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In Brief: May 15, 2025
Recently, children’s creators gathered to honor AAPI Heritage Month, an author accepted an award, authors went on a friendship-themed tour together, an editor joined an author for a launch event, a pup made an appearance at an event, and a nonprofit hosted students for a visit.
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Albatros Expands in the U.S.
Czech-based independent children’s publisher Albatros has announced plans to expand its operations in the United States; beginning in spring 2026, the publisher will increase the number of titles on its list to 50 books per season—ranging from children’s nonfiction to picture books, activity books, and chapter books.
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A Roadmap for Restoring School Librarians
The recently released report Restoring Librarians: Challenges and Strategies details how 11 large, urban K–12 districts in Philadelphia succeeded in adding librarians and increasing library services for their students amid serious challenges to the profession.
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Dog Man Gets Caught Reading for Fall 2025 Children's Book Week
The Children’s Book Council and its charitable arm Every Child a Reader, in conjunction with Scholastic, has named Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man as its anchor for Children’s Book Week this fall.
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Authors, Activists Partner for ‘Freedom Read-In’
Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass., and advocacy groups EveryLibrary and the Rhode Island chapter of Authors Against Book Bans partnered to host a free virtual reading May 9, in honor of Children’s Book Week and Floyd Cooper Day.
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Licensing Hotline: May 2025
Read on for news about Fox Chapel's Jeep publishing program, DK’s deal with Crunchyroll, Penguin Ventures’ expansion of Peter Rabbit licensing in the U.S. and Canada, IDW’s signing of Bridge Licensing to extend its brands into consumer products, and more.
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In Brief: May 8, 2025
Recently kids joined their guardians for a day in publishing, celebrated collaborators came together, an author presented their latest fantasy, an author marked the end of her series with a tour, a city honored an author with a local holiday, and an author discussed a highly anticipated addition to his series.
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Celebrating 20 Years of Llama Llama
Two decades have passed since the late Anna Dewdney’s endearing young llama grappled with bedtime angst in Llama Llama Red Pajama. Berol and Cordelia Dewdney discussed the ways their mother lives on through her picture book series, which continues to expand both on and off the page.
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Inaugural R.I.S.E Fest in Photos
R.I.S.E. Fest, a festival in western Massachusetts founded by expressive arts educator Gina M. Krosoczka and her husband, graphic novelist Jarrett J. Krosoczka, hosted its first event over the weekend of April 18.
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Giddy Up: Children's Authors Celebrate Horse Books
With the Triple Crown centering the attention of thoroughbred aficionados, a few authors and publishers are making hay of Buy a Horse Book Day, a May 10 celebration invented in 2019 by Trafalgar Square Books and 'Heels Down' equestrian magazine.
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