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PICTURE BOOKS
    Fall 2020
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                                                       The Truth About                         Lead

                                                       Dragons
                                                         By Jaime Zollars

                                                         Ages: 4–8
                                                         Page Count: 40
                                                         On-Sale: September 15, 2020
                                                       A spellbinding author-illustrator debut about
                                                       the anxiety and excitement of a new
                                                       experience, represented by a frightening first
                                                       day of school full of dragons that slowly
                                                       transform into friends.
Jaime Zollars is inspired by fairy tales and Flemish
painters, nonfiction, forgotten paper, found           Inspired by Zollars’s own daughter, The
textures, and flea market photographs. Her art has
been recognized by American Illustration,
                                                       Truth About Dragons encourages young
Communication Arts, the Society of Illustrators,       readers to see beyond their fears to the
and the Society of Children's Book Writers and         often surprising truths underneath...and to
Illustrators, among others. The Truth About            find their inner dragons.
Dragons is her debut book for children. Jaime lives
in Thousand Oaks, California, and she invites you
to visit her online at JaimeZollars.com.
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                                                         Little Bunny
                                                         By Leah Hong

                                                         Ages: 4–8
                                                         Page Count: 40
                                                         On-Sale: February 2, 2021

                                                         The Runaway Bunny for a new generation
                                                         of young readers, by a remarkable debut
                                                         talent. This stunningly-illustrated bedtime
                                                         story is a captivating flight of fancy that also
                                                         provides a strategy to help restless readers
                                                         lull themselves into dreamland.
Leah Hong is a graduate of Emily Carr University
with a visual arts degree in painting and drawing, she
has worked as an illustrator and graphic designer.       Little Bunny can't sleep! There's so much
Her lifelong love of drawing and storytelling led her    to think and wonder about, big and small.
to create her illustrated debut, Happy Dreams,
Little Bunny. She lives with her family in               But with a nudge from Mommy, Little
Vancouver, British Columbia.                             Bunny discovers that sometimes our
                                                         thoughts can be turned into happy dreams .
                                                         . . where anything is possible.
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                                                   Lift                                      Lead

                                                   By Minh Lê and Dan Santat

                                                     Ages: 4–8
                                                     Page Count: 56
                                                     On-Sale: May 5, 2020

                                                  When Iris's elevator button-pushing is
                                                  disrupted by a new member of the family, she's
                                                  pretty put out.

                                                  That is, until the sudden appearance of a
                                                  mysterious new button opens up entire realms
                                                  of possibility, places where she can escape and
                                                  explore on her own. But when it becomes a
                                                  question between going it alone or letting
"Like Sendak's Max, Iris uses anger to lift her   someone else tag along, Iris finds that sharing a
away from the real world into jungles and outer
space. And she returns to her room changed.
                                                  discovery with the people you love can be the
Breaking the bounds of a traditional picture      most wonderful experience of all.
book, Iris' creative growth elevates us all."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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How to Catch a Clover                                                       Princess Dinosaur
       Thief                                                                    By Daniel Kibblesmith
                                                                                 Art by Ashley Quach
                   By Elise Parsley

                                               If You Ever
                                               Want to Bring a…
                                               series rights sold:
                                               Chinese-
                                               Simplified
                                               (Hachette -
                                               Phoenix),
                                               Vietnamese
                                               (Ngoc Anh),
                                               Greek
                                               (Psichogios),
                                               Korean
                                               (Hyeonamsa)

   Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 40 | On-Sale: Feb. 9, 2021              Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 40 | On-Sale: Jan. 5, 2021
 New York Times bestselling author-artist Elise Parsley              Perfect for fans of Princesses Wear Pants, this
 delivers a witty storytime pick that combines the playful                spirited and expectation-defying story
    mischief of How to Catch a Leprechaun with the                    introduces a spunky heroine who knows she
spunky character appeal of her popular Magnolia series.                         can be anything she wants.
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I Am the
                                       Longest Dog
                                       By Avery Monsen

                                        Ages: 4–8
                                        Page Count: 48
                                        On-Sale: February 2, 2021
                                       Lucy is the world's longest dog, but just how long
                                       is she?

                                       Like, are we talking' pretty long?

