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    Super WHY! and Classic Children's L...  Jul 1, 2009
    and Classic Children's Literature ... and Classic Children's Literature ... also interests preschoolers in reading classic children's literature and fairy tales. (Suite101.com)

    G-K Twentieth Century Children's Li...  Jun 28, 2009
    G-K Twentieth Century Children's Literature. G-K Twentieth Century Children's Literature ... The copyright of the article G-K Twentieth Century Children's Literature in is owned by. (Suite101.com)

    Ideas for teaching kids meaning of Fourth of July  Jun 28, 2009
    There are many wonderful children's books about the Fourth of July, said Amy McClure, professor of children's literature at Ohio Wesleyan University. She recommends "The Story of America's Birthday" by Patricia A. Pringy for babies to preschoolers, and "O, Say Can You See? America's Symbols, Landmarks, And Important Words" by Sheila Keenan for kids ages 4 to 8. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Young adults feel affinity with supernatural characters in books  Jun 28, 2009
    Children's literature. Where the coolest kids are, like, undead. (Boston Globe)

    Gruffalo to menace Christmas TV  Jun 23, 2009
    Page last updated at 12:57 GMT, Monday, 22 June 2009 13:57 UK. Around 4 million copies of The Gruffalo have been sold. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    It's Definitely a Surprise for Marvin -- New Picture Book Tells the Story of Two Best Friends as They Spend An Unforgettable Night At the Fair  Jun 16, 2009
    Recently she received a doctorate degree in Theology, Dr, Davis writes part time as a hobby, but her interest lies in children's literature. She has written other adult novels and also a book called "Poems for Comfort" that are currently in the publishing process. (Primezone Releases)

    The Samantha Files: Visions of Dreams -- Engrossing New Fiction Delights Children and Teens  Jun 16, 2009
    Putting her talent to the test, she enrolled in the Institute of Children's Literature where she received a diploma in children's literature. Although writing is Ms. Cholle's first love, she also enjoys reading and singing. (Primezone Releases)

    Pixar's 'Up' is a fantastical voyage  May 29, 2009
    For those who've done their time in the valley of children's literature, "Up" glances off any number of classic tales: Carl's hemmed-in cottage evokes "The Little House" of Virginia Lee Burton, for instance, and Dug the dog carries echoes of the beloved Tock of "The Phantom Tollbooth." With its airborne action ballet, though - not to mention its intertwining of fantasy and hushed emotional depth - "Up" primarily calls to mind the films of Japanese animation great Hayao Miyazaki. There's a... (Boston Globe)

    Audiobooks by Narrator and Author S...  May 26, 2009
    These cover a variety of different genres from narration of children's literature through to the reading of his own work. Here are some audiobooks featuring Stephen Fry. (Suite101.com)

    First-time author floats boat  May 19, 2009
    The other winners included Joan London for The Good Parents (Christina Stead prize for fiction), Chloe Hooper for The Tall Man (Douglas Stewart prize for non-fiction), Lucy Holt for Man Wolf Man (Kenneth Slessor prize for poetry), Michelle Turner for A Brief History Of Montmaray (Ethel Turner prize for young people's literature) and Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle (illustrations) for The Word Spy (Patricia Wrightson prize for children's literature). The inaugural People's Choice Award went to... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Celeb moms share book faves  May 18, 2009
    These lines from children's literature are standouts. By Leanne ItalieAssociated Press. (Honolulu Advertiser)

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    E.H. Gombrich's Little History of t...  May 16, 2009
    World Historians Rarely Write Books Fit For Children's Literature ... A Little History of the World As Children's Literature. (Suite101.com)

    watching the movie "Twilight"  May 9, 2009
    And Children's literature ROCKS.. Posted by. (Slate)

    'Finding Oz,' by Evan I. Schwartz  May 4, 2009
    Seth Lerer is dean of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego and the author of "Children's Literature: A Reader's History," which won the National Book Critics Circle award in March. E-mail him at. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    A classic, partly lost in time, mostly timeless  May 3, 2009
    He directs his commentary at today's general reader, as well as at academics in the field of children's literature. The volume includes 22 splendid color plates from past editions as well as many black and white illustrations. (Boston Globe)

