Upcoming Books Thread (one only right now)

[Dante]

Look what I found:

[Charlie]

Am I the only one that thinks on the passage about being in the dark with the ballerinas?

[Christmas Chief]

A rather simplistic cover, but I like it. Maybe the storyline will give new meaning to the question "Who could that be at this hour?"

Edit: This reviewer calls it "Simple and classic in both the illustrations and the text."

[Skelly Craig]

Whoa. That piece of book news was unexpected. Sounds like it will be similar in style to The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, but a little darker in subject matter. Awesome.

Edit: I didn't see that the news of the book was posted earlier in the thread. I should check this thread more often!

[B.]

I really like that cover and the simplistic illustration- it looks quite different from a typical children's picture book. Looking forward to release.

[Anka]

The cover illustration is cute

[Christmas Chief]

Not really deserving of its own thread, but it might be worth announcing the TBB ebook is on sale for $1.99 through January 7th.

[Christmas Chief]

Per the interview posted here, we now have the opening to The Dark:

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Laszlo was afraid of the dark. The dark lived in the same house as Laszlo, a big place with a creaky roof, smooth, cold windows, and several sets of stairs. Sometimes the dark hid in the closet. Sometimes it sat behind the shower curtain. But mostly it spent its time in the basement. All day long, the dark would wait in a distant corner, far from the squeaks and rattles of the washing machine. Pressed up against some old, damp boxes, in a chest of drawers nobody ever opened. At night, of course, the dark went out and spread itself against the windows and doors of Laszlo’s house. But in the morning, the dark would be back in the basement, where it belonged. Laszlo would peak at the dark every morning. “Hi,” he would say, “Hi, dark.” Laszlo thought that if he visited the dark and the dark’s room, maybe the dark wouldn’t come visit him in his room. But one night, it did.

~~~

[Charlie]

That sounds amazing. I am looking forward to this heaps. On an unrelated note, can we post non Snicket upcoming books here, I haven't read the front page in a while

[Dante]

Dec 11, 2012 0:51:34 GMT -5 Charlie said:

That sounds amazing. I am looking forward to this heaps. On an unrelated note, can we post non Snicket upcoming books here, I haven't read the front page in a while

I don't know. If by "non Snicket," you mean "Handler," then yes; otherwise, no.

Great opening to The Dark, too. Works perfectly for Snicket in that it's essentially an extended anthropomorphisation, or joke, if you like. He's really good at that sort of thing.

[Anka]

I love the beginning of that book Why don't the children I have to read books with speak English?

[Christmas Chief]

More minor information regarding The Dark, including a positive review and (I think?) publishing information for the U.K.:

Orchard acquires picture book from Snicket and Klassen

Hachette publisher Orchard Books has acquired a new picture book from author Lemony Snicket and artist Jon Klassen. It will publish The Dark in hardback this April.

Picture, gift and novelty book publisher Kate Burns bought UK and Commonwealth rights, including Australia, for both print and digital, in the title from Kirstin Dulaney, associate director, subsidiary rights, for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in the US. The Dark is described by the publisher as bringing “to light a universal, empowering story about conquering a fear of the dark”.

Burns said: “I am delighted to welcome Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen to the Orchard Books’ picture book list. It’s a dream partnership. The Dark is an incredible book—the beauty and power of the writing is matched seamlessly by the simple yet deeply evocative art.”

[Dante]

Oh, excellent, so it'll be out in the U.K. at the same time as America, from the sound of things. That's quite rare for non-series books of Snicket's.

[Dante]

I found another version of that article on The Dark which includes a comment from Snicket:
www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/45109
"When I learned that Orchard Books was to unleash the Dark onto British citizens, I assumed it was a catastrophic power failure, or a large cloud of pollutant which would menace the populace. I am sad to learn it is even worse, and that my collaboration with Jon Klassen, a terrifying story containing a flashlight, will soon be published in the United Kingdom. I can neither keep calm, nor carry on."

Edit: It also gives a release date of April 3rd - the day after the U.S. edition.

[Dante]

Since I was away, I forget about this: The Dark has been officially released.

Title: The Dark
Release Date: April 2nd (Little, Brown) (source); April 3rd (Orchard Books) (source 1, source 2)
Cover:

Illustrator: Jon Klassen (source) (source)
Details: "A picture book" per here (source); "a boy who’s afraid of the dark tries to conquer his fear". (source) Full synopsis (source):
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Laszlo is afraid of the dark.
The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. But one night, it does.
This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark.
With emotional insight and poetic economy, two award-winning talents team up to conquer a universal childhood fear.
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Next up: We Are Pirates next February?