Friday, September 12, 2014

Children's Book News

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New Pew Report Explores Young Americans' Library Habits
A new report from the Pew Research Center Internet Project offers mixed news for public libraries. While the report found that young adults are more likely than their elders to have read a book in the past 12 months, and that millennials are still using libraries – and using library web sites more – the report also found that most younger Americans remain unaware of all the services libraries offer. more



IN THE MEDIA

From the Idaho Press-Tribune:
Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian will stay in classrooms. Click here
From the Washington Post:
Why kids should choose their own books to read in school. Click here
From the Guardian:
Ursula K. Le Guin's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters places her among the greats. Click here
From Publishing Perspectives:
Harmony Ink Press: Reaching Out to LGBTQ+ Youth. Click here
From Radio Praha:
An American living in Prague turns passion for children's books into a business. Click here
From Book Patrol:
Move over floating libraries, here comes a floating school. Click here
From Cake Wrecks:
Cakes for book lovers (Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and more). Click here
From Mother Jones:
Almost All the Books People Say Influenced Them Were Written for Children. Click here
From Yale University:
Yale's Beinecke Library has acquired the papers of Mo Willems. Click here
From Brain Pickings:
Celebrating Heather Has Two Mommies, the first children's book about a two-mother family. Click here
From Galleycat:
Usher to host a Scholastic event that promotes reading. Click here
From GeekDad:
On the set for Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Click here
From Pitt News:
The Harry Potter bathroom stall that can't be defeated. Click here
Also from Cake Wrecks:
Five kids' cakes so creepy they're actually hilarious. Click here


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