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NEWS ABOUT: children's books

children's books stories: 28 news summaries

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 Conservative 
 Kids' Book 
 Vilifies Pelosi 

She's a tiara-wearing opponent of free enterprise

Nov 17, 09 1:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Help! Mom! The Radicals Are Ruining My Country! sounds like what it is: A picture book aimed at conservative children—or maybe the children of conservative parents. In any case, a tiara-wearing Nancy Pelosi features prominently, and she ain’t a Santa Claus figure, notes Boing Boing . ... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • conservative • children's books • Help Mom! The Radicals Are Ruining My Country! • Katharine DeBrecht

box office roundup


 Wild Things 
 Runs Rampant 

Law Abiding Citizen also enjoys strong opening weekend

Oct 18, 09 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where the Wild Things Are ran wild at the weekend box office, exceeding expectations by doing $32.5 million worth of business. Spike Jonze's first foray into children's cinema earned the director his strongest opening weekend ever. "I can't imagine too many people who could do what Spike did,... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • box office • children's books • Warner Brothers • movies • James Gandolfini • Spike Jonze • Warner Bros • Maurice Sendak • Where the Wild Things Are • Couples Retreat • Paranormal Activity • The Stepfather • Law Abiding Citizen

(Newser) - Dr Suess' green-themed story The Lorax is becoming the first of his works to get the 3D treatment, Variety reports. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment plan to release the animated picture in 2012, on what would have been the author's 108th birthday. His 1971 book told the story of a... More »

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Dr. Seuss • Universal Pictures • children's books • movie deal • animated movie • 3-D • The Lorax

OPINION

 Lame Dads Rule in Kids Books 

Old dad, poor dad as out of it as ever in kid lit

May 26, 09 4:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite major upheavals in gender roles, clueless dads unable to parent or set a table still rule in children's books—if they exist at all—laments one stay-at-home father. "I’m aware that there is plenty of good-natured humor to be had from lampooning fathers," writes columnist Damon... More »

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entertainment • parenting • children • literature • reading • children's books • gender stereotypes • gender bias • fathers

GLOSSIES

 Puppy Love 
 Fuels Twilight Author 


Feb 25, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight books, is not a shadowy vampire, Vogue reports. In fact, she is a shy, retiring Mormon mother of 3 living in a Phoenix suburb. Sure, the characters for the hit books came from a dream, but the substance is straight puppy... More »

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housewives • Arizona • Phoenix • Mormon • children's books • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer • vampires

MOVIE REVIEW

 Inkheart Better on the Page 

Kids' movie about bringing books to life struggles to bring book to life

Jan 23, 09 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - When it comes to the kids-lit adaptation Inkheart, fans are probably better off sticking to the book, say critics. Brendan Fraser stars as a father with the power to bring characters off the page to life, but the special-effects-driven movie fails to capture the "dark whimsy" of the... More »

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movie review • fantasy • children's books • movies • Brendan Fraser • Helen Mirren

Publisher Yanks Kid Spinoff of Holocaust Fake

Refunds offered for picture book based on hoax love story

Dec 31, 08 5:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Publishers are now pulling a picture book inspired by a Holocaust love story revealed to be a fake, Publishers Weekly reports. Lerner Publishing has announced it will cancel reprints of Angel Girl and offer refunds for returned copies. Herman Rosenblat's memoir Angel on the Fence was canceled by another publisher... More »

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Holocaust • concentration camp • publisher • memoir • book • children's books • fake memoirs

Lewis Carroll Letter Points to Pedophile Leanings

Writes real Alice of his fondness for children

Nov 20, 08 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Alice in Wonderland's author is sending a message from the grave to the literary experts who have long wondered whether he was a pedophile. A privately held letter has emerged in which Lewis Carroll tells real-life Alice—a child friend 18 years his junior—about his fondness for kids and... More »

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children • pedophile • author • children's books • Lewis Carroll • Alice in Wonderland

 Widow Opens 
 Up About 
 'Ratty' Dahl 

On eve of Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Felicity Dahl grants an exclusive interview

Nov 9, 08 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Tears reach Felicity Dahl's eyes as she walks to the work hut of her famous ex-husband, Roald. She's not alone, either: Director Tim Burton burst out crying when he saw it. "People have strong reactions to this house," said the widow of the acerbic scribe who... More »

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England • book • children's books • Roald Dahl • authors

Dawkins to Battle the Harry
Potter 'Delusion'

Atheist author will write children's book to wean kids from magic

Oct 25, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Evengelical atheist Richard Dawkins will take on Harry Potter in his next book, the Daily Telegraph reports. The God Delusion author is working on a book aimed at teaching children not to put their faith in "anti-scientific" fairytales. The professor plans to examine what effect raising children on stories... More »

