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Penguin Young Readers Group: Nancy Paulsen Books | May 1, 2012

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Nancy Paulsen Books/A Division of Penguin Young Readers launched its first hardcover list in Fall 2011. The imprint publishes approximately fifteen books a year and focuses on picture books that are eye-opening and often funny, and fiction from diverse and distinct voices, especially stories that are inventive and emotionally satisfying. These are the kinds of books that are adopted by book clubs and that appear on state lists, generated by the votes of children.

Bestselling titles: 
Strega Nona’s Gift by award winner Tomie dePaola
Published October 2011. 
Looking at Lincoln by renowned author/artist Maira Kalman
Published January 2012.

One new title:
Beneath a Meth Moon by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline Woodson
Published February 2012.

One title you may not have heard about:
One for the Murphys, by debut author Lynda Mullaly Hunt

 

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