pressconnects.com | 06/27/04 | Lifestyle Story
... ...many teens find their way to their own reading lists, which may or may not contain a single book in the "new young adult category." Teens read pretty much the way they do everything else -- they do it their way....
Cool books for cool kids / Young adult fiction for summer reflects teens' world, style
"Summer is so exciting because finally, it's a time when teens come into the library and ask for books they want to read," according to Betsy Levine, the San Francisco Public Library's teen librarian. Awaiting them is the burgeoning world of YA, or young adult literature, where recent innovations, from novels in the form of instant text messages and verse to crossover titles that are attracting as many adults as adolescents, are redefining a genre that once had little appeal for teens.
Atlantic Unbound | Interviews | 2004.06.22
Interview with Edwidge Danticat, in which she talks about her writing for both adults and young adults...
Behind The Mountains, First Person Fiction (YA)
The Dew Breaker - her latest adult title
Portland just right for Thai boy's story
In the newly released illustrated children's book, Bread Song, 8-year-old Chamnan, a recent Thai immigrant, takes his grandfather's hand and together they count the 25 cobblestone steps they take to cross from their home above their Thai restaurant to Alison's Bakery.
Author and radio commentator Daniel Pinkwater didn't grow up in Hoboken, but has spent many afternoons in his own idiosyncratic imagination pretending that he did. His latest children's book, Looking for Bobowicz (HarperCollins, ages 8-12), follows the adventures of young Nick Itch, who moves to Hoboken from suburbs during the hottest heat wave in 120 years.
Children%u2019s Book Buyers Spending More, Buying Less
Consumer Spending On Children%u2019s Books Reaches Seven-Year High, Ipsos Research Shows... ...
Spending on children's books rises - (United Press International)
Ipsos BookTrends of New York said Wednesday consumer spending on children's books grew by an estimated 11 percent during 2003... ...
"I had an idea early on that it might be a good children's book, because there's lots of big colorful equipment," Whouley says of her decision to document each step... Cottage for sale* ... must be moved: a woman moves a house to make a home (Commonwealth Editions, $22.95) was published May 12, the same day the paperback rights were bought by Ballantine Books for a six-figure advance. Whouley says two agents have expressed interest in pitching the book to Hollywood for a film.
FOXNews.com - Foxlife - LeAnn Rimes Pens Children's Book
The country singer Rimes and her husband, Dean Sheremet, recently finished their second children's book, called "Jack's New Friend," (search) and the 21-year-old says she's working on a third. Her first, "Jag" was published in 2003 by Dutton Books, but Rimes says singing is still her first job.
