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Happy Holidays, Quirk fans! We'll see you in 2014! 

In celebration of the highly anticipated sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs is heading out on a 12-city tour starting January 14th!

Head to your local bookstore to learn more about the peculiar children series (he's already working on book 3!), meet Ransom, and have your books signed. 

You can check out times and details over on the Miss Peregrine Facebook fanpage. 

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE FULL EYE-BLEEDING ANIMATED GIF COLLECTION EDITION!

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It’s official: Hollywood has turned to Young Adult books for movie magic inspiration. The large fanbase for these books provides an opportunity to bring new stars in the limelight, make big bucks, and show off new special effects. After the explosion and mania of Harry Potter and Twilight took hold, followed by The Hunger Games, Beautiful Creatures, Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Divergent, The Maze Runner, The Book Thief, and The Fault in Our Stars.

As a fan of several of these books, I’m equally thrilled and anxious to see the result when I walk into the theater. More often than not, the fans of the books enjoy the film adaptation, but movie reviewers don’t—always—and poor reviews can stop or stall future productions (Looking at you, Mortal Instruments.)

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Hey Quirk fans!

We’re currently seeking babies from 12 to 24 months old for an upcoming Fall 2014 book, though there’s probably a little wiggle room on either end of that age range. And while we can’t dish out details about the project just yet, you can think of it as Quirk’s version of an Anne Geddes book.

Right now we’re looking in the Philadelphia and New York City region, as the photographer lives here in Philly and also makes regular trips to NYC. The photographer of the book will stop by your house to take the photo.

There’s no compensation, but your baby will be featured in an amazing Quirk book! And of course, you’ll get a really great professional photo of your child. Interested parents can email me ([email protected]) headshots of their babies, and we’ll forward them on to the photographer.

Thanks!

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Not to be a total Grinch about it, but some of the lyrical content of traditional wintertime songs is seriously wanting for poetic rigor. For every lovely midnight clear and gladsome tidings, there’s a clunker of a couplet that carolers everywhere must tongue-twist their way around year after year. Christmas carols may not be high art, per se, but that doesn’t mean they have to be awful. So, in the spirit of public shaming Christmas, here are the most egregious offenders to watch out for.