CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE MEDIA

From the New York Times: Maria Russo on Why Wonder, the Movie, Can't Best the Book It's Based On. Click here From Page Six: Facebook group for Upper East Side mothers may close down over a politically controversial alphabet book. Click here From the New York Times: Jacqueline Woodson on falling in love with New York City during the disco era. Click here From the Age: In Maurice Sendak's studio, a tantalizing glimpse of his unpublished manuscript. Click here From the Bookseller: Amelia Edwards, founding art director of Walker Books in the U.K., has died at 77. Click here From the Citizen-Times: Authors abound: A YA boom in Asheville, N.C. Click here

From Entertainment Weekly: Chris Colfer lands a new book deal and announces a new companion series. Click here From the Telegraph: Mother calls for Sleeping Beauty to be banned from primary school as it promotes "inappropriate behavior." Click here From Literary Hub: Anne of Green Gables: Patron Saint of Girls Who Ask Too Many Questions. Click here From WBUR: Thoughts on Art and Life from the Sculptor of Ducklings in Boston's Public Garden. Click here From the Bookseller: Terry Deary's Horrible Histories series to be turned into a film set in Roman Britain. Click here From Electric Literature: Poetry Is for Everyone, Says Jason Reynolds. Click here