                                       Or super-crazy number-one-record-breaking
Avery Monson illustrated and co-       BANANAS long?
wrote the national bestseller All My
Friends Are Dead. He is an actor       See for yourself in this hilarious picture book by
and writer living in Los Angeles,      best-selling author-illustrator Avery Monsen.
and has appeared on shows like 30
                                       (Warning: the dog is very long.)
Rock and written for shows like
Billy On The Street.
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The Joyful Book
                                               By Todd Parr

                                               Ages: 4 – 8
                                               Page Count: 32
                                               On-Sale: October 6, 2020

                                               Perfect for the gift-giving season, beloved and New
                                               York Times bestselling author Todd Parr explores
                                               the many ways to be joyful when holidays and
                                               celebrations occur.

                                               With his renowned blend of warmth, humor, and
                                               heart, Todd Parr encourages young readers to look
Todd Parr has inspired and empowered           for all the ways that joy surrounds them.
children around the world with his bold
images and positive messages. He is the        Whether it's celebrating a
bestselling author of more than forty books,   holiday, sharing a meal, or
which have sold over 3.7 million copies
sold and have been sold in over 20
                                               learning new things, The
territories.                                   Joyful Book inspires
                                               readers of all ages to
                                               spread the joy near and far,
                                               to loved ones and friends.
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Hold On To Your Music and Lisa of Willesden Lane
                                           By Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen

                                                      Children of Willesden
                                                        Lane Rights Sold:
                                                         Hebrew (Yediot
                                                      Aharonot); Hungarian
                                                        (Patmos); Spanish
                                                      (Grupo Anaya); Italian
                                                       (Edizioni Piemme);
                                                      ANZ (Allen & Unwin);
                                                      UK (Hachette); French
                                                         (Hachette Livre)
Ages: 4–8 | Page Count: 40 | On-Sale: Jan. 12, 2021                       Ages: 8 & up | 112 pages| On-Sale: Jan. 12, 2021

   Mona Golabek's inspiring story of her mother's escape from the Holocaust as a child
   to become a concert pianist against all odds, made popular by her highly acclaimed
   theatrical performances, is now available for the younger audiences in picture book
                                 and chapter book form.
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Sam’s First Word                                 Picture Book by Dog
               By Bea Birdsong                                         By Michael Relth
         Illustrated by Holly Hatem

Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 32 | On-Sale: Feb. 16, 2021   Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 40 | On-Sale: Sep. 29, 2020

    Your Baby's First Word Will Be Dada                 In a pitch-perfect picture book debut, animator
    meets Everybody Poops in this silly story           Michael Relth channels the voice--and artwork!--
       about a baby girl whose first word--              of a loyal pup sharing the simple, sweet, and
     POOP!--isn't getting the message across.               funny story of finding his forever family.
The Magical Yet                                           Scarlet’s Tale
            By Angela DiTerlizzi                                         By Audrey Vernick
       Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez                                     Illustrated by Jarvis

Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 40 | On-Sale: April 14, 2020     Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 40 | On-Sale: July 7, 2020

Told in tight rhyme reminiscent of the great Dr.           Scarlet has always embraced her uniqueness. But
  Seuss himself, this rollicking, inspirational          when she starts preschool, she finds it can be scary to
  picturebook is perfect for every kid who is             stand out. With the help of new friends, Scarlet has
   frustrated by what they can't do . . . YET!               everyone celebrating what makes her special!
Straw                                          Love, Sophia on
        By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
                                                                   the Moon
        Illustrated by Scott Magoon                                   By Anica Mrose Rissi
                                                                    Illustrated by Mika Song

Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 48 | On-Sale: Feb. 4, 2020   Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 32 | On-Sale: March 31, 2020

          A companion to Spoon and                              Life on Earth isn’t fair, so Sophia is
        Chopsticks, this delightful story                        off to the moon . . . unless maybe,
      celebrates the joys of taking it slow!                    just possibly, her mom’s letters can
                                                                        tempt her back home.
Bedtime Ballet                                 Perkin’s Perfect Purple
                By Kallie George                        By Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn
       Illustrated by Shanda McCloskey                         Illustrated by Francesca Sanna

Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 32 | On-Sale: Jan. 19, 2021     Ages: 4 – 8 | Page Count: 56 | On-Sale: Oct. 6, 2020

When the sun sets, the BALLET can begin! From              Many years ago, the color purple was available
pirouettes to plies, it’s time to twirl toward bed in       only to a privileged few. Making purple was
         this delightful, dance-filled tale.                 tricky . . . until 1856, when a boy named
                                                            William Henry Perkin invented a new way!
LBYR Titles
MIDDLE GRADE
   Fall 2020
Spindlefish and Stars
                                                         By Christiane M. Andrews
                                                                                                   Bologna
                                                         Ages: 8–12                                 Lead
                                                         Page Count: 400
                                                         On-Sale: Sep. 22, 2020
                                                         A spellbinding middle grade fantasy inspired by
                                                         Greek mythology, for fans of The Girl Who Drank
                                                         the Moon and The Book of Boy.

