We're all familiar with at least some aspects of most fairy tales. After all, who hasn't seen a Disney movie complete with singing princesses and their trusty dancing spoons? To some, these stories are perfection and you don't mess with perfection. But alas, the original creators of these beloved tales weren't thinking about singing teacups…
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Halloween is just around the corner! If you're looking for a costume idea, we've collected our top 10 literature-inspired outfits here by level of difficulty, so you can look bookishly awesome no matter how much time you have on your hands. 1. Ishmael, from Moby Dick You're just one name tag away from "Call me…
Hear more about the latest update on The Boy Who Lived, published on Rowling's Pottermore website yesterday. HP superfans will be delighted to hear that author JK Rowling, despite insisting that she won't return to write another addition to her popular series, has released a short update on the adult lives of her beloved characters. The…
Lois Lowry's Newbery Award-winning novel The Giver is coming to the big screen, and the first official trailer is out. Take a peek!
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Is your Kindle finger itching? Do you have a yearning to go to the bookstore or library but don't know what sounds good? Well, maybe this will help. Last night, this year's National Book Awards were announced. Here is the complete list of winners and finalists. James McBride took the fiction prize for his novel…
The world lost two influential literary voices this week. Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing, best known for her novel The Golden Notebook, passed away Sunday at age 94. And Barbara Park, author of the beloved children's books featuring her irascible character Junie B. Jones, died Friday after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Park was 66. While it may…
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True Story: I remember getting my library card more vividly than I recall getting my driver's license. My best memories of childhood were going to the library with my mom and checking out armfuls of books, which she would read to me for hours on end. At two, I am told, I would stand on…
A couple of years ago, I was going about my Sunday chores and listening to NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. A writer of children's books myself and a lover of children's literature in general, my ears always perk up when Daniel Pinkwater comes on the show to discuss a new children's book. The one he selected…
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