Australia's Sonya Harnett wins the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (and great books vs. crowd pleasers discussion on Read Roger.)

- I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President (Need I say more? I can't wait!) (New York Magazine)

- Paramount Pictures and Sam Raime... (take on Monster Zoo) (ComingSoon.net)

- Seven books, eight movies? (Putting all rumors to an rest, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be a two-part endeavor.) (Reuters)

- The International Reading Association Conference (This is a collaborative effort with the ALA and the ALSC, May 4-8th in Atlanta, Georgia. Guest speakers include Jamie Lee Curtis and Walter Dean Myers.) (ALSC)

- The Golden Kite Awards (Presented by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators chosen by authors and illustrators.) (School Library Journal)

- 'Read it before you see it' (HarperCollins launches their latest digital effort through The Chronicles of Narnia.) (PR Newswire)

- The History of Children's Literature in Iran (It's seven volumes--not for the casual kid's lit lover, this series looks quite academic.)

- The Echo Shaw Mystery Series (Can't pick it up your local book store -- you can only read it online, one chapter at a time, and it looks good.) (Beaverton Valley Times)

- 'Classroom misbehavior' (Interesting coverage of teacher-student relationship/sexual abuse "genre.") (L.A. Times, reg. required)

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