Wednesday, June 18, 2014

CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE MEDIA

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From Washington City Paper:
Rush Limbaugh blasted Washington, D.C.'s Busboys and Poets bookstore for not selling Rush Revere and the First Patriots. Click here

From Teen Reads:
A three-part interview with Barbara Marcus, president of Random House Children's Books. Click here

From Deadline:
We Were Liars has been optioned for film; author E. Lockhart has written a script. Click here

From the New York Times:
Common Core, through the eyes of a nine-year-old in Brooklyn. Click here

From Salon:
The "absolute worst way" to teach kids to read: apps that force children to log book time. Click here

From the Daily Beast:
YA novel adaptations put mainstream blockbusters to shame. Click here
From the Hollywood Reporter:
The ripple effect from The Fault in Our Stars: success breeds a new rush of "grounded" movies based on children's and YA books. Click here

From AL.com:
Why The Fault in Our Stars shouldn't be your last dip into young adult fiction. Click here

From the Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix will launch a DreamWorks Animation series based on Chris Gall's Dinotrux in spring 2015. Click here

From the Associated Press:
Some homeschooling parents are speaking out against Common Core. Click here

From the Hollywood Reporter:
DreamWorks and Disney will release Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG on July 1, 2016. Click here

From What Culture:
The 10 worst YA novel-to-movie adaptations. Click here

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