News

The song "The Fox" (you know, "What does the fox say?") is going to be a book.  I can't image it's going to be a good one for read-alouds.  From Los Angeles Times.

SLJ reviews How I Live Now and Ender's Game.

Terry Pratchett revisits The Carpet People.  From NPR.

Did you know the story of 12 Years a Slave had already been told as a picture book?  From National Geographic.

Alexander for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Day has been found.  From Deadline.

SLJ diversity roundup.

Why romance is beside the point in The Hunger Games.  From Hollywood.com.

First look at Harry Potter stamps!  From examiner.com.

YALSA badges aim to quantify youth librarians' competencies.  From SLJ.

YALSA's 2013 Teen's Top Ten.

Take a look at the Divergent movie poster.  Our female character, the main character in the book, gets to face away from us so we can see both her boob and her ass.  The male supporting character faces us.  Nice choice, Red Wagon Entertainment.