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Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Book of a Thousand DaysAn enchanting stand-alone fairy tale reimagining from the Newbery Honor Medalist.

Bloomsbury Children’s Books, September 2007, ISBN#: 978-1-59990-051-3

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I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos

I Am Not Joey PigzaJoey Pigza is back in the fourth installment of the award-winning series.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.00, August 2007, ISBN#: 978-0-374-39941-2

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What Are You Hungry For? by Emme Aronson

What Are You Hungry For? Supermodel and television host Emme Aronson‘s first picture book playfully explores issues of self-image and self-esteem as a young narrator hungers for different things to feel good- from favorite foods like pizza to time with friends and family.

HarperCollins Children’s Books, $15.99, July 2007, ISBN#: 978-0-06-054307-5

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Dizzy illustrated by Kary Lee

Dizzy by Kary LeeHe dives, he flips, he clears full gainers reversed with a spin. Dizzy is the fastest and busiest dolphin ever.

Stonehorse Publishing, $16.95, June 1, 2007, ISBN#: 9780976419921

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Frederick Douglass, Young Defender of Human Rights illustrated by Cathy Morrison

Frederick DouglassIn Volume 13 of the Young Patriots Series, children will share Frederick Douglass’ struggle against the bonds of slavery, applaud his determination to learn to read and thrill at his escape to the North and freedom.

Patria Press, Inc., $15.95, February 2007, ISBN#: 9781882859573

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Everyday Cat Excuses by Molly Brandenburg

Everyday Cat ExcusesIt’s the hilarious new cartoon book, full of feline fun, for cats and people!

Potatohead Press, $10.99, January 1, 2007, ISBN#: 1-4196-5226-5

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Gadgetology by Pam Abrams

GadgetologyGadgetology: Kitchen Fun with Your Kids, Using 35 Cooking Gadgets for Simple Recipes, Crafts, Games and Experiments encourages kids to explore food and cooking with fun crafts, recipes and experiments that they can do with their parents, all based around kitchen gadgets.

The Harvard Common Press, $14.95, April 1, 2007, ISBN#: 978-1-55832-346-9

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Smiletown’s Upside Down by Chris Kauflin

Smiletown's Upside DownThe Frownies set out to drive the Frolics from Smiletown, so Govn’r Grim casts a wicked spell hoping to uproot the Frolics from their town.

Smile-a-Lot, LLP, $14.95, May 2007, ISBN#: 978-0-9785132-4-5

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A Kiss Goodbye by Audrey Penn

A Kiss GoodbyeA second tender sequel to New York Times bestseller The Kissing Hand; beloved Chester Raccoon faces a dilemma common to the lives of many children: He and his family are moving.

Tanglewood Press, $16.95, May 2007, ISBN#: 978-1-933718-04-0

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Schedule of Upcoming Author Podcasts

At this year’s BEA show, we launched an exciting new promotional program — the Authors Studio. More than 80 authors recorded three- or five-minute audio podcasts discussing their latest books with our Emmy-winning news reporter, Les Shapiro.

Hear New and Notable Authors – Right Here at the Authors Studio

Beginning June 12, 2007, we will release these podcasts four to five each day over the course of the next month. You can sign up to receive these podcasts for free through iTunes, an RSS reader or by e-mail. Just click on the icons in the left navigational bar. As you can see from the list below, it is an exciting, eclectic and educational group of authors.

