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Wheels, Degrassi, and Why Tough YA Books and Libraries Are So Important

Neil Hope died about five years ago. Neil Hope played Wheels on the original Degrassi Junior High and High series. ...

Neverwhere in New York?

On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter announced that ABC has ordered pilots of several hour-long dramas from high profile TV writers ...

The Kid Lit Creep Factor

So I was reading the bookselling news in Publishers Weekly and learned that the Curious George Bookstore, in Cambridge, Mass, ...

What’s Wrong with Chick Nonfiction?

Readers and writers who are upset by real and perceived sexism in book reviews in The New York Times got ...

The Roald Dahl Survival Guide For Kids

Only two books have been so good to demand insomnia of me until they were completed. One was The Great ...

Vampires :: The New Prince Charmings

I know, I know… we’ve covered vampires. We’ve made fun of them, we’ve defended them, we’ve not given a crap ...

Parenting For Real: A Few Reading Recommendations

Laundry: The Home Comforts of Caring for Clothes & Linens by Cheryl Mendelson (Might as well do it right since ...

Rediscovering Some ‘Amazing Stories’

Like many people, I first discovered Ray Bradbury by reading Fahrenheit 451 in high school. Unlike many people, at least ...

The Ideal Bookshelf

via The Ideal Bookshelf New AWESOME book alert: An author (Thessaly La Force) and an artist (Jane Mount) are collaborating ...

Why Read Kid Lit: Maurice Sendak’s IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN

I like Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, and his newest Bumble-Ardy about giving a pig a party, but ...