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Cut to the Core: How to Renovate Your School's Library.  From PW.

A decade of ‘Twilight’ has left its mark on pop culture.  From The Salt Lake Tribune.

Stephenie Meyer Explains Her Gender-Flipped Twilight.  From Vulture.

Does a Gender-Inverted ‘Twilight’ Prove the Story Isn’t Sexist?  From Flavorwire.

Stephenie Meyer says E.L. James’ ‘Grey’ stopped her from finishing ‘Midnight Sun.’  From Hypable.
Which National Book Award Fiction Finalist is Right for You?  From PW.

Rainbow Rowell's Carry On: meta-fan fiction, or simply a novel? From The Guardian.

 Rick Riordan explains how he translated Norse myths for kids in Magnus Chase.  From Entertainment Weekly.

How ‘Goosebumps’ author R.L. Stine became the king of kids’ horror.  From The Boston Globe.

Finalists for 2015 National Book Award in Young People's Literature Announced.  From PW.

N.J. school district bans John Green's 'Looking for Alaska.'  From nj.com.

“Life Story,” Virginia Lee Burton’s Picture Book for the Ages.  From The New Yorker.
Global Tour Set for Next Wimpy Kid Book.  From PW.

How Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass changed one girl's life.  From Studio 360.

Taye Diggs on writing Mixed Me! for his son: 'He shouldn't have to explain himself to anyone.'  From Entertainment Weekly.

'Heather Has Two Mommies' Author On The Struggle To Publish Gay Books.  From The Huffington Post.
NYCC 2015: Publishers Chase Growth in Kids', Girls’ Graphic Novels.  From PW.

Into the River book ban lifted.  From nzherald.co

The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books.  From The New Yorker.

Katherine Applegate: 'I love middle graders' deep concern for fairness.'  From The New Yorker.

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Mary Poppins Treasures on View at the New York Public Library.  From PW.

Caught In The Middle: Librarians On The Debate Over LGBT Children’s Books.  From Kera News.
Writers’ Inspiring New Project Will Send LGBT YA Books to Libraries and Shelters.  From Flavorwire.
Teens have no idea how to react when given a set of encyclopedias.  From Mashable.

John Lewis Shows Comic-Con What A Real-Life Superhero Looks Like.  From The Huffington Post.

The calamity of the disappearing school libraries.  From The Conversation.

School Libraries Are Under Attack.  From New Republic.

 

Life After No Child Left Behind.  From The Atlantic.

Want boys to read? Tell them books are 'highly inappropriate' says Nick Hornby.  From The Independent. 

Raising Kids Who Love Reading, Devour Books Voraciously, and Practically Beg for a Trip to the Library.  From The Huffington Post. 

 

How Well Do You Actually Know The Baby-Sitter’s Club Girls?  From BuzzFeed.

Malala Yousafzai Launches the #BooksNotBullets Hashtag.  From GalleyCat.

The shape I’m in: Eoin Colfer, children’s laureate.  From The Irish Examiner.

150 years of Alice in Wonderland - in pictures.  From The Guardian. 

How School Leaders Set the Stage for PBL Success.  From edutopia.

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Why I Included Abortion in My YA Novel.  From Cosmopolitan.

ALA 2015: Graphic Novels Mark Diversity, Push Boundaries.  From PW.

Teachers Transform Lockers into Book Spines.  From mental_floss. 

J.K. Rowling updates Twitter header with new ‘Fantastic Beasts’ clues.  From hypable.

Texas residents demand LGBT children's books be banned from public library.  From Los Angeles Times.

 

San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Is Comic-Con Too Big for Small Publishers?   From PW.

JK Rowling reveals why the Dursleys dislike Harry Potter so much.  From The Guardian. 

8 LGBT cartoonists share their reactions to legal same-sex marriage.  From Fusion.

D&Q Marks 25 Years of Great Literary Comics.  From PW.

Beekeepers Team Up With Winnie The Pooh To Save Threatened Bees.  From Tech Times.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play to open in West End in 2016.  From The Guardian.

J.K. Rowling REALLY wants you to know the 'Harry Potter' play isn't a prequel.  From USA Today.

