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"Alice In Wonderland" Inspires Bestselling Trilogy "The Looking Glass Wars" (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

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Tomorrow is National Young Readers Day, an initiative to celebrate and encourage a love of reading in kids, and in honor of that, we bring you this in...

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Lemony Snicket Moves To Little, Brown With New Series

Publishers Weekly | Jim Milliot | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

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Daniel Handler, who had a long and successful run with his Lemony Snicket-penned A Series of Unfortunate Events series at HarperCollins, is moving to ...

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

Christian Science Monitor | Marjorie Kehe | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

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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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From Fiction to Fashion Statement: YA Books Spawn New Fashion Trends

Regina Brooks | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books

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The role models teens look to for their fashion trends are not only found inside glossies, but also in the pages of books!

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Australian Author: The New J.K. Rowling?

The Wall Street Journal | DALYA ALBERGE | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books

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In a success story reminiscent of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's, Ms. James is a mother and first-time author who is going from nothing to becomin...

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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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