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I Saw Esau: A Schoolchild's Pocket Book,
edited by Iona and Peter Opie and illustrated by Caldecott award-winner Maurice
Sendak
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Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?, written by
Martin Waddell and illustrated by Barbara Firth, most likely the only
children's book that was inspired by a publisher's logo (the Candlewick bear).
More than 100,000 copies are sold this first year alone.
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Farmer Duck, written by Martin Waddell and
illustrated by Kate Greenaway award-winning artist Helen Oxenbury. This tale,
about the lazy farmer and the hard-working duck who gets up with the cows, goes
on to win many other honors.
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Everyone's favorite way to say, "I Love You": Guess How Much I
Love You, by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram.
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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, by
Susan Wojciechowski, illustrated by P.J. Lynch. The New York Times Book Review
says it is "unfolded with such mastery, humor, and emotional force that we are
entirely in its power."
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It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and
Sexual Health, by Robie H. Harris, illustrated by Michael
Emberley. Widely reviewed and much discussed, this book eventually earns 14
prestigious honors, including "best book of the year" from Publishers Weekly
and School Library Journal.
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| My Very First Mother Goose, a collaboration
between world-renowned folklorist Iona Opie and acclaimed illustrator Rosemary
Wells, is voted one of the best-illustrated children's books by The New York
Times Book Review and eventually reaps more than a dozen additional awards. USA
Today says this book "should be the gift every newborn receives and every
toddler is read from." (Its huge success leads to a companion volume,
Here Comes Mother Goose, the following year and four board
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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey continues
to rack up honors, this time with a prestigious Christopher Medal for
"affirming the highest values of the human spirit." Critics predict that this
book would quickly establish itself as a best-selling classic. (The critics
were right. Holiday sales have increased every year.)
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The meteoric success of Guess How Much I Love You
inspires an entire product line: the best-selling board book, a boxed set, a
calendar, a pop-up edition, a baby record book, and plush toys.
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| Happy Anniversary! Martin Handford's Waldo --
first published in 1987 by Walker Books, our London affiliate -- celebrates its
tenth year as a publishing phenomenon. Selling more than 30 million copies
worldwide, this tiny bespectacled traveler in sensible shoes becomes one of the
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| When Jessie Came Across the Sea, a picture
book about the immigrant experience by Amy Hest and illustrated by P.J. Lynch,
wins a Christopher Award for "affirming the highest values of the human
spirit." |
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Big Bear Newsletter, our e-newsletter,
debuts. It's fun and it's free -- help
yourself!
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| A face made for television: Lucy Cousins's inimitable mouse Maisy
makes her series debut on Nick Jr., with 15 new titles to support her.
Candlewick sells more than 1.1 million Maisy books in 1999 alone. |
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The people have spoken -- and Candlewick emerges the winner! In a nationwide
vote, booksellers confer Publishers Weekly's Best Publisher
Promotion on our Handselling Kit -- a program to help
booksellers find just the right book for each customer.
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Illustrator P.J. Lynch earns his third Christopher Award for Grandad's
Prayers of the Earth, written by Douglas Wood, about the
bond between grandparent and child.
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| Candlewick titles sweep the Kate Greenaway awards (the U.K.'s equivalent of the
Caldecott award for the best illustrations in children's books) with
all seven titles on the shortlist. |
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Winner
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, written by Lewis Carroll
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Highly Commended
Clarice Bean, That's Me!, written and illustrated by Lauren
Child |
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Commended
Weslandia, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, written by Paul
Fleischman
The Sea-Thing Child, illustrated by Patrick
Benson, written by Russell Hoban
Wombat Goes Walkabout, illustrated by
Christian Birmingham, written by Michael Morpurgo
The Storm, written and illustrated by Kathy
Henderson
Days Like This, written and illustrated by
Simon James
Castle Diary, illustrated by Chris Riddell,
written by Richard Platt.
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Sales of Guess How Much I Love You top 10
million copies -- that's probably enough to reach "to the moon -- and back."
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Candlewick Press staff grows to more than 60.
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For the second year in a row, booksellers choose Candlewick's Handselling Kit as
the Best Publisher Promotion!
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Candlewick's www.brandnewreaders.com
site launches in May to introduce books for the first-time reader. Rave reviews
from 5-year-olds: "funny and cool."
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You are here. Candlewick's Web site launches in January 2001.
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Kate DiCamillo's runaway bestseller Because of Winn-Dixie-
'a hymn of praise to dogs, friendship, and the South' -is selected as a Newbery
Honor book. It's also a New York Times bestseller, a Book Sense bestseller, a
Book Sense book of the year, and nominated for more than 30 state book awards-
among many other distinctions!
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Celia Rees's spellbinding Witch Child alights
on store shelves on July 13, 2001, accompanied by the launch of a mini website.
Within two weeks the riveting novel is on the Book Sense 76 list as one of the
Top 10 books independent booksellers like to recommend.
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It's lovely at the top! Three Candlewick titles find a spot on The New York
Times Book Review bestsellers list: Because of Winn-Dixie;
Rosemary Wells's Felix Feels Better; and
Kiss Good Night, a new bedtime classic by Amy Hess,
illustrated by Anita Jeram.
