Obviously, girls today are encouraged to be scientists and mathematicians, and women in these fields are in the spotlight, including two who just won the Nobel Prize. I insisted that the protagonist be a girl. They were very bright-no surprise-and said the books must be entertaining, because otherwise young readers won’t pay any attention to them. What inspired creating this brilliant 12-year-old who knows nothing about her parents, her past, or the origins of her treasured suitcase filled with Albert Einstein memorabilia?Īctually, the managers of the Albert Einstein Archives, located at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, approached me a while back, saying they’d like us to create books that will introduce kids to Einstein’s science. This paper-over-board caper introduces an exuberant, fast-talking, and comically clueless rescue dog adjusting to life with the boy who’s his new “human pet.” We asked Patterson about these new ventures, as well as his ongoing efforts to increase childhood literacy.įirst up: Max Einstein. In December, another series launch, Dog Diaries: A Middle School Story, written by Patterson with Steven Butler and illustrated by Richard Watson, will be released with a 225,000-copy first printing. Due out this month with a 400,000-copy first printing is Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment by Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Beverly Johnson, the debut title of a series starring a homeless girl genius whose infatuation with Albert Einstein guides her critical problem-solving, which is especially useful when she’s recruited by an agency dedicated to eradicating global warming, poverty, war, and pandemic disease.

After folding earlier Patterson titles into the imprint as they’ve come up for reprint, the publisher now has a total of 44 million Jimmy Patterson titles in print. This fall, James Patterson adds two middle grade novels to his Jimmy Patterson Books imprint at Little, Brown.

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