BESTSELLERS:
· APHRODITE: GODDESS OF LOVE by George O’Connor New York TimesBestsellers List, Hardcover Graphic Novels, February 9, 2014: #7 (3rd week on the list!)
· BOXERS & SAINTS Boxed Set by Gene Luen Yang / New York TimesBestsellers List, Paperback Graphic Novels, February 9, 2014: #10 (7th week on the list!)
· FAIRY TALE COMICS edited by Chris Duffy / New York Times Bestsellers List, Hardcover Graphic Novels, February 16, 2014: #4 (5th week on the list!)
· A WRINKLE IN TIME: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted and illus. by Hope Larson / New York Times Bestsellers List, Hardcover Graphic Novels, January 26, 2014: #9 (39th week on the list!)
ROARING BROOK PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS:
· THE BOY WHO LOVED MATH by Deborah Heiligman, illus. by LeUyen Pham / 2014 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
· THE MAD POTTER by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan / Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor
· NIÑO WRESTLES THE WORLD by Yuyi Morales / Winner, Pura Belpre Illustrator Award
· NIÑO WRESTLES THE WORLD by Yuyi Morales / Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Book
· THE NOTORIOUS BENEDICT ARNOLD by Steve Sheinkin / YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
· THE PORT CHICAGO 50 by Steve Sheinkin / Publishers Weekly, Pick of the Week for January 20, 2014
· WHEN THE BEAT WAS BORN by Laban Carrick Hill, illus. by Theodore Taylor III / Winner, Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent
SALES:
· BAD KITTY DRAWN TO TROUBLE by Nick Bruel / French (North America) rights licensed to Les Editions Scholastic
· BOMB by Steve Sheinkin / Japanese rights licensed to Kinokuniya Co.
· FROODLE by Antoinette Portis / German rights licensed to Aladin
· LA LÍNEA by Ann Jaramillo / German stage rights renewed to Verlag fur Kindertheater Uwe Weitdorf
REVIEWS:
GRAVITY by Jason Chin
Kirkus, February 15, 2014: 2nd STARRED REVIEW!
« “With an elegant, spare text and playful, daring pictures, Chin’s latest opus exerts a powerful pull all its own.”
Publishers Weekly, January 27, 2014: STARRED REVIEW!
« “Chin takes his exceptional artistic gifts into outer space…In his embrace of the wild possibilities of a world without gravity, Chin outdoes himself.”
THE PORT CHICAGO 50 by Steve Sheinkin
SLJ, February 2014 issue: 3rd STARRED REVIEW!
« “Through extensive research, Sheinkin effectively re-creates both the tense atmosphere at Port Chicago before and after the disaster as well as the events.”
WHEN THE BEAT WAS BORN by Laban Carrick Hill, illus. by Theodore Taylor III
NPR.com, January 29, 2014: Read “Hip-Hop’s Big Bang Becomes a Kid’s Book” Here!
“’I think it's pretty important that people understand the origins,’ Taylor told me. ‘It's hard to really understand the culture or the music without understanding where it came from.’"
The Washington Post, January 30, 2014: Read “D.C. Artist Wins Honors for Children’s Book About DJ Kool Herc” Here!
“For the vibrant pictures in When The Beat Was Born, he says he was ‘attempting to channel some influences I gained from street art in order to fit with the graffiti that played a large part in early hip hop culture.’”
Time.com, January 27, 2014: Read it here!
“There may be an old saying about not judging a book by its cover, but judging that book by its title makes it sound completely awesome.”
FIRST SECOND HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS:
· APHRODITE by George O’Connor / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· BATTLING BOY by Paul Pope / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· BOXERS & SAINTS by Gene Luen Yang / Top 10 Title, YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
· BOXERS & SAINTS by Gene Luen Yang / Top 10 Title, YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· DELILAH DIRK AND THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT by Tony Cliff / YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
· DELILAH DIRK AND THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT by Tony Cliff / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG by Prudence Shen, illus. by Faith Erin Hicks / Top 10 Title, YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
· NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG by Prudence Shen, illus. by Faith Erin Hicks / Top 10 Title, YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG by Prudence Shen, illus. by Faith Erin Hicks / YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
· POSIEDON by George O’Connor / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· PRIMATES by Jim Ottaviani, illus. by Maris Wicks / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· REFRESH, REFRESH by Danica Novgorodoff / YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
· RELISH by Lucy Knisley / YALSA Alex Award Winner
· RELISH by Lucy Knisley / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· TEMPLAR by Jordan Mechner, illus. by LeUyen Pham & Alex Puvilland / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
· TUNE: VANISHING POINT by Derek Kirk Kim / YALSA Great Graphic Novels List
SALES:
· ANDRE THE GIANT by Box Brown / Italian rights licensed to Panini
· DELILAH DIRK AND THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT by Tony Cliff / Turkish rights licensed to Büyük Mavi Yayıncılık
· RELISH by Lucy Knisley / Italian rights licensed to Rizzoli Lizard
· RELISH by Lucy Knisley / Spanish rights licensed to Salamandra Graphic
REVIEWS:
ANDRE THE GIANT by Box Brown
Paste, January 21, 2014: #1 Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of the Year!
“In creating a biography of a cult figure, you have to be careful not to trivialize a human life for the sake of novelty, but Box Brown is well qualified to produce an exemplary take on the 7-and-a-half-foot pro wrestler.”