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A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems,
edited by Paul B. Janeczko and illustrated by Chris Raschka, is named a
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Book Review Best
Illustrated Book.
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Beautiful gifts from beautiful books . . . Candlewick Press enthusiastically
launches Candlewick Gift, an exquisite line of cards, note paper, picture
frames, and photo albums, all inspired by Candlewick books.
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The hilarious I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato
earns author-illustrator Lauren Child a prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal.
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Kate DiCamillo's second novel, The Tiger Rising,
is one of four titles to be nominated for a National Book Award in the category
of Young People's Literature.
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Candlewick Press moves into its tenth publishing season with something for
virtually everyone, from sturdy baby books to provocative young adult novels.
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Candlewick goes to the White House! First Lady Laura Bush reads
Tom Rabbit, written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by
Barbara Firth, to a rapt audience of children at the annual Easter Egg Roll on
April 1. Meanwhile, who was that bunny hopping across the South Lawn? Looks
like the costumed character Big Nutbrown Hare, straight out of the pages of the
best-selling Guess How Much I Love You! He
joins Candlewick authors and illustrators Amy Hest, Scott Nash, and Matt
Tavares reading from their own books and other Candlewick favorites.
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FEED by M. T. Anderson, already a National Book Award Finalist, wins the
LOS ANGELES TIMES Book Prize in the young adult fiction category.
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Candlewick has two winners and an honor book selection at the 2003 BOSTON
GLOBE-HORN BOOK Awards. BIG MOMMA MAKES THE WORLD by Phyllis
Root, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, takes top honors in the picture book
category and THE JAMIE AND ANGUS STORIES, by Anne Fine with
illustrations by Penny Dale, wins in the fiction category. FEED earns
author M. T. Anderson an honor in the fiction category.
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JUDY MOODY mania - the Judy Moody series, written by Megan McDonald,
illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds, reaches new heights. Now with four titles and
still growing, Judy Moody continues to charm her old fans and win over new ones
by the thousands. On PUBLISHERS WEEKLY and BOOK SENSE bestseller
lists, JUDY MOODY wins the first annual Beverly Cleary Children's Choice
Award. This new literary award was created by the Oregon Educational Media
Association and is named in honor of prolific children's novelist Beverly
Clearly.
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Two books enjoy the view from the NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW bestseller
list. DRAGONOLOGY, a lavishly illustrated gift book, sells out within
weeks of its publication. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, a third triumph for
author Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Tim Ering, is at five weeks on the list
and counting!
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Kudos! Candlewick makes the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY list of Top 10 Children's
Book Publishers and is named the New England Booksellers' Association Publisher
of the Year! This extraordinary vote of praise from our very own regional
booksellers, is intended to honor "every aspect of our business."
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Australian author-illustrator Bob Graham is celebrated with a Kate Greenaway
Medal for JETHRO BYRD, FAIRY CHILD.
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Candlewick makes it to the silver screen! Filming begins on CONFESSIONS OF A
TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN (released in February 2004) and BECAUSE OF
WINN-DIXIE (released in February 2005). Meanwhile, our CONFESSIONS
OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN movie tie-in paperback finds its own place on
the NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW bestseller list.
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Candlewick Press starts 2004 with a bang! On the same day that THE EARTH, MY
BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS by Carolyn Mackler receives a Michael
L. Printz Honor, THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX by Kate DiCamillo is awarded the
Newbery Medal, Candlewick's first!
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Beloved Candlewick author Martin Waddell is honored with the Hans Christian
Andersen Medal. The highest international recognition given to creators of
children's books, the medal is presented every two years to an author whose
complete work has made an important and lasting contribution to children's
literature.
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Commemorating a decade of promoting kids' sexual health, Candlewick Press
reissued IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL in a special tenth anniversary
edition fully updated with the latest information for today's kids, teens, and
families. Also in 2004, IT'S SO AMAZING turned
five-years-old-and was revised with the most up-to-date facts.
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Candlewick Press has a bestseller bonanza with six books on the NEW YORK
TIMES BOOK REVIEW bestseller list. AND HERE'S TO YOU!, BECAUSE
OF WINN-DIXIE, CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN, DRAGONOLOGY, EGYPTOLOGY,
and THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX all find a home among the
bestsellers of 2004!
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Cherished Candlewick classic GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU celebrates
its tenth anniversary-and 15 million copies sold! In honor of this milestone,
Candlewick Press publishes the GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU TENTH ANNIVERSARY
EDITION along with the TENTH ANNIVERSARY HUGGING HARES
plush pair and the GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU CD PACK.
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By popular demand, Judy Moody's younger "bother" gets a chance to star in his
very own series. Stink's first solo adventure, STINK: THE INCREDIBLE
SHRINKING KID publishes in April 2005 to the delight of Judy Moody
fans everywhere!
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From Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, renowned pop-up masters, comes ENCYCLOPEDIA
PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS. This thrilling 3-D tribute to the world's
most beloved extinct animals is the paper engineers' biggest pop-up book ever,
and makes a major splash in the industry-even before its August 2005
publication.
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