See realtime coverage | Huffington Post UK (blog) - 12 hours ago Over 50 academics gathered to discuss JK Rowling's books, and apparently this caused quite a stir among people who think that children's literature is not worthy of study. While I personally am not a fan of the series, I defend the right of academics ... |
Daily Herald - 6 hours ago PROVO -- Movie, video game and even TV ratings make it easy for parents to monitor their children's media consumption and make sure they are watching age-appropriate shows, but there is no such rating system for books. A study done by Sarah Coyne, ... |
Emporia Gazette - 11 hours ago The William Allen White Children's Book Award program was founded in 1952 by Ruth Garver Gagliardo, a specialist in children's literature for Emporia State University. One of the few literary awards that asks young readers to choose the winners, ... |
MarketWatch (press release) - 16 hours ago Children in grades 1-6 can earn a free book just by reading eight books and turning in a completed reading journal sheet about the books they read. This year, Imagination's Destination features the exciting new Scholastic Discover More series along ... |
See realtime coverage | Washington Times - May 8, 2012 Various publishing houses of children's literature, such as Little Golden Books, produced family-friendly and kid-friendly books for wider readership. |
See realtime coverage | Christian Science Monitor - May 9, 2012 It was awarded the Caldecott Medal for children's literature in 1964 and - say today's librarians, authors, and experts - forever changed the course of children's books. "With Maurice Sendak's 1963 classic tale of vengeful rebellion, Max and the Wild ... |
Emporia Gazette - May 21, 2012 The William Allen White Children's Book Award program was founded in 1952 by Ruth Garver Gagliardo, a specialist in children's literature for Emporia State University. One of the few literary awards that asks young readers to choose the winners, ... |
See realtime coverage | OregonLive.com - May 8, 2012 Maurice Sendak, an author and illustrator whose dozens of works, notably "Where the Wild Things Are," transformed children's literature from a gentle playscape into a medium to address the psychological intensity of growing up, died early Tuesday at a ... |
See realtime coverage | Voice of America - May 15, 2012 He was the award- winning writer and illustrator of more than one hundred children's books. FAITH LAPIDUS: Maurice Sendak died last Tuesday at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, four days after suffering a stroke. |
Washington Post - May 21, 2012 “Julie of the Wolves,” a novel about a 13-year-old Eskimo runaway who is welcomed by a wolf pack in the Alaskan tundra, received the 1973 Newbery Medal for the “most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. |
Toronto Star - May 17, 2012 Twelve authors and illustrators were named popular-vote winners of the 2012 Forest of Reading awards over the course of the two-day Festival of Trees children's literature festival at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre Tuesday and Wednesday. |
Herald & Review - May 21, 2012 On Friday, MacArthur High School students visited Stevenson School to read to the children's books they had written and illustrated themselves as part of their advanced composition class. |
See realtime coverage | Pittsburgh Post Gazette - May 14, 2012 By Karen MacPherson / Scripps Howard News Service Theirs was a uniquely creative and close relationship that revolutionized the world of children's literature. It was Ursula Nordstrom, the legendary children's-book editor at what was then known as ... |
Hometownlife.com - May 20, 2012 Seedlings Braille Books for Children recently celebrated with their top volunteers during their Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. |
See realtime coverage | STLtoday.com (blog) - May 17, 2012 Like Maurice Sendak, she was a giant in children's literature, writing more than 100 books. Rather than imaginary wild things, her greatest books brought out the real (and dangerous) beauty in nature. |
encore Online - 13 hours ago The money raised is used to purchase bilingual books for the children who participate in their program. The project was put together by the efforts of UNCW's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the Watson School of Education, ... |
| Deseret News - 17 hours ago Six writers of children's and young-adult books will be featured at this summer's BYU Symposium on Books for Young Readers. Ally Condie, best-selling author of "Matched" and "Crossed," plus Jack Gantos, 2012 Newbery Award winner, will be featured. |
Jewish United Fund - May 15, 2012 I once applied for an internship at the children's book division at a major publishing company. "Do you read children's books?" I distinctly remember the editor asking me during the interview. I recall attempting to hide my scoffing at the ... |
Salt Lake Tribune - May 19, 2012 "As a child, I wasn't thinking about the Jewishness in his books," said Laurel Snyder, an author of children's books. "I was a kid." Snyder said she grew up with Zlateh the Goat, a 1966 story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, illustrated by Sendak. |
Knoxville News Sentinel - May 19, 2012 Writing children's books was something Capucilli said she began doing in down time between other vocations, but the writing soon overwhelmed the rest. |
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