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Click here to check out next season’s books from Charlesbridge, Imagine, Mackinac Island Press, and EarlyLight Books.

Author Anna McQuinn’s series about that spunky book lover Lola continues with a new title, Lola Reads to Leo, due out February 1st. Charlesbridge took a moment to ask the UK author and librarian some questions about the popular series. Check out our interview on Unabridged.

Do you have some questions for Anna? Email us at trademarketing@charlesbridge.com to sign up for the Lola Blog Tour. Don’t have a blog? You can still ask Anna your questions—we’ll post your interview on Unabridged!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day in your store with Will You Be Mine? A Nursery Rhyme Romance.

A bookseller kit is available for this title!
The kit includes a downloadable poster, two different shelftalkers, coloring sheets, Valentine’s Day cards, and story hour games and ideas including Mother Goose Bingo. Click here to check it out!

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Blue Manatee in Cincinnati, Ohio

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On January 15, 1919 a molasses tank exploded in Boston’s North End. Kirkus Reviews calls The Great Molasses Flood by Deborah Kops, “A fascinating account of a truly bizarre disaster.”

Click here to read more about the author and how she conducted her research for the book.

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	A place in space with an extremely strong gravity zone that surrounds very dense matter in the center. The gravitational effect is so strong that once in this zone, nothing can exit—not even light. -- from A Black Hole is NOT a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano, due out February 1st!

Pig Pig Meets the Lion received a starred review from Publishers Weekly!

A Black Hole is NOT a Hole has already received TWO starred reviews! Look for the reviews in the December 15th issue of Booklist and the January 1st issue of Kirkus Reviews.

Under the Mambo Moon received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist.

Music Was IT received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist.

Digging for Troy received a starred review from School Library Journal.

After the Kill, Family Pack, and What’s for Dinner have all been selected to the 2012 list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12!

A Call for a New Alphabet and Grin and Bear It are on Parents magazine's list of 20 Best Children’s Books of 2011!

The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane is the winner of the 2011 Connecticut Book Award in the Children's Illustrator category!

From EarlyLight Books, Animal Eyes and Caterpillars have been selected to the 2012 list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12!

After the Kill is a finalist in the SB&F Prize Children’s Science Picture Book category.

Under the Mambo Moon is on the 2012-2013 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List!