Cool Newsweek interview of Blue Balliett (Her new book The Calder Game, focuses on mobile artist Alexander Calder. Looks really fun.)

- 'Blurring the lines' (Illustrations for everyone! A great article about the newest trends in emergent readers, and all children's literature, I think.) (Seven Impossible Things To Do Before Breakfast)

- 'Kids' lit gets graphic' (The New York Magazine, reg. required, agrees and spotlights The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.)

- Looking forward to Tony DiTerlizzi's new book (Kenny and the Dragon, an illustrated chapter book inspired by a short story by Kenneth Grahame.)

- 'And you thought models couldn't read' (Two fashion YA books about the life of a model are covered in the NY Times Fashion and Beauty Section. Our friend, and one of the authors, Melissa Walker, talks about the experience - Congrats Melissa!)

- Just for fun (Amazing! Trillions of illustrations of the famous Alice In Wonderland.)

- Collaborative writing and publishing (at WeBook) (Washington Post)

- And so it begins (JKR arrives in New York to testify in the Harry Potter Lexicon case and leaves the defendant, a huge fan and librarian, in tears.) (NY Times, reg. required)

- R.L.Stein (talks about Goosebumps) (TIME.com)

- Hating high school (Wired's Geeky Dad discovers the teen author who penned Truancy. We covered him in a past Book Essentials here. And a teen who LOVES to read!) (Contra Costa Times)

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