Keep it simple ('People Reading' is a photographic project, blogged about here, that observes...well people reading. A teen spin-off would be super-cool too.) (San Francisco Chronicle)

- Science class made cool (A cool science teacher creates a different kind of science text book.) (Washington Post, reg. required)

- This is your life (The Making of Second Life, Notes from the New World - basically the history of Second Life and interesting insight about users and uses.) (HarperCollins)

- Girl power, DIY style! (Check out Zest's new spring 2008 line-up. Especially looking forward to Indie Girl.)

- Good As Lily (the latest graphic novel from Minx, described by Boing Boing's Cory Doctorow as an "ass-kicking girl-positive graphic novel for young readers")

- Paramount Pictures partners with Habbo (And obtains merchandising rights to the The Spiderwick Chronicles...among others. Can you say bling?) (Cynopsis Kids)

- Test yourself (Take the ALSC Children and Technology Quiz.) (ALSC)

- 'John Scieszka gets busy' (The Monkey covered his article for the New York Daily News. I heart you, Mr. Scieska.) (The Monkey Speaks)

- Tom Stoppard's ultimate book-bag, not (There's something about the shelf aspect that makes it magical. Don't know why.) (New York Times)

- Celebutantes (The latest in cross-platform book promotion: Read the book, watch the video directed by slickster McG or vice-versa...and then rinse.) (Reel Pop)

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