                                                         Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with
                                                         her father. But when he fails to meet her one
                                                         morning, she must unravel the mysteries of a strange
                                                         island and -- secrets both exquisite and terrible. And
                                                         she must decide how much of herself to give up in
                                                         order to save those she thought she'd lost forever.

Christiane M. Andrews grew up in rural New               This captivating fantasy from a debut author explores
Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, on the edges of
mountains and woods and fields and sometimes
                                                         the tragedy of parental mistakes, the realization that
even the sea. A writing and literature instructor, she   we can forge our own paths, and the power of
lives with her husband and son and a small clutch
of animals on an old New Hampshire hilltop farm.
                                                         storytelling in our interwoven histories.
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                                            A Tale of Witchcraft…
                                                By Chris Colfer

                                                Ages: 8 - 12
                                                Page Count: 448
                                                On-Sale: October 6, 2020

  Land of                                   The enchanting sequel to the New York Times bestselling A
  Stories is                                Tale of Magic..., filled with brand-new adventures and a cast of
  translated                                memorable characters, both familiar and new.
    into 30
  languages!                                Brystal and her friends have saved the world from the evil Snow
                                            Queen and secured worldwide acceptance for the magical
                                            community.

                                            However, when a mysterious new witch arrives at the academy,
                                            the celebrations are cut short. Elsewhere, the fragile peace is on
Chris Colfer is a #1 New York Times
bestselling author and Golden Globe-        the brink of shattering. Outrage has spread throughout the
winning actor. He was honored as a          kingdoms in opposition to the legalization of magic. And, a
member of the TIME 100, Time                dangerous and centuries-old clan known as the Righteous
magazine's annual list of the one hundred   Brotherhood has resurfaced, with one goal in mind: to
most influential people in the world.       exterminate all magical life forever . . . starting with Brystal . . .
The Canyon’s Edge
                                                       By Dusti Bowling

                                                       Ages: 8–12
                                                       Page Count: 240
                                                       On-Sale: September 8, 2020
                                                        Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and
                                                        gripping middle-grade novel in verse about a young
                                                        girl struggling to stay alive after a climbing trip with her
                                                        father goes terribly wrong, while dealing with the
                                                        aftermath of a violent shooting.

                                                        One year since she lost her mother to a random
                                                        shooting, Nora and her father are exploring a slot
                                                        canyon deep in the Arizona desert. But when she and
                                                        her father reach the bottom of the canyon, a flash
                                                        flood rips past them, sweeping away Nora's father and
                                                        all of their supplies. Nora finds herself lost and alone
Dusti Bowling graduated from Stanford
University and earned an MFA in Writing for
                                                        in the desert, facing dehydration, snakes, scorpions,
Children and Young Adults from Hamline                  and, worst of all, the beast who has terrorized her
University, with a critical thesis on writing trauma    dreams for the past year. To survive, Nora must find
in middle grade and young adult realistic fiction.
When You Know What I Know is her debut.
                                                        the courage to save herself and her father...or be
                                                        consumed by her grief and her fear.
Mr. Popper’s Penguins

                                                    The Popper                                 Rights Sold: Turkish (Yapi
                                                                                                Kredi), Chinese - complex
                                                                                                     (Yuan-Liou), French
                                                    Penguin Rescue                             (Hachette), Romanian (Art
                                                                                                 Grup), Vietnamese (Kim
                                                                                              Dong), Chinese – simplified
                                                    By Eliot Schrefer                                (New Buds), Korean
                                                                                                            (BookHouse)

                                                    Ages: 8–12
                                                    Page Count: 176
                                                    On-Sale: October 13, 2020
                                                    Inspired by the beloved classic Mr. Popper's Penguins
                                                    comes a new penguin-tastic adventure written by two-
                                                    time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer.

                                                    It's been years and years since the Popper family lived in
                                                    Stillwater, but the town is still riding high on its former
                                                    residents. Across the river, Alice and Isaac Popper have
                                                    just moved to Hillport with their mother – but wait,
                                                    what's this?! It's two eggs, tucked snugly near the furnace.
                                                    Penguin eggs!