    'It's What's Inside That Counts'  May 2, 2009
    "Children, teachers, parents, friends and family are eager for quality children's literature with a positive message about celebrating and respecting differences," the brochure reads ... Burney, who is a past Missouri National Education Association State Teacher of the Year and now teaches children's literature at Fontbonne University in Clayton, said she can't imagine a life without her volunteer work with T.O.U.C.H.. (Missourian Publishing, MO)

    First-time novelist wins B.C. fiction prize  Apr 28, 2009
    The Sheila Egoff Prize for children's literature (text) went to the 2002 Newbery Honor laureate Polly Horvath for My One Hundred Adventures while Katarina Jovanovic (author) and Philippe Bha (illustrator) shared the Christie Harris Award for best illustrated children's book. Author Stephen Bown and his publisher, Douglas & McIntyre, also shared a prize: the B.C. Booksellers' Choice Award, for Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver, given annually to the... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    A-E Classic Children's Literature  Apr 16, 2009
    Lewis Carroll, Brothers Grimm, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen. Adventure and misadventure, fantasy and fairy tale, monsters and mystery. (Suite101.com)

    Owners Face Closing Bookstore in Business for Nearly 2 Decades  Apr 12, 2009
    Known for it's African American, political and children's literature the bookstore, which was once located in Dupont Circle and now calls College Park home, will soon be out of business. Vicky Foxworth brought her daughter to the store for years. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Crawling into little hearts  Apr 11, 2009
    ERIC Carle, the rock star of children's literature, has cobalt-blue eyes, gently accented English, and braces holding up his trousers, which together make him seem like a character from fable; part Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas, part Pinocchio's father, Geppetto. His most famous book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has sold 30 million copies, bringing his total to roughly 88 million, a fact that, in his 80th year, still amazes him. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Lost duckling gets lift home from the Hill  Apr 8, 2009
    That gives authorities few clues about who defaced the tribute to children's literature that has become a postcard image of Boston. But at least they found the duck in one piece. (Boston Globe)

    Publisher ordered to pay $3.6 million to toy maker  Apr 8, 2009
    SPARTANBURG, S.C. - A federal judge has ordered a South Carolina publisher of children's literature to pay $3. 6 million to an international toy maker in a trademark case. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Read about spring chickens in children's books  Apr 4, 2009
    Who would have thought that baby chickens would take such a prominent role in children's literature. There is no better season to explore all these books than springtime. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)

    Don't ask Anne Michaels what she had for breakfast  Apr 4, 2009
    There's been a published book of poetry (her third) and five books of children's literature, all unpublished so far, plus an oratorio composed with Omar Daniel. There was a site-specific collaboration in London in 2005 with John Berger and Simon McBurney called Vanishing Points. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Children's Easter Books Popular C...  Apr 3, 2009
    Well-known characters from popular children's literature like Stan and Jan Berenstain's the Berenstain Bears, Rosemary Wells' Max & Ruby, and Mercer Mayer's Little Critter star in series of books dealing with child-friendly themes and often centering around holidays. Seek out Easter books starring these classic characters for children ages 4 to 8 who are fans of them. (Suite101.com)

    'Passover Around the World'  Apr 2, 2009
    Children's literature specialist Paula Morrow lives and writes in Princeton. She welcomes comments and book suggestions at: Reviews@PaulaMorrow. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)

    Editorial: Nigerians Educating Their Kids in Ghana  Apr 1, 2009
    The children's literature, having endeared itself to readers over time, has become a classic where Eze, the central character, has become synonymous with the Nigerian child. Sadly in our national consciousness today, the title could only appear to read: EZE GOES TO GHANA.. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    DENISE SCIANDRA: Time to celebrate Beatrix Potter  Mar 28, 2009
    The scientific community's loss became the children's literature community's gain, however, Beatrix Potter should have had her choice of career ... The Society plans to "Celebrate Beatrix Potter" with the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Fresno State. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Nine Ways To Make Yourself Feel Better in a Crisis  Mar 26, 2009
    My activity is reading children's literature. 5. (Slate)

    Best books do battle  Mar 25, 2009
    The Premier's nominees, announced in Sydney yesterday by Nathan Rees, include 62 authors and translators in categories such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people and children's literature, play- and script-writing ... Tohby Riddle has been nominated twice in the children's literature category for The Word Spy and Nobody Owns The Moon. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Gibbons Honored for Distinguished Service  Mar 21, 2009
    Saturday 21 March, 2009. Charlene Carson, a second-grade teacher at Northville Elementary School (NES), where Mrs. Gibbons works, told the school board during a brief presentation earlier this month that she even put together a picture book of her instructing students about caterpillars, which is one of the paraprofessional's many interests. (New Milford Times, CT)

