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From the New York Times:
Remembering Freaky Friday author Mary Rodgers, who died June 26 at age 83. Click here  
From the Guardian:
The Guardian children's fiction prize longlist was announced over the weekend; this year's panel of judges said they searched for "stories that made make-believe seem real." Click here
From the Associated Press:
Seth MacFarlane will match up to $1 million in pledges made to the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter campaign. Click here
From NBC News:
Kate DiCamillo shares with Illinois third and fourth graders her personal struggles with writing. Click here
From Deadline:
Jenny Han's novel To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is headed to the big screen. Click here
From the Los Angeles Times:
La Casa Azul bookstore in East Harlem is launching a book drive for unaccompanied immigrant children. Click here
From Brain Pickings:
Down the rabbit hole, Moomin-style: see Tove Jansson's vintage illustrations from a Swedish edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Click here
From BuzzFeed:
As children, the Brontë sisters wrote and assembled tiny books, filled with stories, drawings, songs — even maps. Click here
From USA Today:
"YA fiction is not just for teenagers with angst but for everybody who enjoys a good story that happens to follow a teen hero or heroine." Click here |
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From the Los Angeles Times:
A Florida middle school nixes John Green's Paper Towns, which prompts an outcry. Click here
From the Horn Book:
Roger Sutton on the new mandate that ALA Awards committee members "not engage in any print or electronic communication outside of the committee regarding eligible titles during their term of service." Click here
Also from the Associated Press:
Missing: the Amsterdam bench where Hazel and Augustus kiss in the movie The Fault in Our Stars. Click here
From the Boston Globe:
Make way for Boston, a relatively small but vibrant children's publishing community. Click here
From Entertainment Weekly:
The life and times of a ghostwriter (or, how Kendall and Kylie Jenner became published YA authors). Click here
From the Guardian:
The paper asks: Should fiction protect children from a messy, troubled world – or prepare them for it? Click here
From the Telegraph:
An essential part of being a "good teacher," says Michael Morpurgo, is showing emotion when reading poignant stories. Click here
From Russia Beyond the Headlines:
Soviet children's literature: the struggle between ideology and creativity. Click here
From the Boston Globe:
Just for fun: see how many you get right on this children's and YA books quiz. Click here |
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