ALA Addresses its Challenged Book List After Questioning by FiveThirtyEight.  From SLJ.

Controversial New Textbooks Go Into Use This Fall In Texas.  From WBUR.

Daniel José Older creates female black heroes to make fantasy more real.  From The Guardian.

'Me And Earl' Director Traces Path From Scorsese's Assistant To Sundance.  From NPR.

What I Learned From Reading Pro-Confederacy Children’s Books.  From Slate.

Sherman Alexie explores new realm with picture book. From Yahoo News.

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How the Modern Detective Novel Was Born.  From PW.

Martyn Ford's top 10 fantastical pets in children's literature.  From The Guardian.

Martin Sheen to star in new Anne of Green Gables TV movie.  CBC News.

The teacher who inspired Terry Pratchett.  From The Telegraph.

Pratchett's daughter rules out Discworld follow-ons.  From The Bookseller.

The Dark Side of Nursery Rhymes.  From the BBC.

Elizabeth Banks in Talks to Direct YA Fantasy 'Red Queen'.  From The Hollywood Reporter.

The Worst Canonical Kids’ Books and What to Replace Them With.  From Flavorwire.

32 Enthralling Summer Reading Books For Kids Of All Ages.  From The Huffington Post.

Pooh and friends – Memorable Animals from Literature.  From Seattle Pi.


Transgender Titles for Young Readers.  From PW.

How FANGIRL Restored My Faith in Humanity.  From BookRiot.

‘Brown Girl Dreaming’ author inspires MNPS students.  From Vanderbilt News.

Jesse Andrews Learns on the Fly to Write ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.’  From The New York Times.

“King & King”—and Teacher Who Read It—Under Fire in North Carolina.  From SLJ.

Fathers not reading enough to their children, says Book Trust.  From The Guardian.
Reality Is Overrated: 5 Completely Insane Books You Should Read with Your Kid.  From Brightly.

12 of the Sweet Valley High Books' Most Ridiculous Plotlines.  From mental_floss.

Mark Haddon - don't use Curious Incident... as an autism "textbook."  From The Telegraph.

What’s on Your Summer Reading List? | Authors and Illustrators Share Their TBR Stacks.  From SLJ.

Thanks To J.K. Rowling, Dumbledore And Gandalf Got Married This Weekend.  From Buzzfeed.

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Elli Woollard’s top 10 re-imagined fairytales.  From The Guardian. 

30 LGBTQIA-Positive Children’s Books That’ll Teach Kids How Beautifully Diverse The World Is.  From Bustle.

Movie Alert: 'Paper Towns'.  From PW.

College Declines Student’s Request to “Eradicate” Acclaimed Graphic Novels from Campus.  From Electric Lit.

Why I Teach Diverse Literature.  From The Toast.

Read an excerpt from new Rick Riordan.  From USA Today.

A look at how the "Family Place" library program is transforming libraries.  From PW.

Mo Willems aims to inspire kids to write their stories.  From The Boston Globe.

 

Where are the children's books with girls in trousers? From The Guardian.

Here's the one word John Green regrets using in 'Paper Towns'.  From USA Today.

Teacher who read gay-themed fairy tale in class resigns after protest.  From Los Angeles Times.

Q & A with Kate Beaton.  From PW.

Meet “Bitch Planet,” your new “bold, beautiful, and baaaad” subversive feminist comic obsession.  From Salon.

Can You Guess The Children’s Book From One Sentence?  From BuzzFeed.

An Ode to School Librarians.  From BookRiot.

RJ Palacio: what is kindness?  From The Guardian.

Jules Feiffer Never Loved His Illustrations For 'The Phantom Tollbooth'.  From The Huffington Post.

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Landman, Grill Win 2015 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals in U.K.  From PW.

Carnegie winner Landman condemns library closures.  From The Bookseller.

The Case for a Happy Ending.  From PW.

'Looking for Alaska' Taps Rebecca Thomas to Direct.  From The Hollywood Reporter.
Harry Potter Book Night coming back in 2016.  From Entertainment Weekly.

Why this is a golden age for children's literature.  From The Independent.

The making of a graphic novel.  From PW.