    Polaneczky: 'Rosa' highlights woman's feat in civil rights history  Mar 15, 2009
    And I actually got to meet the illustrator earlier this month at the Children's Literature Conference. He also is the illustrator of "Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope" by Nikki Grimes, which I also reviewed. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, George Clooney  Mar 14, 2009
    The Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul, a native of Trinidad who now lives in England, was the subject of the biography winner, Patrick French's "The World Is What It Is." Seth Lerer's "Children's Literature," which traces young people's stories as far back as ancient Greece and Aesop's fables, was cited for criticism. The awards, chosen by American book critics, carry prestige but no cash. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Young students bring literature to life at Fresno State  Mar 14, 2009
    Students memorized their selections from children's literature or performed original pieces they wrote. Kindergarten through sixth-grade students performed in solo, duet, trio, small-group or large-group categories. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    Literature so good, you can eat it  Mar 5, 2009
    Although the author died 1991, his contributions to children's literature live on. Dr. Seuss is the pen name used by Theodor Geisel, who was born in Springfield, Mass. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)

    Faith and good works  Mar 1, 2009
    The youngest of seven children growing up in a Mormon family in Medina, N.Y., Berry said she always loved children's literature and her interest extended into adulthood. She said she read the Narnia series and "Bridge to Terabithia" as a child, Lloyd Alexander while nursing babies; in her small office there is a complete set of the Harry Potter series, and the Tolkien books. (Boston Globe)

    Holliston reader: Push books for kids, not cheap toys  Feb 24, 2009
    Over the past several years, I took advantage of this program to add quality children's literature by authors such as Jan Brett, Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr. to our school library. Recently, however, it was becoming more and more difficult to find good books through Scholastic. (Holliston Tab, MA)

    Read any good books? Kids need to find just the right page-turner to enjoy reading, teacher/librarian says  Feb 17, 2009
    As president of the ARA, she writes book reviews, promotes children's books, gives workshops about what's new in children's literature, recommends her favorite children's books - and reads, reads, reads. Her house is filled with new books sent by authors and publishers. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)

    Global Society Makes Fun Geography Lessons More Important than Ever  Feb 12, 2009
    A simple online search of resources like Amazon or specialty publishers like Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers (known for their fairy tale collections from around the world) will yield a variety of children's literature from other lands. Read with your children and help them locate the story's country of origin on a map or globe. (Pekin Times, IL)

    More of this story  Feb 11, 2009
    This classic story of children's literature has been adapted for touring be Alan Keith Smith, associate director of the arts center's theatre and is based on the short story by O. Henry. Directing this touring production is Katie Campbell. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)

    "Coraline"  Feb 7, 2009
    Site Presented By Saturday, Feb 7, 2009. Focus Features/Galvin Collins. (Salon)

    Horrors! Eerie writer Neil Gaiman wins Newbery  Feb 7, 2009
    Oh, the horror: Neil Gaiman has received the top prize for children's literature: The John Newbery Medal. I am so wonderfully befuddled, the best-selling author said Monday after winning the 88th annual Newbery for The Graveyard Book, a spooky, but (he says) family friendly story about a boy raised by a vampire, a werewolf and a witch. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)

    President Says Plan Needed to Avoid 'National Catastrophe'...  Feb 7, 2009
    Political Punch: In Weekly Address, President Says Stimulus Plan Needed to Avoid "National Catastrophe". Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper. (The Drudge Report)

    The art of telling tales in school  Mar 31, 2008
    Victoria and Western Australia already had dedicated children's literature centres, but it took years of lobbying, largely by the children's author Libby Gleeson, to create a comparable project in NSW.. Ridge is now in the process of consulting schools, libraries and organisations in western Sydney to design projects compatible with the area's needs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Online magazine for elementary teachers brings polar issues into classrooms nationwide  Mar 28, 2008
    Engaging science activities, compelling images, rich text, and multimedia resources such as podcasts and videos and even a browseable Virtual Bookshelf that includes quality children's literature for classroom use are designed to capture the interest of both teachers and students. Strategies for integrating technology, addressing misconceptions, and ensuring equity in the classroom are topics of emphasis. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    Big man on campus: Harry Potter  Mar 27, 2008
    Drawing on their expertise in theology, children's literature, globalization studies and even the history of witchcraft, professors have been able to use Harry Potter to attract crowds of students eager to take on a disciplined study of the books ... Philip Nel, author of " Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide" and professor of children's literature at Kansas State University, started teaching the books in 2002 ... "Harry Potter is unfairly maligned simply because of the audience for which it... (CNN -- Showbiz)

