S&S Children’s signs Kristina Stephenson

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired a new picture book series by author and illustrator Kristina Stephenson. The Molly Maybe’s Monsters series features a heroine (Molly Maybe) who travels to Undermunder, a magical world, with her canine friend Waggy Burns. The first book, Molly Maybe’s Monsters: The Dappity Doofer, will be published in July 2015, with a second title to follow in 2016. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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