Letchworth grad publishes second children's book
The Daily News Online
Bethanie Deeney Murguia, author of "Buglette, the Messy Sleeper," says "Picture books provide magical, interactive and shared experiences for parents and children." Her own young daughter inspired her book. Posted: Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:30 am ...



Comic Book Resources

Nice Day For a War wins children's book award
Comic Book Resources
Nice Day For a War, a graphic novel described as “one part war comic and two parts history,” has been selected as the 2012 New Zealand Post Children's Book of the Year. It also won in the non-fiction category. Written by Matt Elliot and illustrated ...
Award winner wrote book for her pupilsNew Zealand Herald

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New York Times

Let's Go Reading in the Car
New York Times
The MP3 files or CDs we plug into the car stereo are children's books, of course, but that's no hardship for us, because they're books from our childhoods or they're the Great Books themselves or they're books we've always meant to read but needed ...



Bail bondsman with criminal history writes book warning children about strangers
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal A Jersey City bail bondsman who hasn't always been on the right side of the law has turned the page and written an illustrated children's book called"Momma, What's a Stranger?" "I'm hoping that kids across the ...



U.S. News & World Report (blog)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Media's 'Dangerous Lessons' Trick Children to Pursue Rap ...
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
His new children's book, What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors, tells the tales of people who were leaders in their fields but who largely never received acclaim. Jamai Blivin, CEO of Innovate+Educate, a nonprofit aimed ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar receives Ford Freedom Award in DetroitThe Detroit News

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The National Book Festival Is Four Months Away. Get Cracking.
Washington City Paper (blog)
22 and 23, bringing big names in fiction (mass-market and literary), history, YA, graphic novels, poetry, children's books, and more to the National Mall. If you haven't read anything by some of the biggest luminaries on the slate, you have only four ...

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Dr Nujoma Launches Mrs Kangaroo
AllAfrica.com
By Clemence Tashaya, 18 May 2012 Eenhana — The Founding President and Father of the Nation, His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma has officially launched Mrs Kangaroo visits Namibia, a children's book authored by Ambrosius Amutenja. Mrs Kangaroo visits Namibia ...

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Spare Times for Children for May 18-24
New York Times
Translating that celebratory chaos to the stage isn't easy, but Literally Alive Children's Theater's musical “Alice in Wonderland,” by Brenda Bell (book and lyrics) and Michael Sgouros (score), plays its cards cleverly. Here the White Rabbit (Jonathan ...

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The Guardian

Elizabeth Laird's top 10 books about tough stuff from out there
The Guardian
She has written over 30 books for children, has been shortlisted five times for the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as every other major children's book award. Her latest book, The Prince Who Walked With Lions, is a historical epic, based on a true story, ...



What's happening today in the north valley
Enterprise-Record
Book sale: 9:15-11:30 am Friends of the Library. Chico library, 1108 Sherman Ave. 891-2762. Weekly. Book sale: 10 am-3 pm Paradise Friends of the Library. Paradise library, 5922 Clark Road. Paperbacks 50 cents, hard cover $1, children's books 25 cents.

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