    Movie Review: 'Horton' hears too much clowning, but its animation soars  Mar 22, 2008
    Carrey not only breaks character with his goofing, he also all but destroys the nobility and sweetness that make Horton such a durable hero of children's literature. Horton is loyal, stubborn and compassionate - traits that are all drowned out in the static of Carrey's performance and the hectic proliferation of subplots. (International Herald Tribune)

    Major Cultural Award in Arab World Announces Winners  Mar 17, 2008
    Other winners honoured at the ceremony this year were: - Ibrahim Al Kouni of Libya - Literature - Huda Al Shawa of Kuwait - Children's Literature - Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research - Best Publisher- Distributor - Dr. Faiz Assayagh of Jordan - Translation - Rifat Chadirji of Iraq - Architecture - Dr Mohamed Saadi of Morocco - Young Author Rashed Al Ureimi, Secretary General of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Committee said: 'I would like to congratulate all of the winners for their... (PR Newswire)

    Pulp factions  Mar 16, 2008
    It was a mild revelation to me, when I had kids, that we would feed them a steady diet of "children's literature," and that with the exception of Daniel Pinkwater's collected works these predigested texts would be so insipid. It was a revelation because, growing up in the 1960s and left to my own literary devices, I survived on comic books. (Boston Globe)

    Lit life survives politics  Mar 16, 2008
    Shihab-Nye is one of the country's most prolific poets with more than 20 books of poetry and children's literature on her resume. Her work often explores her Palestinian heritage. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    The Oz books and Theosophy  Mar 16, 2008
    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum is a classic of children's literature. It has been adapted to the screen several times (most famously by MGM in 1939) and has inspired authors from Ray Bradbury to Salman Rushdie. (Suite101.com)

    The pleasure of a good story, simply told  Mar 15, 2008
    His 2000 novel, "Jim the Boy," became a surprise critical darling and bestseller by taking the tools of children's literature and bending them to a book for adults. It was a brilliant idea: Adult bookworms (at least of the genus voraciatus fictionus) are constantly searching for a book that will hit us the same way the ones from childhood did, and usually coming up short. (Christian Science Monitor)

    Munsch moves beyond bedtime theatre  Mar 15, 2008
    Love You Forever is primarily a story for adults told in the language of children's literature. (Indeed, it apparently sells very well in retirement communities. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Hartnett wins top prize for children's literature  Mar 15, 2008
    The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Sonya Hartnett yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Building Students' Vocabulary  Mar 9, 2008
    Reading Aloud Children's Literature Builds Vocabulary. Build your students' vocabulary through reading aloud children's literature. (Suite101.com)

    Saraiva acquires Siciliano  Mar 7, 2008
    In 1996, these two publishing houses became one, selling content through four brand names: Arx, fiction and non-fiction books; Futura, general business literature, technical and information technology publications; Caramelo, specialized in children's literature; and Arxjovem, whose main publishing lines are fiction and non-fiction books for teenagers. The following year, Siciliano launched its e-commerce web site, which can be accessed at. (PR Newswire)

    * Big fish in a little pond  Mar 7, 2008
    Though best known as a novelist, Huang has gravitated toward children's literature in later life. His most famous story, Erzi de Dawan'ou (lj), was adapted by director Hou Hsiao-hsien (J) for the 1983 film The Sandwich Men. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    The great debaters: L-S Speech and Debate team making points  Mar 6, 2008
    You need a lot of energy to do children's literature because you're always hopping back and forth. Debate events include a similar scope of events. (Lincoln Journal, MA)

