Children's Books IN THE MEDIA

From Time: A Common Sense Media study says the number of teens reading for fun keeps declining. Click here From the Guardian: The newspaper poses the question: Is young adult fiction becoming too dark? Click here From the Age: Dav Pilkey shares the books that changed him, from Where the Wild Things Are to the Peanuts Treasury. Click here From BuzzFeed: A look at the new Escape from Gringotts 3-D ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Click here

From the New York Times: Read, kids, read: it's not a chore, it's a path to fulfillment that fewer are traveling. Click here Also from the Guardian: Mermaid as metaphor: the importance of LGBT visibility in children's books. Click here From the Daily Telegraph: Dav Pilkey based his Captain Underpants character on a school principal with whom he shared a "mutual dislike." Click here Also from BuzzFeed: 11 things that happen when you go on the Harry Potter studio tour as an adult. Click here