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Good Comics for Kids
by Brigid Alverson
The Classroom Bookshelf
by Denise Davila
February 25, 2013 by Elizabeth Burns
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is an “innovative, original episodic video and social media series produced for the web” adapted from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. That’s the boring description. The better description is it’s AWESOME and AMAZING and WOW. Ahem. The Plot: Lizzie Bennet, grad student, is creating and posting her online diaries (The Lizzie Bennet […]
February 24, 2013 by Elizabeth Burns
As you may remember, I did a poll about New Adult Readership. The results? Well, I think it has more to do with my readership. No one under 18 responded; and since I used the free version of SurveyMonkey, I only have access to the first 100 responses. The data: 84 of the 100 said […]
February 24, 2013 by Elizabeth Burns
The Los Angeles Times has announced it’s finalists for the Book Prizes. The Prizes will be announced in April. For Young Adult Literature, the Finalists are: Paolo Bacigalupi / The Drowned Cities (Little, Brown Books For Young Readers) A.S. King / Ask the Passengers (Little, Brown Books For Young Readers). From my review: “Astrid lives in […]
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February 23, 2013 by Elizabeth Burns
Thanks to all the suggestions and reminders of various lists and awards the feature young adult books! The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., have announced the 2012 Nebula Award Nominees, including the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. Twelve titles were nominated; the winner will be announced in May. This […]
February 22, 2013 by Elizabeth Burns
Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), based on the book of the same name (1999) by Stephen Chbosky. Rated PG 13. Chbosky also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. The Plot: Charlie starts high school awkward, shy, and without any friends. He meets two seniors, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, and they welcome him […]
February 21, 2013 by Elizabeth Burns
As you’ve read over the past few weeks, I’ve been reading a lot of book awards and lists! I love, love, love awards and lists. Have I read the books? How many? Have I heard about the books? For the books I haven’t read, especially this time of year, I optimistically keep them while I […]
February 20, 2013 by Elizabeth Burns
Do you know what time it is? It’s time for School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books, aka BoB! Why, what is BoB? Excellent question. Sixteen children’s and teen books from the prior year are selected; each title “battles” the other, with a celebrity judge reading the two books and selecting a winner. Those […]
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