ALA | Children & the Internet: Policies that Work replaces the 1998 document on the same subject. The new document includes a series of articles covering subjects like community input, Internet safety, filtering, effective policies, sample policies, and related links.
Month: April 2005
Countdown to Harry Potter!
Scholastic is offering a Harry Potter: Downloadable Countdown! that is a desktop countdown clock with daily Harry Potter facts.
Sin City Movie
The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: “Sin City”: Bad guys never looked so good
“Until now, movies based on comic books or graphic novels have only approximated the kinetic style of comics while remaining rooted in the familiar conventions of film. Even the acclaimed “Spider-Man” blockbusters owe more to director Sam Raimi than to comics creator Stan Lee.
“Frank Miller’s Sin City” sets a new and higher standard.”
VOYA's Top Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
VOYA’s 2004 List of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror is now available on their website. Filled with goodies for teens that range from the strange to the magical to the terrifying, this would be a great list to print out and just have available for teens to choose from.
Flicka
Coming Soon! has the news of Fox remaking My Friend Flicka, based on the children’s book by Mary O’Hara.
Bill Thompson's Eye on Books
Bill Thompson’s Eye on Books has audio interviews with authors of Children’s Books and Teen Books. The authors include Meg Cabot, Ned Vizzini, Gary Paulsen, Chris Van Allsburg and the Berenstains.
Pure Poetry
VOYA’s Pure Poetry is an article available online that lists VOYA’s poetry picks for 2004. These are poetry books for teens that were published between June 2004 and April 2005.
I am Reading Graphic Novels
I have started reading some graphic novels. The last ones I had read were my brother’s collection of Batman, X-Men and other super heroes. I have found that manga can be a very mixed bag. Some of the books I found very confusing with the storylines jumbled and unclear. But I have found some other manga that I really enjoyed, including the Oh, My Goddess series and Mars series. In fact, I am interested enough to continue to read both series.
I still have quite a pile of other graphic novels to read through. I will post more of my favorites as I read on!
Greg Leitich Smith's Blog
GregLSBlog is the blog of novelist Greg Leitich Smith who writes books for teens.
Waking Brain Cells 