Ypulse Book Essentials: 'Twilight': The Movie, Reading For Fun, Remembering Ramona And Beezus
Posted by alli on 02-20-2008
Twilight is going to the big screen (What I think is most exciting is the director — Catherine Hardwicke. Remember "Thirteen"?) (Defamer)
- 'What are they reading for fun?' (Public librarians from around the country talk about the interests of their young patrons.) (SLJ)
- Flashback.. (A pioneer in children's literature, here's a neat interview with Beverly Cleary.) (The Oregonian)
- Reading rebuttal (the researchers behind the study that says youth are reading less, say "There is good reason to be worried about declining rates of reading") (Guardian UK)
- ADHD and Me: What I Learned From Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table (An 18 year old's account of living with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity.) (SF Chronicle)
- Calling all trendsetters (Design a hip totebag and win an opportunity to start your own fashion label…Oh yeah, and a collection of "Poseur" books.) (Pick a Poppy Books)
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Already optioned for the big screen, will be released on April 29th) (MaryPearson.com)
- 'Cybil' winners announced ("The winners are a gift from our hearts to you and the kids you love, even if you're just indulging an inner child.")
- Calling all tech-savy students (Sony Creative Software is sponsoring a "Technology in Motion" contest where high-school students are encouraged to explore the idea of how technology will shape our future.) (SLJ)
- Sherman Alexie writes about… (why he wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and the universality of the young readers that have read and loved it.) (Publishers Weekly)
- Before you see the movie… (Check out this interview with Spiderwick Chronicles author Holly Black) (Media Blvd)
- Getting to know Eminem (Again? I thought he was sort of…over. Nevertheless, The Way I Am is out in October.) (Bookseller)
P.S. From Anastasia: Congrats to 2007 Ypulse Mashup speaker Tina Wells (CEO of Buzz Marketing, also a former Ypulse advertiser) on selling her Mackenzie Blue series — it won't be in stores for at least a year but is already generating controversy.