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As I browsed through my kid lit blogs this past week, alternating between commentary on the ongoing hubbub sparked by the Newbery Medal (to recap: some say the winning books are too challenging, others say they're not diverse enough and others…
NYT's Top Ten Illustrated Children's Books (some great selections this year including this beautiful biography of William Carlos Williams) (New York Times, reg required)
- Another wacky t-shirt tie-in? (I'm really not one to talk. I totally fell for every book that came…
Mariko Tamaki's Skim (and a good roundup of other graphic novels for teens) (Bookslut)
- Obama spreads hope (to librarians) (SLJ)
- Check out this list (of politically-themed titles for kids and teens.) (SparkLife)
- Borders gets Twilight makeover (for Christmas. Watch out for elves with fangs.…
Page to Screen (Neil Gaiman signs on to produce a live-action adaptation of "The Graveyard Book") (MTV Movie Blog)
- Blog the vote! (Across the kid litosphere bloggers speak out about why voting matters. The master list of participants is up on Chasing…
Page to screen (Mixed reviews of "City of Ember" in the Salt Lake Tribune, Washington Post and on MSNBC.) (Entertainment Weekly)
- More on Beacon Street Girls books (promoting wellness through its tween series) (The New York Times, reg. required)
Laurence Yep's The Tiger's Apprentice (To be made into a live/action/CGI movie version by Cartoon Network.) (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Teen Read Week (through October 18th. This year's theme, Books with Bite.) (YALSA)
- Slate's booklist for tight times ("Great kids' books about financial ruin.")
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The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti ("…too good and too rich with commercial potential to be limited to the YA section," Hmmmmm? Nevertheless, a great review.) (Boston Globe)
- New Harry Potter Movie (albeit a little bit late, will feature 25 Minutes of Imax…
Four Twilight Essentials right off the bat! Whatcha expect?
- 'Touched by a Vampire' (I read this after I wrote my post for today…interesting stuff. One really positive thing about the popularity of the "Twilight Series" is all the discussion.) (Salon.com, reg.…
Jeff Smith on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (Transcript of interview of the popular comic book artist and author of Bone.) (Online Newshour PBS)
- 'Soapbox opinions and reactions' (At Chasing Ray. Sorry I'm a little late with this, but these are all worthy…
Phew. Sorry it's been a few days since I've posted. I've been making my way cross country to Maine where I will be staying for the next month or so. It's dark and rainy and I'm staying in a very,…
NPR's series 'In Character' (celebrates Nancy Drew)
- 'Children know which books they're old enough for' (in this blogger's opinion, "kids themselves are the best judges") (The Guardian)
- 'Second hand books, yea or nay?' (I dig them, especially if there are little notes inside.…
