Childrens Books

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Poetry's Decline?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Robert Frost, Children, Poetry, Linda Winston, Mom, Joyce Kilmer, Mary Ann Hoberman, Tree That Time Built, Poet Laureate, Felice Holman, Children's Poetry, Reciting Poetry, Books, Children's Books, Books News

I'm sure I'd leafed through The Children's First Book of Poetry when I was a child, but it was more the memory of my mother reciting any number of poems that I cherished.

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9 Children's Books With Political Agendas

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

There's a new kids' book out November 23 by conservative author Katharine DeBrecht called "Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country!" which in parti...

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Can You Put Gay Characters In A Kid's Book?

Christian Science Monitor | Marjorie Kehe | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Books, Gay, Book Fairs, Ttyl, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Lauren Myracle, Scholastic, School Book Fairs, Children's Books, Lauren Myracle Luv Ya Bunches, YA Books, Scholastic Book Fairs, Gay Characters, Gay Book Characters, Luv Ya Bunches, Kids' Books, Books News

Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic's book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is als...

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Barnes & Noble And James Patterson Team Up For In-Store Kids' Book Recommendations

CNN Money | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

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Barnes & Noble, Inc. continues its storied tradition of making books and reading more accessible to kids with its newest addition to the Children's se...

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Berenstain Bears Are Latest Kids' Books To Become Movie

The Washington Post | Borys Kit | Posted 11.04.2009 | Books

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The Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the family-friendly studio behind the "Narnia" feature franchise, has picked up the...

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How To Teach Your Children About Death

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Siberian Husky, The Dead Bird, Children's Books, Children, Goodnight Moon, Grief, Autumn, Steve Ross, Parenting, Dogs, Death, Death & Dying, Living News

in the United States we have a somewhat less open tolerance for this chapter of being. One might even say that we're still in the closet about the subject. Why are we so tight lipped about this natural process?

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Twitterfiction On The Rise: Neil Gaiman Tweets Short Stories

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

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For Neil Gaiman, it began with a disconcerting image of a girl spoken to by her reflection in a mirror. For Melvin Burgess, it was a mother told by a ...

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Top 10 Anti-heroes: The Worst-Behaved In Literature

The Guardian | Francesca Simon | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Kids' Books, Heroes, Book Characters, Calvin and Hobbes, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, Books, Children's Books, Talented Mr. Ripley, Pippi Longstocking, Anti-Heroes, Worst-Behaved, Books News

"I have always loved books about rebels and non-conformists, people who swagger through life with a fierce edge and a stubborn refusal to behave thems...

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My Wrestle With The Reluctant Reader

The Huffington Post | Dean Pitchford | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

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For over twenty-five years I have worked at creating the most compressed form of popular art -- the three-minute pop song. Recording artists, publish...

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An Awesome Book

Dallas Clayton | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

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I created An Awesome Book to try to speak to the idea of moving our amazing wild imaginary dreams just a little bit closer to those more tangible, simple daytime aspirations.

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Where The Wild Things Are Stars Reflect On The Book

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

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LOS ANGELES — Before joining the cast of "Where the Wild Things Are," the actors had fond memories of Maurice Sendak's picture book about an unr...

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Reliving Your First Literary Love

Steve Leveen | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Children's Books, Books, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Kids' Books, Favorite Books, Books News

Mrs. Geissler's reading of Island of the Blue Dolphins caught me. For the first time, I was in book love -- I couldn't wait to hear what happened next.

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Once Upon A Time: Silly Is For Survivors

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Adversity, Laughter, Shakespeare, Humor, Children's Books, Children, India, Titanic, James Cameron, Happiness, Living News

Could it be that some parents deprive their children of silly stories mistakenly believing that silly is counterproductive? Could they believe that the world is a harsh place with no room for laughter and goofiness?

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A Suggestion for Michelle Obama

Eleanor Jackson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

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I have a suggestion for our First Lady. She should consider starting a book club for young readers.

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Once Upon a Time

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

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How much do the stories children hear influence who they become and how they think as adults? As a parent, I couldn't help but wonder.

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Children's Books Reissued: Classics Get An Update

The Wall Street Journal | KATHERINE ROSMAN | Posted 10.02.2009 | Books

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When the children's travelogue This Is Australia was first published in 1970, an illustration showing a desolate street and small stretch of stores wa...

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Winnie The Pooh Is Back!

AP | JENNIFER QUINN | Posted 10.02.2009 | Books

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LONDON — When we left them, Christopher Robin was going away, and Things were going to be Different. Now, more than eight decades later, a rumo...

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Disney: Children's Books Now Online

The New York Times | BROOKS BARNES | Posted 09.30.2009 | Books

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LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Company hopes an ambitious new digital service it plans to unveil on Tuesday will transform how children read its story...

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Come out of the Literary Closet: Buy Yourself a Kids' Book this Holiday

Joanne Rendell | Posted 01.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Literature, Academic News, Holiday Gifts, Children's Books, Gifts for Yourself, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Spirit, Kids, Shopping, Books, Gifts, Self-Indulgence, Kids' Books, Reading, Style News

Kids' fiction unleashes our long-ago dampened imaginations, so take a break from that Salman Rushdie book you're reading, and treat your mind to a kids book this holiday.

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