Children's Books: This Week's Publication List (2/18/14)

Each Monday, we do our darndest to give you a glimpse into books being released this weeks (thanks to publisher's weekly for a good portion of the list!)

February 18, 2014:

Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by James Dean (HarperCollins, $9.99; ISBN 978-0-06-219873-0). 150,000 copies.

Mind Games: Perfect Lies by Kiersten White (HarperTeen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-213584-1). 100,000 copies.

Barber Game Time Books: Extra Innings by Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber (S&S/Wiseman, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-4424-5726-3). 75,000 copies.

Biscuit Loves the Library by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, illus. by Pat Schories (HarperCollins, $3.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-06-193506-0). 75,000 copies.

Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor (HarperTeen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-227920-0). 75,000 copies.

Zits: Shredded by Jerry Scott, illus. by Jim Borgman (HarperTeen, $9.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-06-222853-6). 50,000 copies.

February 20, 2014

George Brown, Class Clown: Lice Check #12 by Nancy Krulik, illus. by Aaron Blecha (Grosset & Dunlap, $4.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-448-46112-0). 100,000 copies.

Colors by Sophie Pelham (Price Stern Sloan, $6.99; ISBN 978-0-8431-7242-3). 50,000 copies.

The Slayer Chronicles: Third Strike by Heather Brewer (Dial, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-8037-3785-3). 50,000 copies.

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Happy Birthday, Mo Willems: A Wish and a Giveaway!

Today is Mo Willems birthday. We propose that February 11 be known as "Mo Willems Day" from this day forward. Or maybe even "Knuffle Bunny Day."

How about "Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Day"?

Whatever your vote, we hope you join us and wish one of our generation's greatest author/illustrators a happy birthday and many, many MANY more. (I've got four kids over here, I need more material for "Book Review Friday" and our annual library projects...keep 'em coming, Mo!)

In honor of his birthday, we want to send YOU a present. Send Mo a birthday wish on Twitter (technically, you're sending a tweet to The Pigeon, but I'm sure he'll pass the message along.)

Make sure you mention us in the tweet (@kidlituni) and you'll be entered to win a copy of "I'm a Frog" the latest from the Elephant and Piggy series.

We'll select a winner from Twitter tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. CST and announce it via Twitter. Good luck!

Can I get a hooray?

Happy Birthday, Mo!

Childrens Books: This Week's List

Each Monday, we do our darndest to give you a glimpse into books being released this weeks (thanks to publisher's weekly for a good portion of the list!)

February 11, 2014:

Survivors #4: The Broken Path by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-06-210268-3). 150,000 copies.

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage (Penguin/Dawson, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-8037-3671-9). 100,000 copies.

Before My Eyes by Caroline Bock (St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-250-04558-4). 75,000 copies.

The Cold Cereal Saga: Champions of Breakfast by Adam Rex (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-06-206008-2). 75,000 copies.

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Dutton, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-525-42603-5). 75,000 copies.

Amelia Bedelia Joins the Club by Herman Parish, illus. by Lynne Avril (Greenwillow, $3.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-06-222130-8). 50,000 copies.

Cupcake Diaries: Mia Fashion Plates and Cupcakes by Coco Simon (Simon Spotlight, $5.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-4424-9790-0). 50,000 copies.

Little Poems for Tiny Ears by Lin Oliver, illus. by Tomie dePaola (Penguin/Paulsen, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-399-16605-1). 50,000 copies.

The Lure by Lynne Ewing (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-220688-6). 50,000 copies.

Order of Darkness: Fools’ Gold by Philippa Gregory (Simon Pulse $19.99; ISBN 978-1-4424-7690-5). 50,000 copies.

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Pitch Opportunity: Pitch Madness (Clue Edition)

Straight from BrendaDrake.com:

"The Pitch Madness submission window will be open for 24 hours on March 10!

Pitch Madness is a contest to win a request from one or more of the participating agents. I will have an agent introduction post up soon.

The submission window will be open from 12:01 AM EST on March 10 until 11:59PM EST. You should have plenty of time to get your submissions in. There is no limit of how many entries will be accepted. Please note: All entries sent before or after the allotted times will be deleted.

There will be 60 finalists moving onto the agent round. Pitch Madness will accept Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult completed fiction, novel length (no novellas) completed and polished manuscripts only. This time around we will not accept non-fiction. Only one entry per writer this round.

What do you need to enter? A 35-word (max) pitch and the first 250 words of your finished manuscript. If the 250th word falls in the middle of a sentence, go to the end of the sentence. I will post formatting instructions before the submission window opens, along with the email address to send your entries to.

Pitch Madness will be on four blogs and each blog host will have a co-host helping them choose their top 15 entries. I will have a post up soon to introduce the hosts, co-hosts, and slush readers.

We’ll have a small team of first readers checking for formatting and putting their top picks through to the hosts. This time around, the hosts and co-hosts of each blog will choose their team of slush readers for the second round. Some blog teams may opt out of having slush readers. So I won’t be choosing all the slush readers this go around."

All the twitter fun will be happening on the hashtag #PitchMadness!

Read more at Brenda-drake.com!