    God, the Coetzee effect and the Carey gang  Mar 3, 2008
    Other award winners were the essayist John Hughes, whose Someone Else: Fictional Essays won the award for innovation, Jacob G. Rosenberg the non-fiction prize for Sunrise West, Roger McDonald the fiction award for The Ballad Of Desmond Kale and Michael Gerard Bauer received the award for children's literature for his novel Don't Call Me Ishmael. Angela Bennie. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Education briefs  Mar 2, 2008
    The conference also will include an address by Claiborne Barksdale, CEO of the Barksdale Reading Institute in Oxford, and the presentation of the CELI Children's Literature Award to children's author Laurie Parker of Starkville. The fee is $75. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    'A Writer's Summer' Comes To S'hampton  Feb 28, 2008
    For the first time in the program's history, two conferences have been added: The Southampton Children's Literature Conference (July 9-13) and the Southampton Screenwriting Conference (July 30-August 3) ... "It wasn't a part of [previous] Southampton conferences, but there's a lot of demand in the world today from ... [learning about] children's literature and screenwriting." Graduate students will be able to earn credits toward their degree, Reeves said ... "We're trying to keep it small,... (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)

    Book conference brings characters to town  Feb 23, 2008
    39th Annual Conference on Children's Literature. The two-day event will take place Feb. 29-March 1 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Paying homage to a poet  Feb 18, 2008
    Angelica Carpenter, curator of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Fresno State, puts it this way: "This is one of the biggest awards for children's literature in the entire country."For Engle, it has been a year of accolades since her book was published in 2006 (by Henry Holt $16. 95). (Fresno Bee)

    Ginger winner  Feb 16, 2008
    Ginger is a flavour that should bring warmth and relish to every childhood: Hansel and Gretel were seduced by it, Enid Blyton's heroes and heroines glugged lashings of it - and one of my favourite couplets in the pantheon of children's literature is: "Run, run as fast as you can,/You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" If he hadn't met such a grisly end, I'd have wanted to be the gingerbread man. Certainly to me, because it's been with me practically since I was a baby, ginger seems less... (Guardian Unlimited)

    African-American Read-In brings Orange, Lowell students to HCC  Feb 16, 2008
    Don't have an account. (older than 14 days). (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    The Spiderwick Chronicles  Feb 14, 2008
    Authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black are a couple of Americans in their 30s, whose deliberately quaint books derive from the golden age of English children's literature in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, particularly the sinuous, linear illustrations of Arthur Rackham ( Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Grimm's Fairy Tales). You can see Rackham's influence in the whole setting, the dilapidated mansion, the gnarly nearby trees and various swollen,... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Literary allure  Feb 12, 2008
    By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY NEW YORK America's children aren't reading very much or very well these days, so the nation's finest minds have come up with a Big Idea: Find an author who can tap into the richness of children's literature and persuade kids to drop their idle pursuits their Facebooks, Nanos and Wiis for the thrill of a good book ... Jon Scieszka, the Library of Congress' ambassador for children's literature, says reluctant kids will take to reading if there is a humorous payoff. (USA Today -- News)

    Library's new assistant director has worn many career hats  Feb 10, 2008
    His knowledge of children's literature supports his ability to build a children's collection," Sullivan said."I started thinking about it seriously and I talked it over with my wife and finally decided it was the right decision," Trischitti said.Trischitti said one of the biggest incentives to take the job was simply that it allowed him more time to spend with his family, which by this time also included a 3-year-old daughter, Olivia."Overall, I think it was God's plan. I was used to working 50... (Terrell Tribune, TX)

    Great firewall of China faces online rebels  Feb 4, 2008
    "I had had an impression that some kind of mechanism controls the Internet in China, but I had no idea about the Great Firewall," said Pan Liang, a writer of children's literature and a Web site operator who first learned the extent of the controls after a friend's blog was blocked ... "Then the 17th Party Congress came, and I received an order that my Web site, which is about children's literature, had to close its message board. It made me even angrier.". (International Herald Tribune)

    Towards the end  Jan 26, 2008
    (It is almost a rule, these days, that in children's literature death has to be presented as life-affirming, or even life-enhancing. Beyond all this, of course, is the reasonable suspicion that killing children is the easiest way for writers to squeeze their readers' tear ducts. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    A what conductor?Many jobs in children's stories and rhymes have disappeared  Jan 23, 2008
    The mad hatter is one of the most familiar characters in children's literature as the host of the surreal tea party in Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". While there are still hatters, it is to be hoped that fewer of them are mad. (BBC News -- UK)

