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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: children's books

children's books stories: 29 news summaries

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 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

 Kid Lit Meets Nip/Tuck   

Plastic surgeon penned book after seeing need among patients—and their children

Apr 17, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A plastic surgeon has written a children’s book aimed at explaining why Mommy is getting her tummy tucked, Newsweek reports. My Beautiful Mommy follows the story of a mother undergoing cosmetic surgery—and telling her daughter why, from doctor consultations to post-op bandages. Parents “just try to ignore... More »

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plastic surgery • breast implants • children's books • nose jobs • tummy tucks • Michael Salzhauer • My Beautiful Mommy

JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

Only 7 copies of the Tales of Beedle the Bard exist

Dec 13, 07 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Sotheby’s figured The Tales of Beedle the Bard would fetch about $100,000 at auction—in retrospect, about 40 times too low. The book, a one-of-a-kind piece of the Harry Potter canon hand-written and illustrated by JK Rowling herself, fetched $3.98 million for charity today, Reuters reports. “... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Sotheby's • auction • charity • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • book • children's books • The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Pippi Longstocking Heirs Battle Pirate Products

Sexy dolls mar spunky redhead's legacy

Nov 15, 07 3:07 AM CST
(Newser) - The heirs of beloved "Pippi Longstocking" author Astrid Lindgren are fighting an infuriating legal battle to block a legion of pirate products that have cashed in on the popularity of the Swedish girl hero. Some of the products—like an Italian Barbie-ized doll that fitted Longstocking with breasts and... More »

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Sweden • children's books • Astrid Lindgren • Pippi Longstocking

10 Girls With Major Magic

Don't let the boys have all the fun! Girls can slay dragons too

Sep 18, 07 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chocolat author Joanne Harris will soon publish her first children's book, Runemarks, which follows an adolescent heroine with magical powers. At the Guardian's request, she recommends 10 children's books that feature strong female protagonists:
  1. The Ruby in the Smoke, Philip Pullman
  2. The Black Tattoo, Sam Enthoven
  3. Marianne Dreams,
... More »

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children • list • book • children's books • Phillip Pullman • Neil Gaiman • Joanne Harris • Sally Grindley • Catherine Storr

A Wrinkle in Time Author Dead at 88

Children's, sci-fi
favorite L'Engle
wrote 60-plus books

Sep 7, 07 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madeleine L'Engle, author of more than 60 works of science fiction, religious meditation, poetry, drama, and young adult fiction, died yesterday in Connecticut, the New York Times reports. She was 88 years old. Her most famous book, A Wrinkle in Time, has sold more than 6 million copies since its... More »

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obituary • literature • Madeleine L'Engle • book • children's books • science fiction

'Potter' Printers Pay $20M to Protect Finale

Publishers hope guard dogs, armored vans will hex 'Hallows' leakers

Jul 15, 07 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloomsbury is shelling out millions to keep the latest and final installment in the Harry Potter series a chamber of secrets until its on-sale date next week. The British publishers are installing extra security and even guard-dogs at way stations as the Deathly Hallows ships to booksellers, and have a... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • book • children's books

Rowling Finds Last Hurrah Bittersweet

'Potter' author ends journey torn between tears and euphoria

Jul 7, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fans aren't the only ones who will mourn the end of the Harry Potter series. Author JK Rowling "absolutely howled" as she wrote one of the concluding chapters of the final volume of the wildly successful seven-book series, the BBC reports. But she was also elated that Harry's adventures... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • book • children's books

Publisher Fights Lefty Bias
in Kids' Lit

Is this rabbit a communist?

Jun 1, 07 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A California publishing exec is doing his darnedest to combat the insidious leftward tilt of most children's books. Fed up with gay penguins and anti-business Loraxes, Eric Jackson started his own publishing house. His first release, "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!"—about a kids'... More »

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Eric Jackson • World Ahead • children • publishing • reading • book • children's books

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