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Yahoo! News reports that Gloria Estefan will be the latest celebrity to write a children’s book. The book will be about Estefan’s pet bulldog, Noelle.

Now you can view the trailer of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new film from Tim Burton that stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. It looks splendid!

Coming Soon! has the story of Phobos Entertainment picking up the media rights to Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. They plan to do both a movie and a video game.

Better Homes and Gardens offers a chance for kids to Build a Snowman online. Just click and drag the features you want onto to the snowman.

ACHOCKABLOG points us to The Economist’s collection of recommended children’s books.

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An ad-free child-safe search engine and directory of sites.

Homepage for James Ransome who illustrates picture books, including Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl.

The CCBC has posted the results of their annual mock Caldecott Discussion. The winner was Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes. And the two honor books were ellington was not a street illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Ntozaki Shange and A Hot Day on Abbott Avenue illustrated by Javaka Steptoe and written by Karen English.