Eliot Schrefer is a New York Times                  Setting off on the adventure of a lifetime, Alice and Isaac
bestselling author, and has twice been a finalist
                                                    endure perilous storms, a long journey to the South
for the National Book Award. He is also the
author of two novels for adults and four other      Pole, and penguins. Lots and lots of penguins.
novels for children and young adults.
Milo Moss Is Officially Un-                               The Wild Path
              Amazing                                          By Sarah R. Baughman
                 By Lauren Allbright

            Age: 8–12 | 224 pp. | Sep. 1, 2020              Age: 8–12 | 256 pp. | Sep. 1, 2020

   Modern Family meets The Miscalculations of            An earnest and heartfelt novel about a girl
 Lightning Girl in this humorous story about a boy     searching for mysterious wild horses while she
   trying to achieve a Guinness World Record and        struggles with anxiety and her feelings about
discovering what winning really means along the way.      her older brother's battle with addiction.
Midnight on Strange Street                                  Pity Party
          By K. E. Ormsbee                                By Kathleen Lane

     Age: 8–12 | 400 pp. | Jan. 21, 2020            Age: 8–12 | 208 pp. | Jan. 19, 2021

   A tight-knit group of friends discovers    This uproariously dark collection is packed with
newfound powers and must decide if they’ll   quizzes, interactive elements, and illustrations. It's
  use them to stop an impending disaster.    Black Mirror for middle graders - perfect for any
    Perfect for fans of Stranger Things!      kid who has ever felt worried, woeful or weird.
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NONFICTION
  Fall 2020
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                                                               The Worry (Less) Book
                                                                 By Rachel Brian

                                                                 Ages: 6–10
                                                                 Page Count: 64
                                                                 On-Sale: September 1, 2020

                                                               The second book from Rachel Brian, author
                                                               of Consent (for Kids!), which offers methods for
                                                               both understanding and dealing with anxiety in a
                                                               healthy way through an easy-to-read, kid-friendly
                                                               text and funny, clever artwork.

                                                               ore then ever, parents, teachers, and gatekeepers are
                                                               looking for books to help engage kids in conversations
                                                               about anxiety and self-care. This timely title offers an
Rachel Brian       is the founder, owner, and principal        important, age-appropriate conversation starter with
animator of Blue Seat Studios. She is best known for her       backlisting power.
work on "Tea Consent," a video that has been translated into
over 20 languages with more than 150 million views                                  Conesent (For Kids!) Rights sold in: Chinese-Simplified
worldwide across platforms. The follow-up, "Consent for                                   (Beijing Ruyixinxin); Hebrew (Kinneret); Italian
Kids,” has a tremendous following and has been translated                          (DeAgostini); Korean (Book 21 Publishing); Portuguese
into over 15 languages.
                                                                                      (Portugal - PRH); Spanish (Océano de México); UK
                                                                                            (Wren & Rook); Polish (Wydawnictwo Debit)
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Graphic Novels
   Fall 2020
Passport                                        Bologna
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                                                               By Sophia Glock

                                                               Ages: 14 & up
                                                               Page Count: 320
                                                               On-Sale: September 7, 2021
                                                            Passport is a graphic novel memoir of Glock’s
                                                            adolescence. Often abroad, always out of place, and
                                                            with increasing pressure from her family to lay low,
                                                            Sophia struggles to define herself and her place in the
                                                            world. Her emerging sense of self is rocked by her
                                                            discovery that her “foreign diplomat” parents are
                                                            actually spies.
                                   Won in a
                                   6 house                  In semi-realized retaliation, Sophia begins her own
                                   auction!                 double life of drinking, hooking up and partying. Glock
                                                            covers parental abuse, questioning sexuality, sexual
                                                            double standards, and codependent friendships against
                                                            a tumultuous background that includes both a
Sophia Glock       is an accomplished cartoonist whose      government coup and a disastrous hurricane. At once a
work has appeared in The New Yorker, Buzzfeed, and          window into a startlingly unique life, Passport is also a
Time Out New York. Her graphic novel debut will appeal
to fans of beautifully illustrated books such as This One   masterful and intensely relatable account of the messy
Summer and Spinning.                                        questions and challenges we all face coming of age.
Wolfwalkers
                                                                Created by Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart
                                                                Adapted by Samuel Sattin

                                                                Ages: 8 – 12
                                                                Page Count: 208
                                                                On-Sale: November 3, 2020
                                                              This full-color graphic novel from the award-
                                                              winning studio that created The Secret of Kells
                                                              allows fans to immerse themselves in the rich
                                                              storytelling and beautifully hand-crafted art of
                                                              Wolfwalkers, just in time for the film in fall 2020.