USA Today’s Pop Candy, January 2, 2014: “Looking Forward to 2014”
“Must-read.”
STRATFORD ZOO MIDNIGHT REVUE PRESENTS: MACBETH by Ian Lendler, illus. by Zack Giallongo
SLJ, January 21, 2014: See the Exclusive Interview and Cover Reveal Here!
“I wanted to strip away all the cod-pieces (ahem!) and dense language and show people that what Shakespeare was really good at was telling a story. And once people see how great the story is, they might be compelled to put down their Cliff Notes.”
HOLT BYR HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS:
· BO AT BALLARD CREEK by Kirkpatrick Hill, illus. by LeUyen Pham / Winner, Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
· THE GIRL WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE by April Henry / YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
· PEDRO & ME: FRIENDSHIP, LOSS, & WHAT I LEARNED by Judd Winick / YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
· WHEN WE WUZ FAMOUS by Greg Takoudes / YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
· WHO SAYS WOMEN CAN’T BE DOCTORS? by Tanya Lee Stone, illus. by Marjorie Priceman / Orbis Pictus Recommended Title
SALES:
· ARCADY’S GOAL by Eugene Yelchin / Chinese Complex rights licensed to Global Kids Books
· MY LIFE AS A BOOK, Books #1 – 3 by Janet Tashjian, illus. by Jake Tashjian / Greek rights licensed to Broken Hill Publishers
· MY LIFE AS A JOKE by Janet Tashjian, illus. by Jake Tashjian / German rights licensed to Boje Verlag
· MY LOUISIANA SKY by Kimberly Willis Holt / Chinese Complex rights renewed to Hsiao Lu
· SHERLOCK FILES #1: THE 100-YEAR-OLD SECRET by Tracy Barrett / Korean rights renewed to Arom Junior Publishing
· SHERLOCK FILES #2: THE BEAST OF BLACKSLOPE by Tracy Barrett / Korean rights renewed to Arom Junior Publishing
REVIEWS:
FIGHTING FIRE! By Michael L. Cooper
Kirkus, January 15, 2014 issue
“A dramatic narrative, richly illustrated and solidly supported.”
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? By Eric Carle and Friends
SLJ, February 2014 issue: 2nd STARRED REVIEW!
« “This successful collaboration of old favorites and newer names in illustration is sure to keep youngsters engaged and may inspire them to write about and draw their favorite animals.”
Shelf Awareness, January 31, 2014: STARRED REVIEW!
« “[A] smartly designed volume that's a pleasure to pore over.”
The New York Times, January 15, 2014: Read the full “A Masterly Menagerie” Piece Here!
“14 renowned children’s book illustrators have a chance to give the question the attention it deserves.”
BrainPickings.org, January 30, 2014: READ IT HERE!
“A simple concept, but an infinitely delightful and rewarding execution.”
Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2014
“The two-page entries range widely in mood and style, reflecting the sensibilities of their creators in a way that is almost moving: there is as much variety among human artists as in the animal kingdom.”
WHEN THE WIND BLEW by Alison Jackson, illus. by Doris Barrette
Publishers Weekly, January 13, 2014
“Jackson puts nursery world elements together like a crossword puzzle.”
Kirkus, February 1, 2014 issue
“Children who know the nursery rhymes will enjoy seeing them in a new context, and children who do not can enjoy the rollicking action anyway.”
FSG BYR HIGHLIGHTS
AWARDS:
· BIG SNOW by Jonathan Bean / Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Book
· BUILDING OUR HOUSE by Jonathan Bean / Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book
· FREAKBOY by Kristin Elizabeth Clark / Top 10 Title, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
SALES:
· BERNARD THE ANGRY ROOSTER by Mary Wormell / Korean rights renewed to Montessori Korea Co.
· THE GARDENER by Sarah Stewart, illus. by David Small / Korean rights renewed to Sigongsa
· THE LIBRARY by Sarah Stewart, illus. by David Small / Korean rights renewed to Sigongsa
· THE JUDGE by Harve and Margot Zemach / Korean rights renewed to Sigongsa
· HOW OLIVER OLSON CHANGED THE WORLD by Claudia Mills, illus. by Heather Maione / Chinese Simplified rights licensed to Tomorrow Publishing House
· STAR CHILD by Claire A. Nivola / Catalan rights licensed to Juventud
· STAR CHILD by Claire A. Nivola / Spanish rights licensed to Juventud
· WIDGET by Lyn Rossiter McFarland, illus. by Jim McFarland / Russian rights licensed to Rech Publishers
VIDEOS:
THE RULE OF THREE by Eric Walters
REVIEWS:
BIG SNOW by Jonathan Bean
USA Today, January 23, 2014: Read it here!
“Jonathan Bean's realistic watercolors are highlighted by five two-page spreads that capture the town before, during and after the big snow that covers everything, ‘white and cold.’”
GRANDMASTER by David Klass
SLJ, February 2014 issue
“Like a well-played chess game, drama unfolds deliberately as things progressively get worse, building up to an exciting, climactic endgame…This book is smart, real, and full of feeling.”
SORRY YOU’RE LOST by Matt Blackstone
SLJ, February 2014 issue
“Readers looking for a modern tale about fitting in need look no further.”
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