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Nancy Coffelt FRED STAYS WITH ME! (Little, Brown) Illus. by Tricia Tusa was named an honor picture book for the 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards.
A VISITOR FOR BEAR (Candlewick. 2008), by Bonny Becker hits # 2 on the New York Times Children's Best Sellers List! ,and #4 on Publishers Weekly Children's Picture Book Bestsellers List
Three of McIntosh & Otis authors and artist on the 2008 ALA Notable List:
Elise Broach WHEN DINOSAURS CAME WITH EVERYTHING (S&S) Illus. by David Small
Nancy Coffelt FRED STAYS WITH ME! (Little, Brown) Illus. by Tricia Tusa
Greg Neri (author) & Jesse Joshua Watson (illustrator) CHESS RUMBLE (Lee & Low)
TIPS ON HAVING A GAY (EX)BOYFRIEND, prequel to LOVE (and Other Uses for Duct Tape) by Carrie Jones won the Maine Literary Award. |
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Bruce Chadwick is a prolific historian whose best-selling book, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S WAR
(Sourcebooks), was recently featured on both the History Channel's
profile of George Washington and on its acclaimed thirteen part series
on the American Revolution. Chadwick’s newest book, 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See, has been praised by PW as “engagingly
written… [as it] examines the lives of six who would become the
biggest players in the Civil War” and will be published
in April by Sourcebooks. Next up is his book with Wiley which examines
the murder of another founding father, George Wythe.
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| Boris
Gindin and David Hagberg’s MUTINY!: The True Events That Inspired The
Hunt For Red October was published by Tor/Forge in May 2008. This
is the real story that inspired Tom Clancy’s THE HUNT FOR RED
OCTOBER, told by a Soviet naval officer who lived through it. |
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| Edward Jaye's COOKIE SUTRA is a delightful and delicious parody of the KARMA SUTRA. The book
has become such a huge success that it has recently gone into its
seventh printing! This book has something for everyone "For lovers, for
the adventurous, for the curious, for the bakers. Especially for the
bakers." |
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| Harold
Robbins had a big year in 2007. Simon & Schuster published a new edition of
A STONE FOR DANNY FISHER, a great work of
American fiction. The Robbins classic, THE
CARPETBAGGERS, was published in a new edition by Tor/Forge. Harold
Robbins’s newest titles by Tor/Forge are THE
LOOTERS published September 2007, and THE DECEIVERS coming September 2008. |
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Jean
Plaidy continues to sell on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, Arrow/Random House has recently
bought every Plaidy title. Stateside, Crown continues to sell Plaidy’s titles
like hotcakes! Upcoming titles include: THE MERRY MONARCH'S WIFE (January 2008), THE QUEEN'S DEVOTION (August 2008), TO HOLD THE CROWN (October 2008), and THE KING'S CONFIDANTE (April 2009)
St. Martin's Press has just inked the deal to publish four of Victoria Holt’s wonderful
romantic suspense novels, MISTRESS OF MELLYN (coming January 2009), LORD OF THE FAR ISLAND,
BRIDE OF PENDORRIC, and ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH
MOON. |
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A gorgeous new Viking illustrated
hardcover edition of John Steinbeck's THE
ACTS OF KING ARTHUR was published in Fall of 2007 with a foreword
written by Christopher Paolini. Christopher is the young writer of two #1 New
York Times bestsellers, ERAGON and ELDEST. Christopher has a passion for the
world of King Arthur, whose influence appears in his works. Steinbeck's work
will reach a new and fresh generation of fantasy readers, young adults and fans
of Christopher's works.
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| The National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has chosen John Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF
WRATH as one of the first books to be included in its new program
called The Big Read; they are calling it the "largest literary
initiative in the history of the NEA...best described as ambitious,"
both in its "commitment to quality, and commitment to democratic
accessibility." Active in 72 cities, this program is
bringing new readers to Steinbeck's timeless works every day. |
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| John
Steinbeck's ONCE THERE WAS A WAR
was published by Penguin Classics in Fall 2007 with a new introduction written
by Mark Bowden, the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down (National Book Award
Finalist, New York Times Notable Book of the Year). |
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| With
over 125,000 copies in print—and
still counting, Upton Sinclair’s OIL! (Penguin 2007) was released as a Scott
Rudin production of a P.T. Anderson film THERE WILL BE BLOOD
in December 2007, nominated for eight Academy Awards including wins for
Best Actor (Daniel Day Lewis) and Best Cinematography (Robert Elswit).
The movie has received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award
for best picture, director and actor honors. The Golden Globes and the Screen
Actors Guild (SAG) rewarded Daniel-Day Lewis for Best Actor. |
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| Debut novelist Jeremy Craig’s YA work of literary
fiction (tentatively titled THE STRAITS) about life in post -Hurricane government trailer park housing and the
caper that will save his remaining family is set for publication in Summer 2009 by Flux .
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| INTO THE VOLCANO (2005, Kids Can Press) volcano researcher and author Donna O'Meara's new book VOLCANO (October 2007, Cassell Illustrated) have a sterling review from Astronomy Magazine. "....VOLCANO
provides unbelievable photographs...........takes you from the depths
of Earth's oceans to the surface of every continent.......Donna's text
provides scientific perspective on the dozens of awe-inspiring images."
See the full review at astronomy.com |
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SALLIE GAL AND THE WALL-A-KEE MAN by Shelia P. Moses (Scholastic, Sept. 2007) received a great review from Booklist, October 2007-".... words........show the child’s happiness and excitement, while never denying the hardship of life all around her."
".....lilting verse and sing-song refrain make this a treasure of the genre." --Kirkus Reviews says about LITTLE BITTY MOUSIE by Jim Aylesworth (Walker, 2007) |
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| WHEN DINOSAURS CAME WITH EVERYTHING written by Elise Broach (Atheneum, Sept. 2007) was chosen by TIME as the #1 Children's Book of 2007. |
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Recent and up-coming book releases:
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| LOVE (and Other Uses for Duct Tape) by Carrie Jones (Flux) published March 2008 |
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MUTINY!: The True Events That Inspired The
Hunt For Red October by Boris
Gindin and David Hagberg (Forge) published in May 2008
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| AZTEC FIRE by Gary Jennings, Robert Gleason, and Junius Podrug (Forge) will be published August 2008 |
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JOSEPH by Shelia P. Moses (McElderry Books) will be published October 2008 |
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| DIRTY LAUNDRY by Daniel Ehrenhaft (Harper Teen) will be published December 2008 |
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| WOULD-BE WITCH by Kimberly Frost (Berkley Trade) will be published February 2009 |
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| EVERYTHING IS FINE by Ann Dee Ellis (Little, Brown) will be published March 2009 |