    Taking a wooden nickel  Jan 22, 2008
    Adorned with a sketch of the cat in the hat, it holds a special place in Morice's heart because of, in part, his own experiences with children's literature. Over the next four years, he continued to send out nickels. (Daily Iowan, IA)

    Deadlines approach for summer programs  Jan 17, 2008
    "From Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter" is a children's literature course that will provide students with the opportunity to visit various sites in Scotland that inspired the works of several children's authors, according to Rushing. Some of the authors covered will include Potter, Rowling, Lewis and Barrie. (The University Echo, TN)

    Park School librarian receives national book award  Jan 15, 2008
    The annual award is for the most distinguished contribution to American children's literature ... When Park School librarian Laura Amy Schlitz arrived at work yesterday, she was presented with a tiara borrowed from the theater's props department - a fitting tribute for the newly anointed queen of children's literature. (SunSpot.net)

    Shining Stars  Jan 10, 2008
    The Hawaii Council for the Humanities awarded funding to the following organizations for their humanities projects: $15,000 to Hawaii Architectural Foundation for "Hawaii's Forgotten Japanese Temples"; $14,000 to Judiciary History Center for "When the Military Ruled: Military Rule in Hawaii 1941-1944," an education and dialogue-based multimedia project; $10,000 to Children's Literature Hawaii for its "Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawaii's Children"; $10,000 to Honolulu... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Q&A with Alice Kelikian  Jan 7, 2008
    KELIKIAN: I would say so if you're talking about tent-pole studio films, which now derive from popular or children's literature, like "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Spider-Man," and "Harry Potter." In this country, the best movies being made are documentaries. In the past, the documentary was reportage, but now the techniques of fiction film are finding their way into the documentary genre. (Boston Globe)

    Released at last  Jan 5, 2008
    The fact that its heroines are icons of children's literature, shown having sex from the age of 14 onwards, aroused fears that retailers and buyers might be charged with possession of child pornography. Granted, the book (all three and a half kilos of it) couldn't be more arty if it was hand-crafted by William Blake and annotated by John Berger. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    US Children's Literature Gets National Ambassador  Jan 4, 2008
    VOA News - US Children's Literature Gets National Ambassador. A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. (Voice of America)

    Brevard County Moms  Dec 15, 2007
    Kathleen Krull has reviewed children's literature for parenting magazines nationwide for nearly a decade. She is the author of the "Lives of " series and other books for young readers. (Florida Today)

    Unique JK Rowling book snapped up at auction for a cool 2m  Dec 14, 2007
    Sotheby's deputy director Dr Phillip Errington described it as "one of the most exciting pieces of children's literature" to have passed through the auction house. The author will give away the remaining six copies of the book to those closely connected with the Potter novels. (BBC News -- UK)

    Udupi: Festival of Kannada literature off to a rousing start  Dec 13, 2007
    Stressing on the need for more exciting and imaginative children's literature in Kannada similar to English to attract young minds, he said there was a need to have an institution comprising child expert teachers, psychologists and artistes supported by the government to bring out healthy literary interest among children. He also said it was the prime duty of the society to improve the conditions of our farmer's community who were the backbone of the nation. (Mangalorean.com)

    Children's center celebrates 10 years  Dec 7, 2007
    He always had dreamed that his huge collection of children's books could be a source for the study of children's literature and had two years earlier donated the volumes to the university library ... That donation helped establish the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature. (Fresno Bee)

    PREACHING ATHEISM: Author says no; others fear books 'sway innocent children' from their faith  Dec 7, 2007
    " He has also said in recent interviews he is not promoting atheism in his books but rather simply telling a story.Local pastors from several Christian denominations were contacted for this story but declined to comment, saying they had not heard enough about "His Dark Materials" books or "The Golden Compass" movie to discuss it.Books in the trilogy have sold more than 15 million copies around the world, with "Northern Lights" winning the Carnegie Medal for Children's Literature in 1995. In... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Is the Golden Compass anti-religion?  Dec 6, 2007
    " Literary value of the book The Golden Compass, and its companions The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass have all the look of a classic trilogy. The Golden Compass, or Northern Lights, as published in England, has been highly recognized, winning the Carnegie Medal for Children's Literature in 1995, the year it was purchased. Twelve years later, the book won again, this time taking home an online poll vote to determine the best book ever awarded by the Carnegies, making it "The Carnegie of... (SunOnline)

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