Friday, August 01, 2014

CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE MEDIA

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From Deadline:
Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights to The Day the Crayons Quit, the bestselling picture book by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. Click here
From Salon:
The plot to destroy education: why technology could ruin American classrooms – by trying to fix them. Click here
From the Los Angeles Times:
John Green's YA novels have come under fire again from parents. Click here
From BuzzFeed:
A new study says that children who read Harry Potter are more sympathetic to stigmatized groups. Click here
From Entertainment Weekly:
See some highlights from Daniel Radcliffe's first Comic-Con. Click here
From Bookish:
YA Road Trip: Ann Aguirre shares a day in the life of a touring author. Click here
From the Wrap:
How Sony's Goosebumps is reinventing the book adaptation. Click here
From ShortList:
Pop Culture Imagined as Children's Books. Click here
From Flavorwire:
10 dark, creepy children's books every kid should read. Click here
From Variety:
All the Bright Places, a debut YA novel by Jennifer Niven, due out next January, has been optioned for film, with Elle Fanning attached to star. Click here
From the New York Times:
The Common Core should finally improve math education, but no one has taught the teachers how to teach it. Click here
From School Library Journal:
And Tango Makes Three can now remain in Singapore's libraries. Click here
From WAMC:
"We keep learning and growing with the series": Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne. Click here
From the Bookseller:
Warner Bros. has created a Harry Potter franchise development team. Click here
From the Guardian:
Holly Black has been chosen to write the next Doctor Who book. Click here
From NPR:
Pop-up books make environmental science easy for kids to understand. Click here
From Bookish:
Careers for Children's Book Characters. Click here
From the Huffington Post:
Three ways to figure out what YA book to read next. Click here

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