New Underpants title coming this autumn

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has bought a new title in the Underpants series from author and illustrator team Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. The series was launched in 2007 with Aliens Love Underpants and includes titles such as Dinosaurs Love Underpants and Monsters Love Underpants, selling 1,645,898 copies all together through Nielsen Bookscan. Lara Hancock, editorial director of picture books at S&S, acquired world rights in the new book, called Aliens Love Dinopants, from Freedman and Cort. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]

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