Client NewsSubscribe Here! Categories Awards 105 Bestsellers 196 Deals 69 Editors' Picks 280 Film 31 In the News 210 Interviews 103 Releases 8 Reviews 283 Rights Sales 7 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 ULTIMATE ANIMAL SHOWDOWN by Lola M. Schaefer sells to Sourcebooks eXplore (Agent: Rosemary Stimola) Read More Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 Colby Cedar Smith’s THE SIREN AND THE STAR is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection Read More Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/16/25 Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/16/25 Read SLJ’s interview with Jashar Awan about his children’s book publishing journey in SLJ’s Stars So Far 2025 segment Read More Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/16/25 Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/16/25 NYT Bestsellers: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins remains at #1 on the Children’s & YA Series Bestsellers list for the week of 7/27/25 Read More Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/15/25 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/15/25 SLJ highlights FIREWORKS by Matthew Burgess on 65 Brilliant Picture Book Titles list in SLJ’s 2025 Stars So Far series Read More Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/14/25 Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/14/25 Watch Junior Library Guild’s interview with Brian Anderson, author & illustrator of the SOPHIE graphic novel series Read More Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/11/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/11/25 School Library Journal calls FIREWORKS by Matthew Burgess an “imaginative and radiant. . . joyful title [that] will capture young readers and win the hearts of all ages” in starred review Read More In the News Hillary Godwin 7/10/25 In the News Hillary Godwin 7/10/25 Publishers Weekly features Brian Anderson’s SOPHIE series in Beyond the Book segment Read More Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/9/25 Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/9/25 NYT Bestsellers: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins remains at #1 on the Children’s & YA Series Bestsellers list for the week of 7/20/25 Read More Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Booklist calls James Bird’s WOLF CLUB an “odyssey of understanding and resilience. A shining addition to the middle-school canon of survivor stories. . . to be shared and savored” in starred review Read More Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Publishers Weekly calls James Bird’s WOLF CLUB an “engrossing. . . endearing. . . [and] enjoyable action-packed offering” in starred review Read More Deals Hillary Godwin 7/8/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/8/25 LOOPS by Geisel Honor author-illustrator Jashar Awan sells to Simon & Schuster (Agent: Erica Rand Silverman) Read More Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Good Housekeeping includes LOVE AND OTHER PARADOXES by Catriona Silvey in their July/August 2025 issue’s Beach Reads Roundup Read More Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/7/25 Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/7/25 NYT Bestsellers: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins remains at #1 on the Children’s & YA Series Bestsellers list for the week of 7/13/25 Read More Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Kirkus praises XOLO by Donna Barba Higuera in starred review: “[Higuera’s] work rings out with a powerful sense of emotive resonance…. A magnificent spin on a well-known Aztec legend.” Read More Deals Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 SERAFINA MAKES WAVES by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Robin Rosenthal, sells to Dial Books (Agent: Erica Rand Silverman) Read More Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Kirkus praises IF YOU LIKE BUTTERFLIES by Lola M. Schaefer in starred review: “Schaefer’s melodic prose lets readers float from beginning to end as if on butterfly wings.” Read More Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Publishers Weekly announces that SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins is the #2 Bestselling Book of 2025 (So Far), with more than 1.7 million copies sold this year Read More Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Kirkus calls TORCHFIRE, the sequel to SONGLIGHT by Moira Buffini, “Heartbreaking, heartening, wondrous” in starred review Read More Deals Hillary Godwin 7/2/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/2/25 DREAM WORLD by Samantha Klein sells to Media Lab Books (Agent: Adriana Stimola) Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Deals Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 ULTIMATE ANIMAL SHOWDOWN by Lola M. Schaefer sells to Sourcebooks eXplore (Agent: Rosemary Stimola) Read More
Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/17/25 Colby Cedar Smith’s THE SIREN AND THE STAR is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection Read More
Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/16/25 Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/16/25 Read SLJ’s interview with Jashar Awan about his children’s book publishing journey in SLJ’s Stars So Far 2025 segment Read More
Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/16/25 Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/16/25 NYT Bestsellers: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins remains at #1 on the Children’s & YA Series Bestsellers list for the week of 7/27/25 Read More
Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/15/25 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/15/25 SLJ highlights FIREWORKS by Matthew Burgess on 65 Brilliant Picture Book Titles list in SLJ’s 2025 Stars So Far series Read More
Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/14/25 Interviews Hillary Godwin 7/14/25 Watch Junior Library Guild’s interview with Brian Anderson, author & illustrator of the SOPHIE graphic novel series Read More
Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/11/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/11/25 School Library Journal calls FIREWORKS by Matthew Burgess an “imaginative and radiant. . . joyful title [that] will capture young readers and win the hearts of all ages” in starred review Read More
In the News Hillary Godwin 7/10/25 In the News Hillary Godwin 7/10/25 Publishers Weekly features Brian Anderson’s SOPHIE series in Beyond the Book segment Read More
Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/9/25 Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/9/25 NYT Bestsellers: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins remains at #1 on the Children’s & YA Series Bestsellers list for the week of 7/20/25 Read More
Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Booklist calls James Bird’s WOLF CLUB an “odyssey of understanding and resilience. A shining addition to the middle-school canon of survivor stories. . . to be shared and savored” in starred review Read More
Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/9/25 Publishers Weekly calls James Bird’s WOLF CLUB an “engrossing. . . endearing. . . [and] enjoyable action-packed offering” in starred review Read More
Deals Hillary Godwin 7/8/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/8/25 LOOPS by Geisel Honor author-illustrator Jashar Awan sells to Simon & Schuster (Agent: Erica Rand Silverman) Read More
Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Editors' Picks Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Good Housekeeping includes LOVE AND OTHER PARADOXES by Catriona Silvey in their July/August 2025 issue’s Beach Reads Roundup Read More
Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/7/25 Bestsellers Nicholas Croce 7/7/25 NYT Bestsellers: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins remains at #1 on the Children’s & YA Series Bestsellers list for the week of 7/13/25 Read More
Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Kirkus praises XOLO by Donna Barba Higuera in starred review: “[Higuera’s] work rings out with a powerful sense of emotive resonance…. A magnificent spin on a well-known Aztec legend.” Read More
Deals Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 SERAFINA MAKES WAVES by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Robin Rosenthal, sells to Dial Books (Agent: Erica Rand Silverman) Read More
Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/7/25 Kirkus praises IF YOU LIKE BUTTERFLIES by Lola M. Schaefer in starred review: “Schaefer’s melodic prose lets readers float from beginning to end as if on butterfly wings.” Read More
Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Publishers Weekly announces that SUNRISE ON THE REAPING by Suzanne Collins is the #2 Bestselling Book of 2025 (So Far), with more than 1.7 million copies sold this year Read More
Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Reviews Hillary Godwin 7/3/25 Kirkus calls TORCHFIRE, the sequel to SONGLIGHT by Moira Buffini, “Heartbreaking, heartening, wondrous” in starred review Read More
Deals Hillary Godwin 7/2/25 Deals Hillary Godwin 7/2/25 DREAM WORLD by Samantha Klein sells to Media Lab Books (Agent: Adriana Stimola) Read More