Al Roker's book club (Aimed at 8-12 years olds, the first book is Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett. Nice choice.) (CNNMoney.com)

- Listen to Lowis Lowry here (One of the great great great greats! I love her.) (WKUOW)

- 'Bunnytown' promotes reading (Smart Television Alliance + Disney + The NEA = Read Across America public service announcement)

- Something to cheer about (Cheer! is a new book that takes cheering seriously and presents an honest and detailed account of the often mocked "sport.") (Entertainment Weekly)

- 'We Tell Stories' (Literature, gaming, and the web meet up in this innovative way -- facilitated by Penguin) (PSFK)

- 'New chapter or last page' (Inspirational article about the digital world and the life of the book.) (Bookseller.com)

- Two cool trailers from Fuse #8 (...A Harry Potter fan-doc and "The Adoration of Jenna Fox")

- Just another library's testament to 'manga-mania' (Baraboo News Republic)

- Where are all the square pegs? (A fellow blogger wants to know why there aren't more nerdy girls in YA fiction?) (Dollymix.com)

- Ten-Cent Plague (How comic books threatened to destroy America in the 1950's.) (Entertainment Weekly)

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