are using cutting-edge platforms to tell their stories more » »  Tune In to PW Radio Author Sarah Vaughan discusses her new novel, 'Anatomy of a Scandal.' PW editorial director Jim Milliot talks about how Michael Wolff’s bestselling book 'Fire and Fury' took the nation by storm. more » »
2017 National Jewish Book Award Winners Announced The Jewish Book Council has announced this year's winners for North America’s longest-running awards program in the field of Jewish literature, including David Grossman and Rachel Kadish. more » »
Historic
Storefront Not to Be a Museum: Efforts to turn the building
that previously housed the Old Corner Bookshop in Boston into a museum are
likely to be thwarted.
Toronto
Bookstore Thwarts Development: Alternative Thinking, a
bookstore and health and wellness shop in Toronto, is refusing to move
despite everything around it being torn down.
DC Bookstore
Owners Garner Annual Honor: The owners of Politics and Prose
Bookstore in Washington D.C. have been honored as "Washingtonians of the
Year."
Iowa Bookstore
Vandalism Accuses Abuse: Graffiti appearing on the Haunted
Bookstore in Iowa City accuses an employee at the store of sexual abuse.
Local Gov'ts
Mum On Amazon Bids: Many state and local governments will not
disclose financial incentives they've offered the e-tailer to move to their
region.
U.S. Printers
Up in Arms: Newspaper and book printers that rely on imported
Canadian uncoated groundwood are furious at an impending tariff.
Patty Hearst
Slams Upcoming Adaptations: The heiress condemns unauthorized
biographer Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, and others for two new page-to-screen
projects.
How the Astro
Poets Lit Up the Internet: Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky,
whose Twitter feed of astrological musings launched in 2016, have become a
sensation.
Colleges Jump
On 'Hillbilly Elegy': Why is J.D. Vance's memoir popping up on
so many college syllabi?
 Top 10 Overall Bestseller List 'Dog Man and Cat Kid' by Dav Pilkey is the #1 title on PW's top 10 overall bestseller list. See the full list » »
 'The Transition' by
Luke Kennard "Poet Kennard’s sharp, witty debut novel is about a generation who can’t seem to launch themselves into adulthood." more » »
Too Long, Too Short, Just Right? Meghan Dietsche Goel
A (brown-haired) Goldilocks searches for the perfect six-minute
read.
 DiMartino Visits Once Upon a TimeIn a crowd filled with fans of his beloved animated shows 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' and 'The Legend of Korra,' middle-grade writer Michael Dante DiMartino segued his interests into his bestselling fantasy series from Roaring Brook Press, Rebel Geniuses. Di Martino (c., seated) visited Once Upon a Time bookstore in Montrose, Calif., to promote the series, and posed for a photo with staffers (from l. to r.) Jessica Palacios, Eliza Turdestian, Isabel Lawler, Maureen Palacios, and Jack Festen. Courtesy Once Upon a Time |
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The Week in
Libraries: January 12, 2018 Among the headlines this week: what Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' tells us about the library e-book market; Sally Yates will keynote the upcoming PLA Conference; and next steps in the net neutrality debate. more
Could You Use a
(Reading) Vacation? Having a good reading plan can help you expand your horizons—and read more books. more
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Highlights of Next
Week's Stars
The Italian
Teacher Tom Rachman. Viking, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7352-2269-4
Post Traumatic
Hood Disorder David Tomas Martinez. Sarabande, $15.95 trade paper (72p) ISBN 978-1-946448-09-5
The Book of the
Dead Muriel Rukeyser. West Virginia Univ., $17.99 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-1-946684-21-9
Radioapocrypha
B.K. Fischer. Mad Creek, $16.95 trade paper (88p) ISBN 978-0-8142-5464-6
In Search of a
Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey Payam Akhavan. House of Anansi (PGW, U.S. dist.; UTP, Canadian dist.), $15.95 trade paper (385p) ISBN 978-1-4870-0200-8
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Galapagos: A
Traveller’s Introduction Wayne Lynch. Firefly, $19.95 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-0-228-10019-5
The Ashtray (Or
the Man Who Denied Reality) Errol Morris. Univ. of Chicago, $30 (192p) ISBN 978-0-226-92268-3
Children's Books
Harriet Gets
Carried Away Jessie Sima. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-6911-1
The Night Diary
Veera Hiranandani. Dial, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7352-2851-1
In Search of Us
Ava Dellaira. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-374-30531-4
New Books and More
Librarians Scrambling
to Meet Demand for 'Fire and Fury' Overwhelming demand for the book has generated wait lists that rival such all-time bestsellers as 'Harry Potter' and 'Fifty Shades of Gray.' more
New Kids' and YA
Books: Week of January 15, 2018 Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a prose-poem paean to love, a middle grade novel about gerbil rivalry, and a storybook about a shopping trip gone awry. more
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PW Picks: Books of
the Week, January 15, 2018 This week: Denis Johnson's short story collection, destined to be a classic, plus a history of the heart in 11 operations. more
· American Psychological Association is
seeking a new Books Marketing
Director (Individual Consumers & Psychologists)
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Cristina Rivera Garza, author of 'The Iliac
Crest,' highlights 12 female authors from the Spanish-speaking world that you
should know. more
PW Picks: Books of
the Week, January 15, 2018 This week: Denis Johnson's short story collection, destined to be a classic, plus a history of the heart in 11 operations. more
Win a Galley of
'Harbor of Spies' Readers will be swept away by this historical thriller set in Civil War era Havana among the blockade runners, spies, and slave traders. Enter for a chance to win a copy of 'Harbor of Spies.' (Sponsored) Enter Here!
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How a Book Cover Gets
Made A look behind-the-scenes at how the cover of Jesse Ball's novel 'Census' was created. more
For Holt, Unexpected
Demand for 'Fire and Fury' Proves a Challenge Henry Holt seems to have underestimated demand for the tell-all title and many accounts ran out of copies over the weekend. more
Books Rooted in
Science, Not Just for Scholars The MIT Press publishes books for readers hungry for knowledge, which honor the complexity of their subjects, but don't require an MIT degree to enjoy. (Sponsored) More
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More New Books 'City of Endless Night' by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, and other books publishing next week. more
PW Radio: Sarah Vaughan
Author Sarah Vaughan discusses her new novel, 'Anatomy of a Scandal.' PW editorial director Jim Milliot talks about how Michael Wolff’s bestselling book Fire and Fury took the nation by storm. Listen
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