Mora Couch at Holiday House has acquired world rights to I Am a Bon Dancer by Brandi-Ann Uyemura, illustrated by Amy Matsushita-Beal. This picture book debut focuses on a
Lauri Hornik at Penguin/Rocky Pond Books has bought BOB IS THE BIGGEST, STRONGEST, AND SMARTEST BEAR IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, a picture book about
Lydia Gregovic at Delacorte Press has acquired, in an exclusive submission, For No Mortal Creature by Keshe Chow (The Girl with No Reflection), a dark YA fantasy pitched as Wuthering
Lauri Hornik at Penguin/Rocky Pond has acquired world rights, at auction, Alexandra Katona’s debut picture book, Finding My Wave, illustrated by Sara Palacios, a story
Rebekah Moredock at WorthyKids has bought world rights to Let the Light In by Laurie Ann Thompson, illustrated by Adriana Predoi, a picture book ode to positivity and perseverance.
Kaylan Adair at Candlewick Press has acquired World English rights to Anne Nesbet’s first contemporary, realistic middle grade novel. The Long Way Around tells the story of three cousins
Anne Hoppe at Clarion Books has bought world rights to Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better by Mylisa Larsen, a middle-grade novel in which a fiercely independent young teen
Andrea Welch at Beach Lane has acquired World rights to Katy Duffield’s next picture book, with art by Hannah Salyer. WE ARE THE KEYSTONES is
Karen Wojtyla at McElderry Books has bought North American rights to Betsy Uhrig‘s next middle-grade novel, Mind over Monsters!, about an anxious seventh grader who tries out
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