Children's Books in the Media

IN THE MEDIA - PW

From School Library Journal: Eliza T. Dresang, author, professor of library science, and children's literature champion, has died at 72. Click here From the National Post: President Obama acted out Where the Wild Things Are for the 2014 White House Easter Egg Roll. Click here From the New York Times: Republicans see a political wedge in the Common Core standards. Click here From the Morning News: "You're OK, Mom, but you're no Tolkien": S.E. Hinton on her then 7th-grade son's reaction to being required to read The Outsiders. Click here From Animation: Moonbot Studios has acquired film rights to Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney trilogy for a series of live-action movies. Click here From NPR: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brashares tries traveling in time in her new novel. Click here From the L.A. Review of Books: A look at David Levithan's career as YA author and editor. Click here

From the Post-Standard: After 82 years, Eric Carle has been reunited with the childhood playmate who inspired his recent book Friends. Click here From CBS Sunday Morning: "My goal is to write 49% of the book, and then to let my audience create the 51%" – Mo Willems. Click here From the Washington Post: The fight over Common Core is misguided, says an opinion piece. Click here From the Daily Record: British children's author Jonathan Emmett says boys lag behind in reading because publishing is "dominated by female gatekeepers." Click here From the Associated Press: Nancy Childress, daughter of "Dick and Jane" artist Robert Childress, is auctioning her father's original artwork. Click here From the New York Times: A century later, children are still finding sanctuary at Brooklyn's Brownsville Children's Library. Click here From BuzzFeed: Diversity is not enough: on race, power, and publishing. Click here