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Harry Potter • religion • myth • children's books • atheism • atheists • Richard Dawkins • Bill Maher Grid

Movie Review

 City of Ember Smolders

Kids will enjoy nonsensical movie

Oct 10, 08 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kids should enjoy the “rousing and action-packed and short” City of Ember, so long as they "haven't already been hopelessly corrupted by high-powered sci-fi on TV and video,” Roger Ebert writes for the Chicago Sun-Times. But for adults the movie may prove too nonsensical, and, for... More »

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film • movie review • Bill Murray • children's books

Glossies

 Death of Reading 
 Greatly Exaggerated 

Author Eggers pooh-poohs skeptical pundits, says it's 'as alive as ever'

Sep 29, 08 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Our bleak outlook on the future of reading owes itself to a doomsday reflex, the pervasive belief that things are bound to get worse, author Dave Eggers writes in Esquire. "It must be true, we think—just yesterday I saw some kid on the bus, and he wasn't reading... More »

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literacy • reading • youth • book • children's books • Dave Eggers • publishing industry • 826 Valencia

 Oh Bother: Pooh Bear Arrested

Held for robbery, assault

Aug 12, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese police arrested a man today for attacking and robbing two people who looked askance at his Winnie the Pooh costume. It was after midnight when the 20-year-old, accompanied by friends dressed as a mouse and panther, approached two unlucky onlookers in Tokyo. “What are you staring at?” the... More »

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crime • children's books • mugging • Winnie the Pooh

To Turn Boys Into Readers, Gross Them Out

Publishers embrace books about farts, boogers, blood

Aug 8, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young boys, who trail far behind their female peers as readers, are reversing that trend with help from publishers who seek to exploit their love for everything gross. The Wall Street Journal examines the wave of children's’ titles rife with farts, boogers, blood, and flesh-eating bacteria—and talks with some... More »

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education • children • reading • Scholastic • book • children's books • Penguin Group

Artist Tasha Tudor Dead at 92

Children's illustrator claimed to be reincarnation of 19th-century wife

Jun 21, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tasha Tudor, the children’s illustrator known for her bucolic watercolors and old-fashioned lifestyle, died Wednesday at her Vermont home. Called a 19th-century Martha Stewart, Tudor's art appeared in nearly 100 books and countless greeting cards, plates, dolls, and quilts. The New York Times once applauded her for capturing... More »

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New Hampshire • Vermont • obituary • children's books

movie review

 Kit Kittredge is Sweet, Simple 

Well-made movie will entertain kids, critics agree

Jun 20, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The young girls who love the “American Girl” series are pretty much guaranteed to love Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, critics agree. Rex Reed of the New York Observer calls it “a brisk, beautifully conceived period piece that spells entertainment with a capital E,” though... More »

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movie review • children's books • Abigail Breslin • movies • American Girl

 Punditry for the Playgroup Set 

Goodnight Bush parody 'brilliant,' though copyright might be an issue

Jun 16, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The cover is a dead ringer for the bedtime classic, and the point of Goodnight Bush is equally recognizable. In authors' Erich Origen and Gan Golan’s re-purposing of Goodnight Moon, Dubya snuggles into bed wearing a “Mission Accomplished” flight suit, in the company of “war profiteers giving... More »

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Bush administration • constitution • bedtime • children's books • story • George W. Bush • Little, Brown • Goodnight Moon

Paddington, at 50, Gets a Very 2008 Makeover

Immigration becomes bear necessity in forthcoming update

Jun 2, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paddington Bear is celebrating his 50th birthday with a comeback, the Daily Telegraph reports, as the first new book in 30 years arrives soon. Though the marmalade-loving furball will be charming as ever, Paddington Here and Now might raise controversy: It’s about immigration. More »

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immigration • children • children's books • Paddington Bear

After 10 Years, Harry Potter Off NYT Best-Seller List

Rowling mainstay, which forced changes in the survey, finally vanishes

May 1, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the next edition of the New York Times Book Review goes to press, an era ends—books from author JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, for the first time in 10 years, are nowhere on the best-seller list. More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • book reviews • children's books • New York Times Book Review • book sale

 To Animal Lovers,
 He's the Cat's Meow 

Longtime fondness for felines embraced by fellow Catholic cat fanciers

Apr 21, 08 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - One group of Catholics who weren't surprised to see Pope Benedict XVI's "softer side" on his visit to the US are devout cat lovers. Benedict harbors a legendary fondness for felines; his house in Germany was filled with them, and in his former Vatican post he looked after cats... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • animal rights • children's books • cat • Pope Benedict's US visit

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