Moral ambiguity (is a big part of Lesley Choyce's realistic narrative The Book of Michael.) (Chronicle Herald)

- 'Screenwriting pair gets 'Goosebumps" (Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander, the pair behind flicks like "Ed Wood" and "Man on the Moon" are in negotiations to write the live-action big-screen adaptation of "Goosebumps" for Columbia Pictures.) (Reuters)

- 'The 39 Clues' audio book launches September 8 ("beginning with the first book in the series titled The Maze of Bones, from author Rick Riordan") (via CynopsisKids)

- 'Tricked out' digital bookmobile (makes the rounds in NYC making sure everyone knows about the NYPL's awesome digital services.) (SLJ)

- 'So Sexy So Soon' (authors take on the "new sexualized childhood"…and what parents can do about it. Speaking of, the YWCA released a disturbing report [.pdf] entitled "Beauty at Any Cost" about how America's "beauty obsession" poses serious health risks for women and girls.)

- Books and Boys (Ypulse reader and former "reluctant reader" Max Elliot Anderson let us know about his work on this issue)

- Blurbs for sale (NYT, reg. required, explores the politics of blurbs and books.)

- You know how I love to talk covers (Shelftalker shares one of the better [NOT] ones.)

- Leonard Sax weighs in on gender (and Twilight series.) (Washington Post)

- 'Children's knitting group turfed from library under new craft ban' (As a major knitter, this made me sad. Isn't there room for everyone?) (CBC News)

- The controversy over book banding (continues.) (BBC News)

- 'A new marriage for films and books' (Referred to as an "end-in-mind-relationship"…Well, it is Hollywood.) (Herald Tribune)

- Enid Blyton voted most beloved British author (JK Rowling is ranked #3.)

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