Debbi Michiko Florence's KALEIDOSCOPE KIDS, with hands-on activities about the history, culture, places, art, and wildlife of China to Pat Pingry at Ideals Publishing.

Author of THE CREATIVE WRITE-BRAIN WORKBOOK Bonnie Neubauer's TAKE TEN, a how-to creative writing book with 1100+ fun, momentum-building 10-minute-or-less exercises specifically designed to help writers (from aspirant to professional) get past fears and expectations and to the joy of putting words on paper, to Jane Friedman at Writer's Digest Books.

Rick Alimonti's TOMMY AND THE STRIPED T-TOPS, a picture book about diversity, to Joan Dunphy at New Horizons Press.

Rosanne Parry's STORIES FROM THE HOMEFRONT, a collection of interrelated short stories, about an eleven-year-old boy and how his soldier father's assignment to Iraq affects him and his family, to Jim Thomas at Random House.

Marilyn Taylor McDowell's CAROLINA HARMONY, about a plucky young girl who runs away from her foster home, to Michelle Poploff at Delacorte, at auction.

Drew Ferguson's THE SCREWED-UP LIFE OF CHARLIE THE SECOND, about a dorky seventeen-year-old who can't pass his driver's test, can't stand his overbearing parents, can't stop masturbating, and can't find a guy to make out with, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington.

One Life to Live veteran Catherine Hickland's THE 30-DAY HEARTBREAK BUSTER, a one-month plan toward healing romantic hearts for all ages/situations, to Patrick Price at Simon Spotlight Entertainment.

Novelist Kelly L. Stone's TIME TO WRITE, a guide for aspiring writers about how to work, busting the top 10 excuses people give for not writing, offering straightforward details about the sacrifices, schedules, and disciplinary measures successful authors took along the path to publication to Jennifer Kushnier at Adams Media.

Bewitched Forever and The Kung Fu Book of Caine author Herbie Pilato's THE BIONIC BOOK: The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman Reconstructed: The Cypernetic Compendium to TV's Most Realistic Sci-fi Superhero Shows, featuring interviews with top production personnel from the twin Bionic shows, to Ben Ohmart at Bear Manor Media.

Kathleen L. Whitten, Ph.D.'s LABOR OF THE HEART, a parent's guide to the emotions and decisions in adoption, to Dulcie Wilcox at Taylor Publishing.

Dramatic rights to Liza Lentini's BECOMING INGRID, optioned by Menendian's Raven Theatre in Chicago, for an initial workshop production with additional rights for future second class productions within one year, by Susan Schulman in association with Jennifer DeChiara at The Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency.

Cathy Stefanec Ogren's THAR SHE BLOWS, about a pirate's parrot who goes astray, to Stephanie Owens Lurie at Dutton Children's Books, in a two-book deal.