                                                              In a time of superstition and magic, an apprentice
                                                              hunter travels to Kilkenny, Ireland with her father.
                                                              Wolves are seen as dangerous and wild beasts,
                                                              which need to be tamed, and Robyn and her father
                                                              have traveled to wipe out the very last pack. But
Samuel Sattin      is a writer and coffee addict. He is the
                                                              when Robyn saves a wild girl named Mebh, their
words behind the Glint trilogy, Bezkamp, Legend, and The
Silent End. His work has appeared or been featured in The     friendship leads her to discover the world of the
Nib, The Atlantic, NPR, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA        Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing
in Comics from California College of the Arts and has a
creative writing MFA from Mills College.                      her father is tasked to destroy.
Baloney and Friends
                                                               By Greg Pizzoli

                                                               Ages: 4 – 18
                                                               Page Count: 96
                                                               On-Sale: April 21, 2020

                                                            Three-time Theodor Seuss Geisel Award recipient Greg
                                                            Pizzoli launches a full-color graphic novel series about
                                                            four funny friends that Dav Pilkey declares "will
                                                            inspire young readers to write and draw their own
                                                            stories"!

                                                            Meet Baloney! He's the star of this book, along with
                                                            his best buddies: empathetic Peanut the horse, sensible
                                                            Bizz the bumblebee, and grumpy Krabbit--he'd rather
                                                            not be here, but what can you do?

Greg Pizzoli      is the creator of the Baloney & Friends   Baloney and friends step into spotlight and embody all
series as well as a three-time Theodor Seuss Geisel Award   the charm of childhood in three short tales and three
recipient for The Watermelon Seed (Medal winner), The
Book Hog (Honor book); and Good Night Owl (Honor            mini-comics that invite readers to join the fun!
book).

                                                                             Rights sold in: Spanish (Anaya) and Catalan (Barcanova)
CatStronauts
    By Drew Brockington

                          Over 190,000 copies sold!

                             Humor, hijinks and real
                             science facts combine to
                             make a full color graphic
                             novel series that’s out of
                                    this world!

                            Rights Sold: Chinese (CITIC
                             Press); Italian (Il Castoro);
                            Korean (Woongjin Think Big
                                Co.); Russian (AST)
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LICENSING
  Fall 2020
Fence: Striking Distance
                                                                 By Sarah Rees Brennan, created by C.S.
                                                                 Pacat, illustrated by Johanna The Mad

                                                                 Ages: 14 & up
                                                                 Page Count: 368
                                                                 On-Sale: March 17, 2020
                                                               The boys of Kings Row bout with drama, rivalry, and
                                                               romance in this original YA novel by The New York
                                                               Times bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan--inspired
                                                               by the award-nominated comic series by C.S. Pacat and
                                                               Johanna The Mad.

                                                               Sixteen-year-old Nicholas Cox is the illegitimate son of
                                                               a retired fencing champion who dreams of getting the
                                                               proper training he could never afford. After earning a
Sarah Rees Brennan is the No. 1 New York Times                 place on the elite Kings Row fencing team, Nicholas
bestselling YA author of over a dozen books, both solo and     must prove himself to his rival, Seiji Katayma, and
co-written with authors including Kelly Link and Maureen
Johnson. She was long-listed for the Carnegie for her first    navigate the clashes, friendships, and relationships
novel. She was born in Ireland by the sea and lives there      between his teammates on the road to state
now in the shadow of a cathedral, where she's working on--     championships--where Nicholas might finally have the
among other things--her series of tie-in novels with the hit
Netflix show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.               chance to spar with his golden-boy half-brother.
The Princess Bride:                        The Office: A Day at Dunder
        A Counting Story                              Mifflin Elementary
By Lena Wolfe, illustrated by Bill Robinson      By Robb Pearlman, illustrated by Melanie Demmer

