Friday, February 07, 2014

Children's books IN THE MEDIA

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From the Atlantic:
A high-school history teacher makes the case against using textbooks. Click here

From the Huffington Post:
A spring/summer 2014 picture book preview, with books by Dan Santat, Bob Shea, Oliver Jeffers, and others. Click here

From Yahoo:
Diaries of a dying teen: the inspiration behind John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. Click here

From Vanity Fair:
Eloise illustrator Hilary Knight sketches Lena Dunham (who has an Eloise tattoo) and others on the set of Girls. Click here

From Book Riot:
Black history in young adult fiction: a timeline. Click here

From BuzzFeed:
15 works of nail art inspired by children's books. Click here
From the Times Union:
New York state leaders urge a two-year delay on Common Core testing. Click here

From the NY Daily News:
Publishing trend: satires of board books, such as Are You My Boyfriend? and Goodnight iPad. Click here

From Brain Pickings:
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's original watercolors for The Little Prince. Click here

From the NY Daily News:
"Vampires keep holding our fascination": Vampire Academy author Richelle Mead, on the eve of the film's release. Click here

From Open Culture:
Two poems David Foster Wallace wrote during grade school. Click here

From the AV Club:
Red light, greenlit: 22 childhood games ripe for Hollywood adaptation. Click here

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