Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Children's Books in the Media - PW


IN THE MEDIA - PW


From USA Today:
During John Green's BookCon Q&A, a 16-year-old boy with a prosthetic leg stole the show. Click here

From the New Yorker:
John and Hank Green's Vlogbrothers channel, which has more than two million YouTube subscribers, has become the anchor of an online empire. Click here

From CBS News:
An on-screen interview with John Green, "cult hero to millions of young people." Click here

From the Guardian:
Moomins creator Tove Jansson should have won the Nobel prize for literature, says Philip Pullman. Click here

From Circa:
The Kickstarter campaign for Reading Rainbow raised more than $1.5 million in less than 24 hours. Click here

From the Huffington Post:
How children's books inspire wonder in readers of all ages. Click here

From BuzzFeed:
In an interview, YA author Lois Duncan discusses the still-unsolved 1989 murder of her daughter Kaitlyn. Click here
From Entertainment Weekly:
Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: The Exhibition will tour the U.S. in 2015. Click here
Also from USA Today:
Screaming teens greeted Veronica Roth when she walked onstage for her panel at BookCon. Click here

From the Associated Press:
John Green: "What’s ultimately at stake is whether Amazon is going to be able to freely and permanently bully publishers into eventual nonexistence." Click here

From Indianapolis Monthly:
With the release of The Fault in Our Stars, John Green finally goes to the movies. Click here

From the Telegraph:
Parents worry "much too much" about what their children are reading, says Judy Blume. Click here

From NPR:
In author Jessica Khoury's hometown, "Harry Potter was considered the height of devilish devices." Click here

From the Los Angeles Times:
YA author Blake Nelson and the runaways of Venice Beach. Click here

From the Huffington Post:
Where the Wild, Free Range, Organic Things Are: classic children's books get a modern makeover. Click here

From Tablet:
Lizzie Skurnick Books will reissue Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family series. Click here

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