JK Rowling reveals why the Dursleys dislike Harry Potter so much.  From The Guardian. 

Books On Buses: New program helps get books to Roanoke children.  From WDBJ7.

Author Brewer Announces Gender Transition.  From PW.

Selfies, sex and body image – the revolution in books for teenage girls.  From The Guardian. 

English Class in Common Core Era: ‘Tom Sawyer’ and Court Opinions.  From The New York Times.

Cut to the Core: Education Reform and Libraries.  From PW.
If Hollywood won't feature modern superheroines then it's up to YA fiction.  From The Guardian. 

Four authors give the best responses to their Internet critics.  From Entertainment Weekly.

Not Catching Fire: 21 YA adaptations that failed to launch franchises.  From The AV Club.

The Story Of Nancy Drew, Once Far More Ballsy Than The Girl Sleuth You Know.  From The Huffington Post.

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Authors sign protest letter against baseline tests. From The Bookseller.

The trailer for Me And Earl And The Dying Girl will lift you up, so it can crush you. From The AV Club.

Illinois Law Lets Schools Request Students’ Social Media Passwords.  From SLJ.
'Call Me Tree': A Children's Book With No Gender Specific Pronouns. From The Huffington Post.

Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel due out in September. From The Guardian.

Marissa Moss's Amelia Graduates Middle School—and Turns 20. From PW.

How Asperger’s powers my writing. From The Guardian.

Authors praise rise in LGBT-themed kids' books. From The Bay Area Reporter.

Despite Citywide Cuts, West Philadelphia Alliance for Children Opens 18th School Library.  From SLJ.

Missouri’s Governor Will Release Library Funding That Has Been Withheld Since Last June.  From Library Journal.

Francesca Lia Block says Weetzie Bat is not a manic pixie dream girl: “I don’t love what I’ve seen of that.”  From Salon.

Inside The Mind Of The World's Naughtiest Children's Book Illustrator.  From The Huffington Post.


BBC chooses best children's books of all time - do you agree? From The Guardian.

Book author Joan Walsh Anglund says of Angelou stamp: ‘That’s my quote.’  From The Washington Post.

Dark Horse Comics Picks Up Magical Girl Zodiac Starforce.  From SLJ.

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The Case For Libraries.  From PW.

How I made friends with a famous author: Jeanne Birdsall.  From The Guardian. 


Those Tired Summer Reading Lists. Here’s What to Do.  From SLJ.

The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem.  From boingboing.

Pour Some Sugar on Me (But Don’t Tell My Mom): Why We Shouldn’t Sugarcoat YA.  From BookRiot.

Fun National Poetry Month Apps and Resources for Teens.  From SLJ.

Enough With the Holocaust Books for Children!  From Tablet Magazine.

17 Stories That Will Make You Want To Hug Your Librarian.  From BuzzFeed.

And Here's The Entirety Of 'Alice In Wonderland' In Emoji.  From The Huffington Post.

Where’s the Quote from: Classic or YA Lit?  From Epic Reads.

Being A Feminist In the Kids’ Section.  From BookRiot.

Goodbye 1700: DC’s New York offices close for good today.  From The Beat.

Using Comics to Teach English Language Learners.  From SLJ.

25 Beautiful Vintage Beverly Cleary Book Covers.  From Flavorwire.

Shailene Woodley’s Speech Brought John Green To Tears At The MTV Movie Awards.  From BuzzFeed.

Her Stinging Critiques Propel Young Adult Best Sellers.  From The New York Times.

Teaching With Graphic Novels. From SLJ.

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The 10 Most Anticipated Book Adaptations of 2015.  From PW.

Children’s books are never just for children.  From The Guardian.

Universal Options ‘The Princess In Black'. From Deadline.

African-American Experience Children’s Literary Reference Guide.  From SLJ.
Laurie Halse Anderson Thinks Adults Should Be Reading More YA.  From BuzzFeed.

Children's Choice Book Award Finalists Announced.  From PW.

Rachel Martin talks with National Book Award-winning author Thanhha Lai about her children's book, Listen, Slowly.  From NPR.

Patrick Ness reveals the cover of his new book!  From The Guardian.

