There is something unbelievably cool about watching a child learn to read. You totally know it’s going to happen and it feels like it should be rather unremarkable - kids learn to read everyday.
But when you witness it, you are reminded how very amazing it is to learn to read. It opens up [...]
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Julie Andrews, probably best known to you and me as the actress who starred in The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins (my favorite!) has announced that the Julie Andrews Collection is moving to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book [...]
As part of Seuss month, Seussville has introduced a Story maker featuring the characters from Horton Hears a Who.
I checked it out - purely for the kiddos, of course - and I have to say, it’s a really cool feature. You select the characters, background and music for each of the scenes, as well [...]
1, GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95)
2, DIRT ON MY SHIRT, by Jeff Foxworthy. Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. (HarperCollins, $16.99)
3, THE JELLYBEANS AND THE BIG DANCE, written by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. (Abrams, $15.95)
4, SMASH! CRASH!, by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and David [...]
As part of the promotional efforts for Lisa McMann’s new book, Wake, FanLib.com has launched a new contest. Prizes include a Nintendo Wii reskinned with Wake cover art and reskinned iPods.
Wake is about a girl who gets sucked into other people’s dreams - and not the good kind. As part of the [...]
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HarperCollins has announced that it has signed Danielle Steel as… a children’s book author.
Steel is best known as an adult author. She has written 88 books, 21 of those books have been made into TV movies or mini-series. Those of us in [...]
Before she became one of the richest women in the world, JK Rowling didn’t have such an easy life. The single mom, who was struggling to become a writer, suffered from depression and contemplated suicide, according to an online interview posted by student journalist Adeel Amini (you can read more here - note that [...]
Dr. Seuss’ “Horton Hears a Who” spent another weekend atop the movie list over Easter. Studio estimates put the weekend collections at nearly $25 million. The movie’s 10 day total is $85.5 million.
In case you’re wondering what the who-pla is about, here’s the trailer:
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There was a great article in my local paper that questioned when Easter became such a gift-y holiday. When I was a kid, Easter baskets were about candy and more candy. Sometimes, there were some barrettes or hair bands, too, but it was really about the candy.
Now, Easter baskets have become full on, [...]
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Hannah Montana mania has hit my house. The kicker? My girls have never actually seen an episode of the show. And further, this is how amazing the marketing is on that show: my girls want everything to be Hannah Montana even [...]
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