Mystery Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2005 Edgar Mystery Awards. Here are the teen and children’s categories:
Best Young Adult
Story Time by Edward Bloor
In Darkness, Death by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
Jude by Kate Morgenroth
The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick
Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly
Best Juvenile
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Assassin: The Lady Grace Mysteries by Patricia Finney
Abduction! by Peg Kehret
Looking for Bobowicz by Daniel Pinkwater
The Unseen by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Pics4Learning is a site that offers “copyright-friendly” images for use by teachers. The images can be browsed by subject or searched by keyword. The site also offers lesson plans.

The New Yorker: A Critic At Large offers a column on Dr Seuss called “Cat People: What Dr. Seuss Really Taught Us.” It is a mix of biographical information on Seuss and a look at the society his books emerged from juxtaposed with society today. Fascinating.