BBC NEWS — Next Madonna children’s book out
Madonna’s first book sold over 500,000 copies, and here comes her second, Mr. Peabody’s Apples.
[Via Places for Writers.]

LISNews — Parent objects to book in catalog from school
So now the complaint is that children can be damaged simply by reading a title or seeing the cover of a book? Of course as a librarian, I am opposed to parents trying to get books removed from school libraries, but I can see the logic that the parents are using. This seems like a really extreme reaction by both the parent and the school, which is looking at ways to review book catalogs before they are presented to the students.

Planet Esme
A wonderful children’s book site with lists of the best children’s books of the year, a collection of great children’s literature sites, and recommendations of the best read alouds, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction.

Popups by “paper engineer” stand out as ingenious reads
Robert Sabuda is the author and artist of some of the most incredible popup books I have ever seen, including his Wizard of Oz book that takes your breath away. He is now releasing a popup version of Alice in Wonderland that should again amaze people.

Janet Taylor Lisle
Homepage for this author of children’s books. I haven’t read any of her more recent titles, but really enjoyed Afternoon of the Elves years ago. I’ll have to try her latest one.