      Age: 0–3 | 20 pp. | Oct. 6, 2020                     Age: 4–8 | 40 pp. | Oct. 6, 2020
 Heroes, giants, wizards, true love. Celebrate       Filled with fan-favorite characters and hilarious
  the beloved film with this charming board             references to the acclaimed TV show, this
   book that fans will want to share with the     storybook is an age-appropriate way for fans of The
               youngest readers.                  Office to share their love with the whole family, just
                                                          in time for the series' 15th anniversary!
Cuphead:
                          AWARDS
                      & ACCOLADES                                                   Middle Grade #2
                                                                                       By Ron Bates
             “Best Indie Game”

                                                                                       Age: 8–12
                                                                                       Page Count: 288
                                                                                       On-Sale: Sep. 1, 2020
      “Best Games of 2017” list
                                                                                    With more than 4 million units
                                                                                    sold since release, this award-
                                                                                    winning and visually stunning game
                                                                                    has taken the gaming world by
       “Best Xbox One Game”                                                         storm! Now fans can see Cuphead,
                                                                                    Mugman, and friends as they never
                                                                                    have before as they make merry
                                                                                    mischief in the vibrant and topsy-
                                                                                    turvy world of the Inkwell Isles!
“The Cuphead Show!” in development                                                  This middle-grade novel is an
                                                                                    original tale that reimagines
                                     Ron Bates is a former newspaper reporter and   Cuphead's beloved characters
           Rights                    humor columnist, he is the author of How to    alongside black-and-white
           sold in:                  Make Friends and Monsters, How to Survive      illustrations drawn by Studio
           Russian                   Middle School and Monster Bots, and The        MDHR's Lance Miller throughout.
           (Exmo)                    Unflushables.
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YOUNG ADULT
  Fall 2020
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                                                     None Shall Sleep
                                                          By Ellie Marney

                                                            Ages: 14 & up
                                                            Page Count: 400
                                                            On-Sale: September 1, 2020
                                                     Silence of the Lambs meets Sadie in this YA psychological
                                                     thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to
                                                     track down juvenile serial killers.
   Dutch
                                                     Two teenagers, Emma Lewis and Travis Bell, are recruited
 rights sold
                                                     to the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit to interview convicted
 at auction
                                                     juvenile killers. But when the team is called in to give advice
    to De
                                                     on an active case things start to unravel. Working against the
  Fontein!
                                                     clock, they must turn to one of the most notorious
                                                     murderers behind bars for help: teenage serial killer Simon
                                                     Gutmunsson.

Ellie Marney is a teacher and an author of fiction   Despite Travis's objections, Emma becomes the conduit
for Young Adults. Her YA crime trilogy, the          between Simon and the FBI team. But while Simon seems
Every series, and her YA stand alone, White          to be giving them information they need to save lives, he's
Night, have been critically and commercially
successful in Australia and overseas.                an expert manipulator playing a very long game....
You Must Not

                                                       Horrid
                                                                                                 Miss rights sold:
                                                                                                  Russian (AST);
                                                                                                  Polish (Zielona
                                                                                                   Sowa); French
                                                          By Katrina Leno                        (Editions Hugo)

                                                          Ages: 14 & up
                                                          Page Count: 304
                                                          On-Sale: September 15, 2020
                                                       From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting
                                                       contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental
                                                       illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements
                                                       of Stephen King and Agatha Christie.

                                                       Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her
                                                       mom move from sunny California to the dreary,
                                                       dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew
                                                       up. Jane's mom also seems to be spiraling with the return
                                                       of her childhood home, but she won't reveal why. Then
                                                       Jane discovers that the "storage room" her mom has kept
                                                       locked isn't for storage at all--it's a little girl's bedroom, left
Katrina Leno was born on the east coast and            untouched for years and not quite as empty of inhabitants
currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the author of   as it appears....
five critically acclaimed novels: The Half Life of
Molly Pierce, The Lost & Found, Everything All at
Once, Summer of Salt, and You Must Not Miss.           Is it grief? Mental illness? Or something more...horrid?
The Glare
                                                           By Margot Harrison
                                                                                                          Perfect
                                                            Ages: 14 & up                               for fans of
                                                            Page Count: 336                              Black
                                                            On-Sale: July 14, 2020                       Mirror!

                                                       After ten years of living on an isolated, tech-free ranch
                                                       with her mother, sixteen-year-old Hedda is going back to
                                                       the world of the Glare--her word for screens. Hedda was
                                                       taught to be afraid of technology. But now she's going to
                                                       stay with her dad in California, and she's finally ready to
                                                       be normal.

