Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Children's Book News with PW


PW and the Obamas: Meeting Up at Politics & Prose to Buy Books
PW correspondent Claire Kirch was in the right place at the right time, browsing for books at D.C. indie bookstore Politics & Prose when President Barack Obama and his daughters showed up for some holiday shopping on Small Business Saturday. Read our firsthand account of shopping with the president, and see our exclusive photos of the First Family's bookstore




 
Rowling Commencement Speech to Be Published Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's 2008 commencement speech at Harvard University is set to be published as an illustrated book. Little, Brown will release the hardcover of Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination, worldwide in English on April 14, 2015. Click through for more details. more  


IN THE MEDIA

From the New York Times:
'The Pain of the Watermelon Joke': An op-ed by Jacqueline Woodson. Click here
From the New York Times:
Maurice Sendak's Estate: Debating Where the Things Go. Click here
From Mashable:
The Fault in Our Stars author John Green sends books to Ferguson library after director's AMA. Click here
From the Telegraph:
YouTube star Zoella becomes U.K.'s fastest-selling debut novelist ever, for her YA novel Girl Online. Click here
From the Phila. Inquirer:
In 1991, there were 176 certified librarians in Philadelphia public schools. This year there are 11. Click here
From the Guardian:
What can children learn from crime classics like Peter Rabbit? Click here
From Chicken Spaghetti:
A round-up of the year-end "best of" lists and children's literature prizes. Click here
From the Daily Beast:
"The Common Core standards are catching on with parents and teachers. Why? Because they work." Click here
From Mental Floss:
14 Facts About Anne of Green Gables Author L.M. Montgomery. Click here
From the Los Angeles Times:
The reality behind Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books. Click here
From the Salt Lake Tribune:
School and city libraries evolve as books go digital. Click here
From the Guardian:
A publisher changes a title after a 7-year-old girl complains that a book was branded "for boys." Click here
From Slate:
Mockingjay and feminism: The new Hunger Games movie envisions a future where women run the world. Click here
From Publishing Perspectives:
A Mexican children's bookstore owner tells about the day-to-day struggle of selling books to children. Click here
From CNN:
How B.J. Novak of The Office wrote a hit kids' book. Click here
From the Telegraph:
Illustrators reveal the secrets behind Britain's best-loved children's books. Click here
From the Guardian:
Raymond Briggs, Judith Kerr, and other children's book stars annotate first editions of favorite books. Click here
From BuzzFeed:
64 Reasons Growing Up at Hogwarts Ruins You for Life. Click here

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