CCBC Stats Show Children’s Books Shifting Toward Diversity.  From PW.

Newly Discovered Dr. Seuss Book to Publish in July.  From SLJ.

'Not my words': John Green's wrongly attributed line and other misquotations.  From The Guardian.
John Green's Southern Exposure.  From PW.

Kansas May Criminalize Educators for Distributing “Harmful Material."  From SLJ.

The Hidden Story of Harley Quinn and How She Became the Superhero World’s Most Successful Woman.  From Vulture.

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John Green to Wi10 Booksellers: Life Would 'Suck Without You'.  From PW.

"I Am Malala" Wins Grammy For Best Children's Album.  From Forbes.

Pennsylvania: Budget Cuts Take Toll On School Librarians In Philadelphia.  From Library Journal.
My inspiration: Jennifer Niven on Virginia Woolf.  From The Guardian.

Someone Is Writing The Ultimate Generic Dystopian YA Novel On Twitter.  From io9.

Which YA character would be your BFF?  From BuzzFeed.

2015 Battle of the Kids’ Books Battle Plans and Brackets Unveiled.  From SLJ.

Interviews with some of the Battle of the Kid's Book contenders: Candace Fleming, Cece Bell, Gregory Maguire, Jacqueline Woodson.  From SLJ.

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School board will yank abortion mention in biology book.  From USA Today.

Exploring the African Continent in Children’s Books.  From Publishing Perspectives.

Does YA Mean Anything Anymore?: Genre in a Digitized World.  From The Horn Book.

Can Young Adult fiction go too far?  From The Irish Times.

Stanford Libraries unearths the earliest U.S. website.  From Standford News.

Kids Should Feel Free to Read Kids' Books, Because That's What Kids Do.  From Bustle.


Young Adult Fiction Doesn't Need to Be a 'Gateway' to the Classics.  From The Atlantic.

London Hotel Creates 'Harry Potter' Themed Rooms.  From The Hollywood Reporter

The rise of climate fiction: When literature takes on global warming and devastating droughts.  From Salon.

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CBC and ECAR Revamp Children's Choice Award.  From PW.

Who Was the Real Lewis Carroll?  From New Republic.

10 Random Facts About Lewis Carroll.  From PW.

Ebooks Will Surge in Classrooms, Study Says.  From SLJ.

Mom: Common Core wants kids to develop reading skills at the same pace. My daughters didn’t.  From The Washington Post.


The 22 Best Feminist Picture Books, Because You're Never Too Old To Be Saved By A Princess.  From Bustle.

Teen opinion: how bleak should dystopian fiction be? From The Guardian.

Children’s book industry discusses diversity charter.  From The Bookseller.

Two Books Challenged Again in Highland Park Schools in Texas.  From SLJ.

The Story Behind Sundance Smash Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.  From Vulture.

Illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham Dies at 94.  From PW.

Critics of 'vulgar' book for young adults want Governor General's award rescinded.  From Ottawa Citizen.

The World's Darkest Children's Book Illustrator Receives Long Overdue Exhibition.  From The Huffington Post.

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Celebrated Author and Illustrator Bonnie Christensen Dies at 63.  From SLJ.

The Past, Present And Future Of High-Stakes Testing.  From NPR.

Doubleday Revives Peter Spier Classics.  From PW.

Where are all the interracial children’s books?  From The Washington Post.

Authors and teenagers share the books that saved their life.  From The Guardian. 

Peanuts and the Quiet Pain of Childhood: How Charles Schulz Made an Art of Difficult Emotions.  From Brain Pickings.

The Color of Children's Literature.  From American Book Review.

Ranking 2014 Children’s Bestsellers.  From PW.

An Everlasting Story: Natalie Babbitt and Tuck Everlasting’s 40th Anniversary.  From Bookish.

The renaissance of Beatrix Potter's great rival.  From The Telegraph.

OH Department of Education Will Vote to Purge School Librarian Requirement.  From SLJ.

How to get kids to read — let them pick their own damn books.  From Vox.

Hermione Granger and the Goddamn Patriarchy.  From BuzzFeed.

Appoquinimink School District Board Battles Over Permission Slips for YA Reading.  From SLJ.