• “90 Minutes in Heaven” by Don Piper
• “A Kiss Goodbye” by Audrey Penn
• “A Letter to Sophie” by Dr. Aziz Anis
• “Bedtime Stories: The short, long and tall tales of a sleepwriter” by Barbara Worton
• “Behind Happy Faces: What Young Adults Need to Know About Mental Health” by Ross Szabo
• “Bloodline” by F. Paul Wilson
• “Book of a Thousand Days” by Shannon Hale
• “Buddha” by Deepak Chopra
• “Buzz: How to Create It and Win With It” by Edward I. Koch
• “Category 7” by Bill Evans and Marianna Jameson
• “Cello Playing for Music Lovers” by Vera Mattlin Jiji
• “China’s Brave New World- And Other Tales for Global Times” by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
• “Deadstock” by Kate Iola
• “Dizzy” by Kary Lee
• “Do’s and Don’ts for First, Second and Third Wives” by Juliet Gipson
• “Drawing Dragons and Those Who Hunt Them” by Christopher Hart
• “Even June Cleaver Would Forget the Juice Box: Cut Yourself Some Slack and Raise Great Kids in the Age of Extreme Parenting” by Ann Dunnewold, Ph.D.
• “Everyday Cat Excuses” by Molly Brandenburg
• “FAT Balance Diet; 10 Steps to Weight Loss Freedom” by Kevin Jones, MBA
• “Fat, Broke and Lonely No More!” by Victoria Moran
• “Fitness Made Simple” by John Basedow
• “Frederick Douglass, Young Defender of Human Rights” by Cathy Morrison
• “Gadgetology: Kitchen Fun with Your Kids, Using 35 Cooking Gadgets for Simple Recipes, Crafts, Games and Experiments” by Pam Abrams
• “Give God the Glory!” by Kevin Wayne Johnson
• “God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist” by Victor J. Stenger
• “Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment” by Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D.
• “Heart-Shaped Box” by Joe Hill
• “How I Trade Commodities” by Alan Kluis
• “I Am Not Joey Pigza” by Jack Gantos
• “IDOLeyes” by Mandisa Hundley
• “Influencer: The Power to Change Anything” by Joseph Grenny
• “Jubilee City” by Joe Andoe
• “Leave Your Mind Behind: The Everyday Practice of Finding Stillness Amid Rushing Thoughts” by Matthew McKay, Ph.D.
• “Life’s a Beach” by Claire Cook
• “Lily Dale: Awakening” by Wendy Corsi Staub
• “Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days” by Peter Glickman
• “Mantalk- Tips From the Pros for Great Looks, Good Health, and Maintaining Your Competitive Edge” by Dr. Elliot Jacobs
• “Maranatha Et in Arcadia Ego: The Companion” by Duncan Burden
• “Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac” by Gabrielle Zevin
• “My Latest Grievance” by Elinor Lipman
• “My Mother the Cheerleader” by Robert Sharenow
• “Night Blind” by JanWorth
• “Nothing: Something to Believe In” by Nica Lalli
• “One Mountain, Many Paths” by Dr. Patrick Swift
• “Religious Literacy” by Stephen Prothero
• “Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career, and Revel in Your Individuality” by Christine Comaford-Lynch
• “Run” by Ann Patchett
• “Say Goodbye To Your PDI” by Stan Kapuchinski, M.D.
• “Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography” by David Michaelis
• “SeniVision” by Janet Louise Gibson
• “Simple Happiness: 52 Easy Ways to Lighten Up” by Jim Ryan
• “Slipknot” by Linda Greenlaw
• “Smile for Life- Rejuvination Dentistry and The Art of Wellness” by Gerald P. Curatola, D.D.S
• “Smiletown’s Upside Down” by Chris Kauflin
• “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You” by Peter Cameron
• “Soul Catcher” by Michael White
• “Spaceman Blues: A Love Song” by Brian Francis Slattery
• “State of the Heart: A Medical Tourist’s True Story of Lifesaving Surgery in India” by Maggi Ann Grace
• “Tabloid Prodigy: Dishing the Dirt, Getting the Gossip, and Selling My Soul in the Cutthroat World of Hollywood Reporting” by Marlise Elizabeth Kast
• “Taking on the Big Boys” by Ellen Bravo
• “The Golden Dreydl” by Ellen Kushner
• “The Gospel According to The Simpsons” by Mark I. Pinsky
• “The Grand Illusion: Love, Lies, and My Life with Styx” by Chuck Panozzo
• “The Intruders” by Michael Marshall
• “The Lost Constitution” by William Martin
• “The Mystery of Devil’s Gulch” by Patricia Rose Upczak
• “The Nancy Drew Graphic Novels” by Stefan Petrucha
• “The Rest of Her Life” by Laura Moriarty
• “The Scientific Worldview” by Glenn Borchardt, Ph.D.
• “The Secret of Priest’s Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story” by Chris Nicola
• “The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep” by John Hulme and Michael Wexler
• “The Show It Love Workout” by Kacy Duke
• “The Summoner: Book One of the Chronicles of the Necromancer” by Gail Z. Martin
• “The 3rd 100 Best Things I’ve Sold on eBay — Ka-Ching!” by Lynn Dralle
• “The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain” by Peter Sís
• “The Witch of Portobello” by Paulo Coelho
• “Truancy” by Isamu Fukui
• “True Talents” by David Lubar
• “Waking Spirit: Prose & Poems the Spirit Sings” by Shirley Cheng
• “War in the Middle East: A Reporter’s Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War” by Wilborn Hampton
• “What Are You Hungry For?” by Emme Aronson
• “When Day Breaks” by Mary Jane Clark
• “Where Wisdom Lies: A message from nature’s small creatures” by Hope Ives Mauran
• “Wicked Lovely” by Melissa Marr
• “Woof! A Gay Man’s Guide to Dogs” by Andrew De Prisco
• “Zero Debt for College Grads” by Lynnette Khalfani

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