                                                       Once she arrives, Hedda finally feels like she's in control.
                                                       She reunites with old friends and connects with her
                                                       stepmom and half-brother. Then Hedda rediscovers the
                                                       Glare—the real Glare, a first-person shooter game from
                                                       the dark web that scared her when she was younger. They
Margot Harrison has a lifelong habit of creeping       say if you die thirteen times on level thirteen, you die in
herself out and now attempts to creep others out via   real life. But as Hedda starts playing the so-called "death
her fiction. Her teenage dream was to see as many      game"—and the game begins spreading among her
movies as possible and write about them, which she
does as a Tomatometer critic for Vermont media         friends—she realizes the truth behind her nightmares is
company Seven Days.                                    even more twisted than she could have imagined.
Repackage! Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
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Running Press Kids
UPCOMING TITLES
   Fall 2020
Sugar In Milk
                                                        By Thrity Umrigar
                                                        Illustrated by Khoa Le

                                                        Ages: 4 – 8
                                                        Page Count: 48
                                                        On-Sale: October 6, 2020
                                                     A timely and timeless picture book about immigration,
                                                     refugees, acceptance, and tolerance from a NYT
                                                     bestselling author.

                                                     A young girl comes from India to live in America with
                                                     her extended family. She feels alone but then
                                                     remembers a story about a group of Persians who
                                                     were ousted from their country and sailed to India in
                                                     search of a new home. The king of India did not want
                                                     to let them in and explained (using a glass of full milk)
                                                     that the community was simply too full to let them in.
                                                     The king of the Persian refugees then dumped some
Thrity Imrigar is the author of the bestseller The
Space Between Us and its recently released           sugar into the milk, stirred until it dissolved, and
sequel, The Secrets Between Us, as well as many      explained to the king that his people would sweeten
other acclaimed novels.                              their culture. The king lets them in and they prosper.
Classics for Kids

 Pride & Prejudice & Math              A Counting Christmas Carol                  Goldibooks and the Wee Bear
        By Misti Kenison                       By Misti Kenison                              By Troy Wilson
           16 Pages                               16 Pages                          Illustrated by Edwardian Taylor
      On-Sale: 09/22/2020                    On-Sale: 09/22/2020                               32 Pages
Pride & Prejudice & Math teaches       A Counting Christmas Carol teaches                 On-Sale: 01/21/2021
   STEAM skills through classic        STEAM skills through characters and           Wee Bear is in desperate search
  literature. Join the cast of Jane     stories from classic literature. In this      of something new to read, but
  Austen's timeless novel as your      take on A Christmas Carol by Charles          Goldibooks's mama's books are
little one learns basic math skills,      Dickens, learn to count up to 10          too hard, and her dad's books are
   such as addition, subtraction,      alongside Dickens's classic characters.       too soft. Will hers be just right?
geometry, and spatial recognition.
Sweet Picture Books

       Deck the Halls                       God Is Hope                       A Small Kindness
Illustrated by Hazel Quintanilla             By Amy Parker                     By Stacy McAnulty
                                     Illustrated by Chris Saunders        Illustrated by Wendy Leach
          16 Pages
     On-Sale: 10/06/2020                      28 Pages                             32 Pages
                                         On-Sale: 12/08/2020                  On-Sale: 02/02/2021
 'Tis the season to be jolly with
  this new, festive board book       Little ones will feel hopeful of   An impactful picture book with a
  featuring a timeless, favorite    God's eternal love and presence      solid pay-it-forward message to
        Christmas carol.            in this charming holiday-themed       encourage kindness in young
                                     book in a board book series by      children by the award-winning
                                     bestselling author Amy Parker.     author of Excellent Ed and Sun!
                                                                               One In a Billion.
Silly Picture Books

   Bedtime for Superheroes                The Unicorns Who Saved Christmas            A Night At the Farm
        By Katherine Locke                                                             By C+C Mini Factory
                                                  By Mary Winn Heider
   Illustrated by Rayanne Vieira              Illustrated by Christian Cornia                32 Pages
            32 Pages                                    32 Pages                        On-Sale: 02/09/2021
       On-Sale: 11/03/2020                         On-Sale: 10/13/2020
                                                                                       In the spirit of What the
  Being a superhero is hard work!              Can a troop of unicorns really        Dinosaurs Did Last Night, a
 Fighting evil, saving th day, and it’s       save Christmas in this delightful     quirky bedtime story about an
 messy too! After a long day, even             and hilarious unicorn-holiday        eclectic cast of miniature farm
  the best superhero has to rest up                      mash up?                     animals and what they get
for another day of saving the world.                                              themselves into while the farmer is
                                                                                               fast asleep.
Smithsonian Series
 Little Archaeologist                                     Little Zoologist
     Illustrated by Dan Taylor                               Illustrated by Dan Taylor