Image Comics Is Now the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher.  From PW.

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Netflix Adapting Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ As Series. From Deadline.

Finding New Voices in Children’s Books in Spanish: Spanish-Language Publishing 2014. From PW.

11 Questions for 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Author Jeff Kinney. From mental_floss.

Focus to Develop YA Adaptation 'Scorpio Races.' From The Hollywood Reporter.

“The Giving Tree” at Fifty: Sadder Than I Remembered. From The New Yorker.

I love this book!  A Haunting Anniversary: 'Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins' Turns 25. From PW.

Dynamic Librarian Gets Apple ConnectED Grant for West Harlem Middle School. From SLJ.

Sally Gardner explains how her dyslexia didn’t (in the end) get in the way of becoming an award-winning children’s writer. From The Guardian.

Ask the author: Marcus Sedgwick. From The Independent.

Container of Hope: International Book Bank Ships 86,000 Books to Liberia. From SLJ.

The True Stories Behind Classic Fairy Tales. From The Huffington Post.

Tasty and bite-sized, short stories thrive in young adult literature. From Allvoices.

‘Freaky Friday’ author Mary Rodgers remembered at memorial service. From NY Daily News.

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For Books, Print Is Back. From PW.

Five things you didn't know about Laura Ingalls Wilder. From MPRnews.

Meg Wolitzer: My Debt to Sylvia Plath. From Time Magazine.

Paddington’s Forebear: A Talk With Michael Bond. From The New York Times.

Books on Film: The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss. From SLJ.

First Look: New Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter. From PW.

Alice in Wonderland at 150: innocent fantasy or dark and druggy? From The Telegraph.

Hometown heros!  How ‘Harry Potter’ fans won a four-year fight against child slavery.  From The Washington Post.

An interview with James Patterson.  From The Guardian.

Holly Black on Her New Book, Fairies & Working With Cassandra Clare. From The Huffington Post.

'Tuck' Springs Eternal: Natalie Babbitt's Novel at 40. From PW.

John Green Is the John Hughes of Relatable YA Literature. From Flavorwire.

SLJ’s Seventh Annual Battle of the Kids’ Books 2015 Contenders Announced.

John Green Takes Fans Inside His Creative Process. From Time Magazine.

How many Black-authored middle grade and young adult novels were published in the US in 2014? From Zetta Elliott.

'TIME's "100 Best Young Adult Books Of All Time" Is Very White... And Not Very YA. From Bustle.

Philip Pullman Delivers Audible Exclusive. From PW.
Scholastic’s New Report Examines Kids’ Attitudes on Reading. From SLJ.

Books to breed tolerance: what children can read after the terrorist attacks in Paris. From The Guardian.

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More than 80 years later, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s true story is published. From Slate.

Lemony Snicket interview. From The Telegraph.

Authors of young adult fiction say pitching the content right is a balancing act. The Sydney Morning Herald.

Roger Sutton on the trickiness of assigning age and grade-level designations for books. From The Horn Book.

Amazon and Hachette finally reach deal; Hachette will set its ebook prices. From Gigaom.

Does Your School Have a Teacher Librarian? A new CSLA Film and a playlist. From SLJ.

9 writers on the inspiring books that shaped them. From Mashable.


In Case You Forgot, William Steig Is One Of Your Absolute Favorite Picture Book Authors From Childhood. From Bustle.

Grimm brothers’ fairytales have blood and horror restored in new translation. From The Guardian.

The True (25th Anniversary) Story of the Three Little Pigs. From PW.

What happens to your brain when you're lost in a book. From Co.Design.

Why are teenage girls drawn to books about mental instability? From The Guardian.

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Pippi Longstocking Ignites a Debate on Race. From The New York Times.

A call for more teen and YA books to be set in the Middle East to help young people understand the complexities of conflict. From The Guardian.

PW and the Obamas: Meeting Up at Politics & Prose to Buy Books.
In Wayzata, Minnesota, a school spies on its students. From boingboing.

School Library Renaissance in MA School District. From SLJ.
9 Adorable Kids Talk About Why Books Are The Best. From BuzzFeed.

Why Louisa May Alcott's Morality Still Resonates With Readers. From The Huffington Post.

