Seattlepi has an article on the efforts DC comics is making to recreate their vintage heroes into ones with more modern appeal: DC revamps its heroes for a grittier century.
Month: October 2005
Halloween Book List
Asbury Park Press offers an article on Halloween books spur imagination. It contains some of my son’s latest faves, like Peek-a-Boooo and T.Rex Trick-or-Treats.
Reading Lists
The Seattle Public Library has a great collection of staff-created Reading Lists that cover children, teens and adults. The children and teen lists are broken into broad categories, making browsing easier. They also offer links to other lists from the Washington Center for the Book.
VOYA Nonfiction List
VOYA presents the VOYA 2005 Nonfiction Honor List of the best teen nonfiction written in 2004 and early 2005.
Boyds Mills Press
Boyds Mills Press publishes books for children and teens. Their site tells of upcoming books, ideas for teaching their books, author and illustrator visits, and lists of books by genre and age.
Front Street
The homepage for Front Street Books offers information on the books for children and teens that they publish. They also have news, awards they have won, their writers, artists, and how to submit a manuscript.
Quill Winners
Reed Business Information and NBC announce winners of the first Quill Awards. Winners were chosen by readers across the country.
Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling.
Children’s Illustrated Book: Runny Babbit: a Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein.
Children’s Chapter Book/Middle Grade: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling.
Young Adult/Teen: Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares.
Graphic Novel: Marvel 1602 Volume I by Neil Gaiman.
The awards will be presented on Saturday, October 22nd and will air on NBC channels from 7-8 pm.
Magic Beach
Publisher’s Weekly has an article on the Crockett Johnson Gem Unearthed. Johnson, author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, wrote Magic Beach in 1958, and although he was already famous for this Harold series, they published it with another artist’s illustrations. This new release of the book will finally pair Johnson’s words and art. This is a must-purchase for public libraries of any size.
America's Library for Kids
The Library of Congress has a website just for children: America’s Library kids.us. They have selected parts of their vast collection to present in a child-friendly format: Amazing Americans, history, exploring the Capitol, and America at play.
Waking Brain Cells 