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Ypulse Monthly Teen Mag Roundup

Posted by meredith | 02/04/10 | No Comments

Teen Vogue cover girl Mia Wasikowska may not be a household name just yet, but come next month when Tim Burton's twist on the already twisted "Alice in Wonderland" hits theaters, you may want to start practicing (it's pronounced Vah-shee-kov-ska). Talk…

Under The Spell Of 'Beautiful Creatures'

Posted by meredith | 02/03/10 | No Comments

Back in December, the kidlitosphere was all abuzz with talk of Beautiful Creatures [full disclosure: the publisher Little, Brown is a sponsor of Ypulse.com], a debut novel from Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the first in the author duo's five-book…

YAB Author Spotlight: 'What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20′ By Tina Seelig

Posted by meredith | 02/01/10 | 5 Comments

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from Stanford University student Raymond Braun who sat down with Tina Seelig, Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, to discuss her latest book, What I Wish I Knew When I Was…

Ypulse Interview: Diane Naughton, Vice President of Marketing, HarperCollinsChildren's Books

Posted by meredith | 01/28/10 | 1 Comment

Earlier this week in Essentials we covered the official launch of HarperCollins' new online teen community and writing platform Inkpop. To find out more about the site we reached out to Diane Naughton, Vice President of Marketing for HarperCollinsChildren's Books…

Author Spotlight: 'American Voyeur' By Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Posted by meredith | 01/27/10 | 6 Comments

Today's Author Spotlight is on New York Times Magazine writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis (see our Friday Forum inspired by his piece on students coming out in middle school) and American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches Of Modern Life, a collection of feature articles…

'The Baby-Sitters Club' Called Back To Order

Posted by meredith | 01/14/10 | No Comments

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from Caroline Marques in response to the upcoming revival of "The Baby-sitter's Club."  As one of the many Gen Y fans who recall the series "with rabid passion" (thanks, New York Times), I was…

Digital Reading: Between And Beyond The Lines

Posted by meredith | 01/07/10 | 1 Comment

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from YA blogger Chelsea Swigget on books, technology and some of the adventurous authors attempting to get the two to play nice. Remember, you can communicate directly with any member of the Ypulse…

Ypulse Best And Worst Of 2009: Books

Posted by meredith | 12/23/09 | 2 Comments

Your second helping of YIR coverage today comes care of Ypulse Youth Advisory Board Member Megan Reid, weighing in on what she thought were the best and worst in 2009 books…

Best

Catching Fire. Suzanne Collins’ second book in "The Hunger Games" series…

Texting And Tweeting: The 'Write' Stuff For The Classroom

Posted by meredith | 12/17/09 | No Comments

It's no secret that in the age old debate of educators beating vs. joining "totally wired" teens in the classroom, Ypulse lands squarely on the side of joining. Still, it's (relatively) easy to talk about shifting a traditional paradigm. So…

Will Teens Step Up To The 'Digital Storefront'?

Posted by meredith | 12/09/09 | 2 Comments

By now you've heard the big announcement out of magazine publishing that Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Time and News Corp are opening a "digital storefront." That is, an online hub for magazines (think iTunes or a non-free-Hulu) where readers can…