My inspiration: Satoshi Kitamura on why he loves Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy and manga. From The Guardian. 

School libraries are essential for learning. Duh.  From philly.com.

Unbroken: The Movie, the Book, and Standout World War II Readalikes. From SLJ.

Mockingjay and feminism: The new Hunger Games movie envisions a future where women run the world. From Slate.

Publisher changes titles after seven-year-old girl’s complaint. From The Guardian.

The reality behind Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' books. From LA Times.

Q&A with Nick Lake. From PW.

Books the pass the Bechdel test.  From SLJ.

14 Facts About 'Anne of Green Gables' Author L.M. Montgomery. From Mental_Floss.

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‘This One Summer’ Tops PW Comics World’s 2014 Critics Poll.
A a study unsurprisingly finds that reading to children of all ages grooms them to read more on their own.  From The New York Times.

Nonprofit Fights Illiteracy By Getting Books To Kids Who Need Them. From NPR.

Times Magazine's list of 100 best children's book of all time.

YA Novel ‘This Song Will Save Your Life’ Heads to Stage, Screen. From Variety.

How Jennifer Niven’s All the Bright Places gets mental illness right. From BuzzFeed.


Josh Sundquist On 'We Should Hang Out Sometime,' Dating Disasters, and Awkward Pauses. From Bustle.

The Comics Industry Person of the Year 2014: Raina Telgemeier. From The Beat.
‘One Hundred Books Famous in Children’s Literature’ at Grolier. From The New York Times.

The Dark Origins of 11 Classic Nursery Rhymes. From mental_floss.


The Measure of Program Success? Probably not book circulation. From SLJ.

Publishers Weekly's Top Comics Stories of 2014.

Ohio libraries fear more state cuts. From The Marion Star.
The unlikely story behind Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.  From CBS News.

The Rosenbach Museum contests the value of Maurice Sendak's rare books. From philly.com.

Talk, Sing, Read, Write, Play: How Libraries Reach Kids Before They Can Read. From NPR.

2014 Cybils Award finalists announced.  From SLJ.

The lives they lived: Walter Dean Myers. From The New York Times.

In defence of young adult fiction. From BBC News.

Minnesota School Board Won't Ban Book About Girl with Two Mothers. From ABC News.

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Top 10 writing duos. From The Guardian.

‘Street Dreams’ Come True at a Bronx School Library. From SLJ.


'Peter Pan,' 'Lady and the Tramp,' and 12 more kids' classics marred by racism. From Entertainment Weekly.

10 Cautionary Tales For Children from an 1831 Book. From Mental Floss.

Watch John Green Ask Cara Delevingne a Bunch of Awkward Questions, Including What It's Like Smooching Nat Wolff. From Teen Vogue.

The Little Prince Goes Pixar. From The Atlantic.

Before The Internet, Librarians Would 'Answer Everything' — And Still Do. From NPR.


Walking and Talking with . . . Gene Luen Yang! From SLJ.

Characters in children’s books are almost always white, and it’s a big problem. From The Washington Post.


13 Female Young Adult Fiction Authors That Owned 2014. From Bustle.

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Children’s Literature 2014: The Year in Miscellanea. From SLJ.

Fifty libraries have closed in the UK this year.  From The Bookseller.

The 15 Best Works of Fiction by Black Authors in 2014. From The Root.

Jacqueline Woodson On Growing Up, Coming Out And Saying Hi To Strangers. From NPR.

Teaching “Black Lives Matter." From SLJ.

Winnie the Pooh illustration by EH Shepard sells for over £300,000 at auction. From The Independent. 

Gender representation in 2014 LGBT YA novels. It's on the rise! From Diversity in YA.

Rainbow Rowell announces ‘Fangirl’ spinoff ‘Carry On.' From Hypable.

7 Reasons Why 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings' Should Be Required Reading in School. From The Huffington Post.

‘Highland Park Kids Read’ Takes on Censorship Battle in TX School District. From SLJ.

Where Are All the LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Ed Books? From Reality Check.

Gene Luen Yang discusses a mistake he made in his latest novel, The Shadow Hero. From Diversity in YA.