Ypulse Books Essentials: Kidthing, Blake Nelson On NPR, A Skinnier 'Sweet Valley High'
Posted by alli on 03-28-2008
Kidthing (Is bringing children's books like Corduroy and The Little Engine That Could to a whole new multi-platform level. Publisher's Weekly says, "Kidthing offers a safe alternative to the Internet for kids and for publishers.")
- Blake Nelson on Paranoid Park (Interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air)
- Sweet Valley High is back and skinnier than ever. (Once "perfect 6's" today's SVH twins are perfect 4's… I was going to say something.) (Gawker)
- 'A question for the ages: What books when?' (A great article in the Washington Post, reg. required, about finding age-appropriate books for kids.)
- Learn to feel good (With Feel Good Girl by Felicia Battle. Out on April 25th.)
- Blog Fest at Pulse (YA authors blogged every day for two weeks at Simon and Schuster. Better late than never, check out their archived entries.) (Pop Candy)
- Charles Dickens' last dying wish (To NOT be memorialized, might be overturned with a monument.) (The Independent)
- JK in NYC (She will indeed be appearing in court for the very anticipated Lexicon court case.) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Deemed the most modern library in the world (The DOK in Delft Holland is definitely the coolest looking library in the world!) (The Shifted Librarian)
- Real-life Quiddich (Smarty-pants muggles have brought the fave sport of Hogwarts to American campuses.) (USA Today)
- More about Goosebumps (from The Monkey Speaks)
- No surprises (In England, tabloids like 'Heat' are more popular than Shakespeare among 'tweens.) (The Guardian)
