Friday, April 25, 2014

PW Children's Books - IN THE MEDIA



From Entertainment Weekly:
Alloy Entertainment is developing the final Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book, Sisterhood Everlasting, for a movie adaptation. Click here

From Deadline:
Stephenie Meyers's production company has optioned YA debut Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis. Click here

From Publishing Perspectives:
SmackFiction: building an app for mobile YA book discovery. Click here

From Education Week:
What's wrong with poetry books for children: a teacher's lament. Click here

From USA Today:
"An incredible feeling, somewhat undercut by exhaustion": Laini Taylor on ending her Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy. Click here

From Brain Pickings:
"Mr. Bliss": Tolkien's little-known children's book, which he wrote and illustrated for his kids. Click here
From Time:
John Green was named to the magazine's 100 most influential people list; Shailene Woodley, who stars in the TFIOS film, wrote the appreciation. Click here

From the Hollywood Reporter:
Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o are in talks for Disney's live-action/CGI hybrid Jungle Book. Click here

From USA Today:
Who's "Popular" now? A teen's memoir leads to movie deal. Click here

From Bookish:
The website asks: What will be the next big YA subgenre? Click here

From Deadline:
Felicity Jones will star in the film version of A Monster Calls, based on the Carnegie Medal-winning fantasy novel by Patrick Ness. Click here

From the Hub:
Young adult–picture book pairings: a collection of Cinderella stories. Click here

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