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Rights Report: Week of November 24, 2025
New deals for Isabel Cañas, Margie Fuston, Tegan Cassell, and others.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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“Detail-rich biographical poems and charismatic acrylic and collage illustrations result” in Selina Alko’s picture book OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JUDY THE GREAT, “an exuberant homage to Judy Blume”
Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume by Selina Alko
Alko’s detail-rich biographical poems and charismatic acrylic and collage illustrations result in an exuberant homage to Judy Bl...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Detail-rich biographical poems and charismatic acrylic and collage illustrations result” in Selina Alko’s picture book OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JUDY THE GREAT, “an exuberant homage to Judy Blume”
★ Jane Kurtz and illustrator Giselle Potter’s “engaging” picture book MARY MORLAND IN THE TIME OF DINOSAUR DISCOVERY “emphasizes the figure’s enthusiastic embrace of the world’s wonders”
Mary Morland in the Time of Dinosaur Discovery by Jane Kurtz
Wry interrogative narration energizes this engaging portrait of scientist and illustrator Mary Morland (1797–1857). A picture of...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
★ Jane Kurtz and illustrator Giselle Potter’s “engaging” picture book MARY MORLAND IN THE TIME OF DINOSAUR DISCOVERY “emphasizes the figure’s enthusiastic embrace of the world’s wonders”
Chris Van Dusen Was Surprised as Anyone When Taylor Swift Wore His T-Shirt | Midcoast Villager buff.ly/v0ODZZ0
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Chris Van Dusen Was Surprised as Anyone When Taylor Swift Wore His T-Shirt | Midcoast Villager buff.ly/v0ODZZ0
On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship | Literary Hub buff.ly/d8BEqgC
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship | Literary Hub buff.ly/d8BEqgC
Newbery Medalist Tae Keller peppers “adroit musings about climate disaster, misogyny, and the cyclical patterns of history” throughout her middle grade novel WHEN TOMORROW BURNS, a “moving, clear-eyed exhortation on the necessity of community”
When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller
Seventh grade trials—and a healthy dose of mystical meddling—jeopardize a tight-knit trio’s yearslong friendship in Newbery meda...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Newbery Medalist Tae Keller peppers “adroit musings about climate disaster, misogyny, and the cyclical patterns of history” throughout her middle grade novel WHEN TOMORROW BURNS, a “moving, clear-eyed exhortation on the necessity of community”
Stephen Anderson, Linguist Who Refuted Doctor Dolittle, Dies at 82 | New York Times
Stephen Anderson, Linguist Who Refuted Doctor Dolittle, Dies at 82
In “Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion,” he argued that language is a biological system unique to humans, despite the widespread belief that it extended to other animals.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Stephen Anderson, Linguist Who Refuted Doctor Dolittle, Dies at 82 | New York Times
★ “A wealth of aunties contribute to an Indigenous child’s day-to-day” in HERE COME THE AUNTIES!, a “lovingly communal picture book portrait” from Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrator Aphelandra
Here Come the Aunties! by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A wealth of aunties contribute to an Indigenous child’s day-to-day in this lovingly communal picture book portrait. Celebratory ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
★ “A wealth of aunties contribute to an Indigenous child’s day-to-day” in HERE COME THE AUNTIES!, a “lovingly communal picture book portrait” from Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrator Aphelandra
Rhiannon Giddens Illustrates 'Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music' | People
Rhiannon Giddens Illustrates 'Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music' — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Rhiannon Giddens has illustrated the children’s book 'Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music', edited by Kelly McCartney and Rissi Palmer, and PEOPLE can exclusively…
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November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Rhiannon Giddens Illustrates 'Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music' | People
Helme Heine, creator of 'Friends' and many other picture books, has died at age 84 | MSN buff.ly/4mCaXjv
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Helme Heine, creator of 'Friends' and many other picture books, has died at age 84 | MSN buff.ly/4mCaXjv
Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over a children’s literature lesson about gender identity. was unjustified | AP
Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
A Texas A&M committee agreed the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature…
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over a children’s literature lesson about gender identity. was unjustified | AP
Jeopardy! contestants left stumped over iconic children’s book clue | The Mirror
Jeopardy! contestants left stumped over iconic children’s book clue
Jeopardy! stumped players with a 1942 book clue, as the returning champion took the lead Thursday
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November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Jeopardy! contestants left stumped over iconic children’s book clue | The Mirror
The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards | 100 Scope Notes
And the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards Go To . . .
