WECT TV6 & WECT.com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - Parents happy with committee's decision
"A school committee has decided that the controversial children's book King and King will be out of school children's reach..."
US: March 2004 Archives
Extremely useful biographical feature about US author Angela Johnson - including the detail that Johnson lives in a house once owned by Captain Underpants (Dav Pilkey) and his partner Cynthia Rylant, as well as the standard background:
"Born June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Ala., Johnson moved with her family to northeast Ohio when she was a young child. Johnson's father was an autoworker and her mother was a comptroller at a social service agency..."
Highly recommended
"Lynne Reid Banks, the author of 20 children's books, visited Safford schools to talk to students about her books..."
USATODAY.com - Comedians writing children's books for a laugh
'The problem with children's books, comic Jay Leno says, is that they just aren't funny. 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno makes his kiddie lit debut on Tuesday with If Roast Beef Could Fly. "They all look like Laura Ashley illustrations with one word and a boring moral at the end," says The Tonight Show host, who makes his kids' book debut with If Roast Beef Could Fly (Simon & Schuster).
Scholastic Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
Scholastic [NY] Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
Mysteries of the Nancy Drew fans
A report on the meeting of a Nancy Drew fanclub convention:
"Garrett, Janet and Alice are Phantom Friends, (PFriends for short) -- three of the 30 or so men and women who gather every year to celebrate children's mystery series books in general... and one certain titian-haired heroine in particular..."
TheStar.com - You too can be a cool character
Elmore Leonard gives some clues about his forthcoming children's book:
"...He is working on his 39th book, a children's book about a coyote that lives in the Hollywood Hills, which is expected to be released at the end of May. He has a built-in audience: five children, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
"It's called A Coyote's In The House. A little girl sees a coyote talking to a show poodle. The coyote has a gang and is a cool guy and it turns out the dog was a former movie star and wants to join the coyotes who live in the Hollywood Hills. But the coyote says, `you sold out, you let people feed you.' I got bored with the dog; the coyote is my kinda guy." And the poodle was a pussy...."
The Seattle Times: Living: Nancy Drew, starring in an updated book series, has a fascinating past
"Nancy Drew, starring in an updated book series, has a fascinating past..."
An excellent background article on the old and the new Nacy Drew series, including a pictrue and biographical detail of one of the earlier series' ghost writers, Mildred Benson.
Recommended.
False Notes - one of the new titles
Feature about Jack Gantos, current ACHUKA Choice author...