        Age: 0–3| 22 pp. | Nov. 10, 2020                          Age: 0–3| 22 pp. | Nov. 10, 2020
 Fossils. Shovels. Sieves. Brushes. These are all the   Scales. Notebooks. Habitats. Microscopes. Zoologists
important tools archaeologists use. In this new board   do a lot more than just feed and take care of animals
   book series published in conjunction with the          and now young babies and toddlers will be able to
Smithsonian Institute, young babies and toddlers will     learn all about what it means to be a zoologist and
           learn what an archaeologist does.                    what tools they use as part of their job.
The Popularity Pact:
                                              School Squad
                                                By Eileen Moskowitz-Palma

                                                Ages: 8–12
                                                Page Count: 304
                                                On-Sale: October 6, 2020
                                              Picking up where The Popularity Pact: Camp Clique left
                                              off, the second book in this exciting duology finds
                                              former best friends Bea and Maisy preparing for the
                                 Second
                                 book in      new school year.
                                    the
                                  series!     Bea kept up her end of the bargain, getting Maisy "in"
                                              with the girls at camp. Now it's Maisy's turn to fulfill her
                                              promise to ingratiate Bea with the popular girls. When
                                              Bea is accepted into this new inner circle, she begins to
                                              lose sight of what true friendship is all about. As Bea
Eileen Moskowitz-Palma, a former elementary   seems prepared to sacrifice anything to be "cool," Maisy
school teacher, is an alumna of Sarah         realizes there's more to life than hanging out with a
Lawrence College's The Writing Institute,     bunch of mean girls. Can she convince Bea that the
where she teaches Beginner and Intermediate   popularity pact was a mistake? Can these former friends
Novel Writing.
                                              find their way back to each other?
The Campaign: With Liberty and
                                          Study Hall for All
                                           By Laurie Friedman

                                            Ages: 8–12
                                            Page Count: 208
                                            On-Sale: September 1, 2020
                                          For readers interested in social and political justice,
                                          comes a new middle grade series about the student
                                          council at Liberty Middle School and the
                                          complications that come with trying to keep an entire
                                          student body happy (hint, hint: compromise is
                                          everything).

                                          Amanda Adams has always dreamed of running for
                                          class president. She has the perfect VP in mind for
                                          the school ticket--her best friend Meghan Hart. But
                                          when Amanda finds out that Meghan has political
Laurie Friedman is the award-winning
author of more than fifty critically
                                          ambitions of her own, these two best friends
acclaimed picture books, chapter books,   suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the
and novels for young readers.             aisle, and, as each girl mounts her campaign, it's clear
                                          the gloves are about to come off.
Nonfiction Collections

Really Stupid Stories for               Fierce Heroines                     We Got Game
                                          By Rosie Knight                  By Aileen Weintraub
  Really Smart Kids              Illustrated by Arielle Jovellanos      Illustrated by Sarah Green
        By Alan Katz
 Illustrated by Gary Boller            160 Pages | 12 & up                 128 Pages | 8 – 12
                                       On-Sale: 09/01/2020                On-Sale: 11/17/2021
    176 Pages | 8 – 12
   On-Sale: 10/06/2020         An illustrated anthology featuring 75    Highlights diverse women in
                                 strong female characters from all      sports from around the globe
   A collection of twenty     realms of pop culture, including Sailor    and throughout history who
 outrageously funny short     Moon, Daphne and Velma, Hermione           not only broke records but
stories for younger middle      Granger, Princess Peach, Wonder          were important influencers
       grade readers.            Woman, Laura Croft, and more.                 of social change.
Contact Information
Janelle DeLuise, Subsidiary Rights Director
Territories: UK, China, Taiwan, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Latin America,
Baltic States, Eastern Europe, Israel
Email: Janelle.Deluise@hbgusa.com

Hannah Koerner, Subrights Associate
Territories: UK, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Korea, Japan,
Southeast Asia, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Greece, Turkey
Email: Hannah.Koerner@hbgusa.com
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