Childrens Book

9 Kate-Related Garbage Pail Kid Cards

Kate Torgovnick | Posted 04.13.2012

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Kate Torgovnick

Art Spiegelman, the man behind the graphic novel Maus, was a member of the team that made the cards. So he was a natural to write the introduction for a new book, called simply Garbage Pail Kids.

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Disturbing New Children's Book 'Maggie Goes On A Diet' Encourages Young Girls To Diet

Laura Stampler | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Maggie Goes on a Diet, Pro Eating Disorders, Women's Issues, Childhood Eating Disorders, Children Dieting, Children's Book, Parenting, Kids Dieting, Children's Body Image, Disturbing Picture Book, Parents News
Laura Stampler

A chubby young girl with Pippi Longstocking braids stands in front of the mirror holding up a too-small pink dress and sees a different version of herself. Her mirror image is thin. It's the cover of a (disturbing) new children's book.

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Anita Silvey's Book-A-Day Almanac

Monica Edinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Monica Edinger

I always stress the classics because I don't want children to miss them. But I am keeping my eye out for great titles of the last twenty years.

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Cori Paul, Artbox Alley: 27 Million And Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Video, Children's Publishing, Starting a Business, Cori Paul, Books, Unique Business Ideas, Running a Business, Children's Book, Artbox Alley, 27 Million and Counting, Small Business Video, Small Business News

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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Failing Bookstore Bought By Two Best Friends

Dispatch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Book Market, Children's Books, Publishing Market, Kidlit, Bookstore, Bookselling, Kid's Books, Children's Book, Bookseller, Books News

After years of buying books at Narnia Children's Books in Richmond's Museum District, best friends Jill Stefanovich and Jenesse Evertson have bought t...

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'Beautiful Oops'

Barney Saltzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barney Saltzberg

I tore a piece of paper and realized I could turn it into the mouth of an alligator. When I saw that, I decided I could have fun in my studio, playing with smears, smudges, drips, holes and whatever else I could think of.

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Tea Party Coloring Book Prompts Death Threats

myfoxla.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coloring Book, Tax Day Tea Party, Tea Party Movement, Kids Books, Tea Party Coloring Book, Kids Book, Tax Day Tea Parties, Childrens Books, Childrens Book, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Wayne Bell, Books News

The publisher behind a coloring book for children that espouses the beliefs of the Tea Party says he has received death threats over its publication, ...

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Mo Willems, Dan Yaccarino, Dan Santat And 13 Other Illustrators Give 'Eyewitness Reports' Of A Fictional Event (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Eyewitness Reports" is a charity auction of 37 pieces of original art by some of the best children's book artists today. The auction proceeds will be...

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Tolkien And Dickens Together At Last: Match Made In Childen's Fantasy Heaven?

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lord of the Rings, Charles Dickens, Children's Book, Tolkien, Jrr-Tolkien, Fantasy Books, Tolkien and Dickens, Books News

It is a match made in publicists' heaven: the grandson of JRR Tolkien and the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens have collaborated for the first ...

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The Spirit of Words: Building Children's Books

Rebecca Serle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rebecca Serle

what I'd like to talk about here is a discussion the panelists had on spirit verses word accuracy in children's books. Let me explain.

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Wild Things Is Where the Entertainment Isn't

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Single Mother, Wild Things, Children's Book, Fantasy, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Movie Review, Where the Wild Things Are, Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Dave Eggers, Catherine O'hara, Chris Cooper, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

Where the Wild Things Are sounds like a fun film for the kids and an emotional one for adults, but it isn't. The film is much too scary for younger children and much too boring for older ones.

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Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

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Childless Steve Martin Pens A Children's Book

Associated Press | Hillel Italie | Posted 05.25.2011

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The trend seems as plain as the nose on your child's face, or an arrow through your head. There's Madonna, Billy Crystal and Jamie Lee Curtis. And Jer...

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