USATODAY.com - Birdsall's secret: Listening like a kid
Feature about Jeanne Birdsall, author of The Penderwicks
US edition
The Penderwicks will be published in the UK by David Fickling Books, Summer 2006
US: December 2005 Archives
Who decides what kids can — and can’t — read? - U.S. News - MSNBC.com
Who decides what kids can — and can’t — read?
Maryland educator reconsidering ban on praised novel for teenage girls
Article about the banning of The Earth, My Butt And Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Pacific Palisades ~ Palisadian-Post
Author Cornelia Funke Talks Dragons at Seven Arrows
a report on a Cornelia Funke event...
Advantage Publishers Children's Books Recalled
Consumeraffairs.com reports:
Advantage Publishers Group is recalling about 41,000 children's books. If the clear plastic container is removed from the book's back cover or breaks, young children can access the beads in it. This poses a choking hazard to young children... The "Amazing Baby Look and Play" activity book has a yellow star on the cover. The "Amazing Baby Touch and Play" book has a brown bear on the cover. The activity books measure about 11-inches by 11-inches, and are for children ages 12 months to 24 months. .. The books were sold at national book chains, discount department stores, wholesalers and distributors, and membership warehouse clubs nationwide from May 2003 through November 2005... Consumers should immediately take these recalled activity and board books away from young children and contact the company for a replacement book.
Short feature about Peter Sis:
Over the years, Sis, 56, has won numerous awards for his illustrations, including two Caldecott Honors: in 1997, for "Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei," and, in 1999, for "Tibet: Through the Red Box." His recent books range from picture-book biographies for older readers like "The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist and Thinker" to "Fire Truck," "Madlenka's Dog" and other playful volumes for preschoolers.
