Thursday, April 12, 2012

News

If you see any YA books lying around to day, it's because people are rocking the drop for Teen Lit Day.  From I Heart Daily.

Six popular children's books that teach horrible lessons.  From Cracked.com

The list of the top ten most frequently challenged books for 2011 is out.  ttyl is at number one.  Number two is Kim Dong Hwa's Color of Earth series.  I wonder where that came from.  They came out in 2009.  From PW.

Self-publishing continues to grow.  Especially for kids.  From The New York Times.

Katniss is now a Barbie doll.  I'm sure she'd be thrilled.  From EW.

Is Katniss really one of the most "radical female characters to appear in American movies" of all time?  From The New York Times.

E-books trump print - except when it comes to reading for kids.  From The Digital Shift.

How Winnie-the-Pooh came to be.  From The Telegraph.

Potted Potter will be making it's off-Broadway debut.  I feel strongly if any unauthorized Harry Potter parody is going to make the big times, it should be A Very Potter Musical.  From The New York Times.

The 2012 Eisner Award nominees are in.

Librarians grapple with 'Hunger Games' mania. From SLJ.

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