Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Children's Books in the Media


IN THE MEDIA - PW


From School Library Journal:
Eliza T. Dresang, author, professor of library science, and children's literature champion, has died at 72. Click here

From the National Post:
President Obama acted out Where the Wild Things Are for the 2014 White House Easter Egg Roll. Click here

From the New York Times:
Republicans see a political wedge in the Common Core standards. Click here

From the Morning News:
"You're OK, Mom, but you're no Tolkien": S.E. Hinton on her then 7th-grade son's reaction to being required to read The Outsiders. Click here

From Animation:
Moonbot Studios has acquired film rights to Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney trilogy for a series of live-action movies. Click here

From NPR:
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brashares tries traveling in time in her new novel. Click here

From the L.A. Review of Books:
A look at David Levithan's career as YA author and editor. Click here
From the Post-Standard:
After 82 years, Eric Carle has been reunited with the childhood playmate who inspired his recent book Friends. Click here

From CBS Sunday Morning:
"My goal is to write 49% of the book, and then to let my audience create the 51%" – Mo Willems. Click here

From the Washington Post:
The fight over Common Core is misguided, says an opinion piece. Click here

From the Daily Record:
British children's author Jonathan Emmett says boys lag behind in reading because publishing is "dominated by female gatekeepers." Click here

From the Associated Press:
Nancy Childress, daughter of "Dick and Jane" artist Robert Childress, is auctioning her father's original artwork. Click here

From the New York Times:
A century later, children are still finding sanctuary at Brooklyn's Brownsville Children's Library. Click here

From BuzzFeed:
Diversity is not enough: on race, power, and publishing. Click here


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