Thank you for joining us today. Marvelous Middle-Grade Books will begin at 1 p.m. CDT. Until then, enjoy the silence! Today s panelists: Marvelous Middle-Grade Books Tuesday, August 25 1 p.m. CDT Beth Oleniczak Marketing Specialist Lisa DiSarro Director of School & Library Marketing Mary Cash Editor-in-Chief Kelly Loughman Editor Ilise Levine Sales & Marketing Tyler Whitesides J. Scott Savage Valerie Garfield Vice President Ilene Cooper Booklist Senior Editor, Books for Youth @Booklist_Ilene Tweeting? #BKLMarvelousMG @ALA_Booklist Today s panelists: Download a list of the titles featured in today s presentation at Beth Oleniczak Marketing Specialist Mary Cash Editor-in-Chief Kelly Loughman Editor Valerie Garfield Vice President bit.ly/marvelousmg Lisa DiSarro Director of School & Library Marketing Ilise Levine Sales & Marketing J. Scott Savage Tyler Whitesides Tweeting? #BKLMarvelousMG @ALA_Booklist Beth Oleniczak Marketing Specialist 1
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Valerie Garfield Vice President Continuing Favorites for Younger Readers New and Continuing Middle Grade Series On Sale 10.6.15 On Sale 12.15.15 Ages: 5-9 14 Titles Currently Available On Sale 9.8.15 On Sale 12.22.15 Ages: 5-9 11 Titles Currently Available IntheMiddleBooks.com Continuing Favorites for Younger Readers Continuing Favorites for Younger Readers On Sale 9.15.15 On Sale 11.17.15 On Sale 10.20.15 On Sale 11.24.15 Ages: 5-9 11 Titles Currently Available Ages: 5-9 14 Titles Currently Available Ages: 5-9 8 Titles Currently Available Ages: 5-9 8 Titles Currently Available 8
Just Launched for Younger Readers Just Launched for Younger Readers On Sale 10.13.15 On Sale 12.8.15 On Sale 12.8.15 Ages 5-9 4 Titles Currently Available Ages 5-9 4 Titles Currently Available Upcoming for Younger Readers Upcoming for Younger Readers Launching January 2016! On Sale 1.19.16 Ages: 5-9 Launching April 2016! On Sale 4.5.16 Ages: 5-9 Continuing Favorites for Middle Grade Continuing Favorites for Middle Grade On Sale 9.15.15 On Sale 10.6.15 Ages: 8-12 25 Titles Currently Available On Sale 9.15.15 Ages: 8-12 12 Titles Currently Available On Sale 11.17.15 Ages: 8-12 7 Titles Currently Available Ages: 8-12 19 Titles Currently Available 9
Just Launched for Middle Grade In the Middle Books Visit IntheMiddleBooks.com for info on all of Simon & Schuster s middle grade series, including old favorites and new releases. Plus, download activities, watch videos and more! On Sale 9.1.15 Ages: 8-12 2 Titles Currently Available On Sale 11.3.15 IntheMiddleBooks.com Keep in touch with Simon & Schuster Education & Library Marketing! Visit SimonandSchuster.net for educators & librarians and sign up for our monthly Librarian e-newsletter. Lisa DiSarro Director of School & Library Marketing Become a Fan on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/ssedlib Follow us on Twitter! @SSEdLib Follow us on Pinterest! http://pinterest.com/ssedlib FREE Middle Grade Series Library! Email us at education.library@simonandschuster.com for your chance to win a free library featuring the first book in every series featured today! Please be sure to include your complete library mailing address and the subject line Middle Grade Series." Fall 2015 Each season, HMH Books for Young Readers selects books from their list that are especially appropriate for middle grade readers and highlights them in a special campaign for parents, teachers, and booksellers called Middle Grade Mania. There s something for every kid among the titles in HMH s fall 2015 Middle Grade Mania selections exciting mysteries, thought-provoking science fiction, and funny adventure stories. www.hmhbooks.com/middlegrademania 10
Took By Mary Downing Hahn 978-0-544-55153-4 $16.99 Pub Date: 09/15/2015 "Horror fans and readers looking for a good scare will enjoy this creepy tale. School Library Journal "Satisfyingly frightening." Publishers Weekly Milo Speck, Accidental Agent By Linda Urban 978-0-544-41951-3 $16.99 Ages 7 to 10 Grades 2 to 5 Pub Date: 09/01/2015 "Clever humor and daring rescues will keep readers glued to Milo's adventures and hoping for future ones. Publishers Weekly "Humor and action abound in this fastpaced adventure with plenty of twists and turns...an entertaining choice." School Library Journal Hoodoo By Ronald L. Smith 978-0-544-44525-3 $16.99 Pub Date: 09/01/2015 Seekers of the scary and something different need look no further." Kirkus Reviews A riveting story with a dollop of southern gothic appeal. Booklist The Case of the Phantom Cat By Holly Webb 978-0-544-58243-9 $15.99 Ages 7 to 10 Grades 2 to 5 Pub Date: 09/15/2015 The third installment in the Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins series is the spookiest one yet! Battle of the Bots By C.J. Richards 978-0-544-58243-9 $13.99 Ages 7 to 10 Grades 2 to 5 Pub Date: 11/03/2015 Best friends George Gearing and Jackbot continue their adventures in book three of the Robots Rule series. I m an Alien and I Want to Go Home By Jo Franklin 978-0-544-44295-5 $16.99 Pub Date: 11/01/2015 Borrowed Time By Greg Leitich Smith 978-0-544-23711-7 $16.99 Pub Date: 11/10/2015 A time-travel thrill ride through the Cretaceous Era and a fast-paced companion tochronalengine. The Last Bogler By Catherine Jinks 978-0-544-08696-8 $16.99 Pub Date: 01/05/2016 There is much to enjoy in this excellent adventure series. School Library Journal Daniel is picked on by teachers, and doesn t look like anyone else in his family. He figures he must be an alien and forms a mission team with his two friends to get himself back to his home planet with funny (and near-disastrous) results. 11
Lizzie and the Lost Baby By Cheryl Blackford 978-0-544-57099-3 $16.99 Pub Date: 01/12/2016 When Mischief Came to Town By Katrina Nannestad 978-0-544-53432-2 $16.99 Pub Date: 01/05/2016 It s impossible not to be smitten with Lizzie, who not only finds a lost baby, but courage, friendship, justice, and a way forward in her new life." Margi Preus, New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner of Heart of a Samurai When 10-year-old Inge comes to live with her grandmother, she brings joy and laughter into her grandmother's life, and ends up changing the climate of the town and finding a new family. The Rosemary Spell By Virginia Zimmerman 978-0-544-44537-6 $16.99 Pub Date: 12/01/2015 The Girl Who Could Not Dream By Sarah Beth Durst 978-0-544-46497-1 $16.99 Pub Date: 11/03/2015 Young teens Rosemary and Adam are challenged to believe in and defeat a spell that makes people vanish, even from memory, after they accidently use it on Adam s sister. A fun, fast read with broad appeal." School Library Journal, starred review Funny, warm, and highly imaginative. KirkusReviews, starred review Thank You! Lisa DiSarro Director of School & Library Marketing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers 222 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116 617-351-5956 F 617-351-1111 lisa.disarro@hmhco.com Ilise Levine Sales & Marketing J. Scott Savage Tyler Whitesides Instagram: HMHKids Facebook: HMHTeen Tumblr: hmhkids.tumblr.com Twitter: @HMHKids Pinterest: HMHKids Blog: hmhyoungreadersblog.com 12
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