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards!
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards | 100 Scope Notes
“Friendships and romances are tested against the backdrop of a magical Ivy League school” in Melissa de la Cruz’s “energetic dark academia” YA fantasy series opener SIBYLLINE
Sibylline (Sibylline #1) by Melissa de la Cruz
Friendships and romances are tested against the backdrop of a magical Ivy League school in this energetic dark academia fantasy ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Friendships and romances are tested against the backdrop of a magical Ivy League school” in Melissa de la Cruz’s “energetic dark academia” YA fantasy series opener SIBYLLINE
Gather 'round the table — it's time for a 'Family Feast" | NPR
Gather 'round the table — it's time for a 'Family Feast!'
Big Ma dashes off commands, pots clang, aunts and uncles shoot the breeze, little ones beg to lick the bowl, ham and candied yam. Family Feast! is about food, family and love.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Gather 'round the table — it's time for a 'Family Feast" | NPR
A Major Court Win for IMLS, Libraries | Book Riot
A Major Court Win for IMLS, Libraries
Trump and his administration are barred from dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services, thanks to a judge's ruling.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A Major Court Win for IMLS, Libraries | Book Riot
John Green Doesn’t Want You to Lose the Magic of Your Teenage Self | New York Times buff.ly/BtXXjkV
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
John Green Doesn’t Want You to Lose the Magic of Your Teenage Self | New York Times buff.ly/BtXXjkV
Christopher Pike’s Young Adult Novel ‘Die Softly’ Optioned for Movie Adaptation | Bloody Disgusting buff.ly/aDXz5be
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Christopher Pike’s Young Adult Novel ‘Die Softly’ Optioned for Movie Adaptation | Bloody Disgusting buff.ly/aDXz5be
★ “Offering community care alongside space to heal is the gentle model animating” the picture book THE SWEATER, a “compassionate woodland tale” from Larissa Theule and illustrator Teagan White
The Sweater by Larissa Theule
Offering community care alongside space to heal is the gentle model animating this compassionate woodland tale. When raccoon Hol...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
★ “Offering community care alongside space to heal is the gentle model animating” the picture book THE SWEATER, a “compassionate woodland tale” from Larissa Theule and illustrator Teagan White
My Kid Loves Percy Jackson. What Should They Read Next? | New York Times
Novels for Kids Who Love Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson Series
Eleven recommendations for fans of Rick Riordan’s Olympians series, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My Kid Loves Percy Jackson. What Should They Read Next? | New York Times
International Children’s Publishers Mobilize for a Stronger Future | Publishing Perspectives buff.ly/hyFd9FB
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
International Children’s Publishers Mobilize for a Stronger Future | Publishing Perspectives buff.ly/hyFd9FB
‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Trailer: First Look at Joseph Zada’s Young Haymitch in Series Prequel | Variety buff.ly/WvIxVJD
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Trailer: First Look at Joseph Zada’s Young Haymitch in Series Prequel | Variety buff.ly/WvIxVJD
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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In Brief: November 20, 2025 buff.ly/AqEiK31
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In Brief: November 20, 2025 buff.ly/AqEiK31
A holiday picture book about unwanted gifts, a tale of a family passing on a tradition, a picture book exploring guilt, and more new books hitting shelves next week buff.ly/p4GbALB
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A holiday picture book about unwanted gifts, a tale of a family passing on a tradition, a picture book exploring guilt, and more new books hitting shelves next week buff.ly/p4GbALB