Awards roundup: Costa Prize; Newbery and Caldecott medals

Posted on 01/28/2020 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The week may have begun with music awards, but the past few days have been all about books. On Monday,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Children's literature, History, Nonfiction, NPR, The Guardian

Paulo Coelho deletes draft of children's book written with Kobe Bryant

Posted on 01/28/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bestselling author Paulo Coelho revealed that he had been collaborating on a book with the late basketball player Kobe Bryant....

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Pop culture, The Guardian

Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 12, 2020

Posted on 01/18/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Children's literature, Horror, Libraries, Obituary, Scandal

Why "Goodnight Moon" wasn't in the New York Public Library until 1972

Posted on 01/14/2020 at 03:49 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The hot bookish news story of the past day or so has been the New York Public Library’s most-checked-out list...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Libraries

Jason Reynolds is the new national ambassador for young people’s literature

Posted on 01/14/2020 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to author Jason Reynolds — and young readers — on his selection as the new national ambassador for young...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Reading, Young adult literature

"Queer Eye" star is writing a children's book

Posted on 01/08/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jonathan Van Ness, star of the Netflix show Queer Eye, will be releasing a picture book this spring. Van Ness’s...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Pop culture

"Artemis Fowl" author discusses returning to his young protagonist's world

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

2019 was a year full of returns — either delivered or promised — to beloved characters and dystopian worlds we...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, Podcast, The Guardian

How Peter Pan changed from J.M. Barrie's first draft to final version

Posted on 12/18/2019 at 09:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The original version of Peter Pan has been published, albeit in a limited number of extremely expensive editions, for the...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Classic literature, The Guardian

Jimmy Kimmel's ready to make kids laugh

Posted on 12/03/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s appropriate that comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s new book hits stands in time for Giving Tuesday. Why? Because proceeds from The...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, NPR, Pop culture

West Virginia library will keep LGBT book off the shelves for a while

Posted on 11/21/2019 at 02:20 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Guardian reported yesterday that a West Virginia library board was set to meet and discuss whether an LGBT children’s...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Scandal