Buffalo News - Authors of teen novels DEFEND their right to tackle tough subjects
Some US authors, including Sonya Sones, defend thier right to tackle tough subjects.
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CNN.com - Review: A child's view of children's books - Sep 27, 2006
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We asked Andrew, son of CNN.com staffer Christy Oglesby, to again review a selection of titles because children's books don't always appeal to the audience for which they're intended. The voracious reader and precocious reviewer was pleased to offer his takes.
St. Paul Pioneer Press | 09/26/2006 | Make-up product placement colors teen novel
"Cathy's Book: If Found Call (650) 266-8233" is scheduled to be in bookstores' young-adult sections next month. Cathy is a budding artist who turns to sleuthing to find out why her boyfriend dumped her. The innovative book uses working phone numbers and Web sites and a packet of "evidence" to send readers on an interactive scavenger hunt. Yet it is the book's behind-the-scenes deal — brokered before publication between Running Press, a subsidiary of Perseus Books Group, and Procter & Gamble, maker of CoverGirl cosmetics — that set off alarms among some booksellers, authors and child-advocacy groups.
Top marks for punctuation - Books - Times Online
Amanda Craig has mixed feelings about the junior edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves:
The reason why grammar bores children rigid is that it runs counter to all their subversive instincts. Bonnie Timmons, the illustrator, grasps this but Truss, it seems, does not. My generation grew up feeling that, thanks to Star Trek, splitting infinitives to boldly go was much more exciting than to go boldly. I can’t help feeling that our children will feel the same way about correct punctuation.
