CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE MEDIA

From the Atlantic: Why poor schools can't win at standardized testing, and the significant role played by textbook publishers. Click here From AFP: Singapore stops its national library from destroying two gay-themed children's books. Click here From the Bookseller: A YA literature convention in the U.K. debated gender, sex, and strong heroines. Click here From the New York Times: Aimee Bender: What writers can learn from Goodnight Moon. Click here From Entertainment Weekly: David Levithan plans to release a musical-novel spinoff to Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Click here From Flavorwire: Should it matter whether To Kill a Mockingbird is YA fiction? Click here From the Wall Street Journal: Five questions for Neil Gaiman about The 13 Clocks. Click here

From the Cape Gazette: A bookstore gave teens free copies of The Miseducation of Cameron Post after its removal from a reading list. Click here From Salon: A new Harry Potter story, like the Pottermore fan site, raises the question: How much is too much? Click here From the Telegraph: Does YA fiction need more realistic feminist heroes than Katniss Everdeen? Click here From the Bookseller: Rainbow Rowell speaks out on writing Harry Potter fan fiction. Click here From BuzzFeed: A company wants to tattoo the full text of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on 2,500 people. Click here From the Huffington Post: Grownups: You Can Read YA, and Why Not Read It With Your Kids? Click here From Flavorwire: 10 children's book series that deserve TV adaptations. Click here