Adults must read children’s books: Nobel laureate -DAWN – International; 26 July, 2004
“Portuguese author Jose Saramago, a Nobel literature laureate, said on Sunday he believed the world would be a better place if adults were forced to read children’s books.
“They are moral fables that teach values which we consider indispensable like solidarity, respect for others and goodness,” national news agency Lusa quoted him as saying in Italy.”
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Guardian Unlimited Books — Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2004
Longlist for the 2004 Guardian Prize, plus a list of this year’s judges.

CBS News | Reconsidering Tech For Young Kids
An ongoing debate about whether technology helps or hurts very young children. Some studies cited say that parents should restrict access to computers until children are 7, others say 3, and others say that it needs to be balanced.

HoustonChronicle.com – Group is critical of library books aimed at young readers
A group has formed that has as its mission questioning library materials in the Montgomery County Memorial Library System in Texas. They are targeting 120 books and have formally challenged 16 of them. Of those 16, reviews of four of them have been completed and the books have been returned to the shelves.