Book Club review: 'These are the good old days' for author Anna Quindlen The Daily News Journal I've commiserated with author/illustrator Lacy Rose Fischer as I rushed through her book, “I'm New at Being Old.” And I've bookmarked the website Fierce With Age and friended the Facebook page for Encore Careers, a program dedicated to helping retiring ... |
'Chicago Fire' trailer includes Rahm Emanuel cameo, Kerry Wood releasing ... Chicago Tribune Big ups: The Chicago Public School students who provided the illustrations for Kerry Wood's upcoming children's book, “All You Can Be: Learning & Growing Through Sports,” will attend the Cubs game at Wrigley Field May 30 and meet the Cubs pitcher. |
Neil Gaiman's singular vision Philadelphia Inquirer Not the least bit nervous on the eve of what he admitted was his very first commencement address, Gaiman took some time out for a chat about his growing body of children's books, including Graveyard, which is being adapted into a film by Coraline ... |
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 ... |
 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 ... |
 New York Times | Jean Craighead George, Children's Author, Dies at 92 New York Times “Julie of the Wolves,” which was also a finalist for the National Book Award, centers on a 13-year-old Eskimo girl, Miyax, or Julie as she is known in English. Fleeing an oppressive arranged marriage, she strikes out to live alone in the Alaskan wild. |
 Voice of America | Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012: His Imagination Redefined Children's Literature Voice of America He was the award- winning writer and illustrator of more than one hundred children's books. FAITH LAPIDUS: Maurice Sendak died last Tuesday at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, four days after suffering a stroke. He was eighty-three years old. The significance of children's books (for adults) Maurice Sendak's Jewish legacy lives on along with the 'Wild Things' Children's Corner: Where genius is: Maurice Sendak and Ursula Nordstrom |
Mary Beth Jones of Warrenville properly introduces etiquette with children's ... Suburban Life Publications My little granddaughter was the main impetus to write my book. When she was born, I was very adamant about talking to her about manners. When Aubrey was 3 months old, … I spent five days a week with her (for a month's visit) in Houston. |
 msnbc.com (blog) | The latest child-rearing fad? Detachment parenting msnbc.com (blog) As the mother of three children under the age of 12 who have yet to be charged with any major crime - or spend significant time in the Principal's office - I feel I am qualified to pimp my own unique parenting technique. After all, if it works for my ... |
 The National Law Journal | BookLovers: Sendak's Grimm legacy SouthCoastToday.com As a 7-year-old girl, I found it downright frightening. Most children's authors write about dreams; Sendak wrote about nightmares. The award-winning author and illustrator of more than 100 children's books died May 8 and left a legacy as one of the ... Maurice Sendak Sails Off for Night and Day |
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