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April 3, 2011

More Congratulations for Shaun Tan

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By John Hogan
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Last month, artist Shaun Tan won an Academy Award. This weekend, he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden, the largest children's literature award. (It comes with a significant monetary prize as well, so good for you, Shaun!) Here's the full story.

Kahlil Gibran

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
 

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Kahlil Gibran

Interview: Andrea Davis Pinkney, author of Bird in a Box

Apr 2, 2011

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of numerous award-winning books for children, including SIT-IN: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down. In her latest, BIRD IN A BOX, the lives of three friends --- all of whom consider boxer Joe Louis their personal hero --- gradually converge to form friendship, family and love.

April 2, 2011

Joanne Siegel’s Hard-Fought Battles

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It was sad news to hear that Joanne Siegel, wife of the late Jerry Siegel, who cocreated Superman, passed away last month. She was a remarkable woman, and reportedly the inspiration for the fiesty, hard-hitting Lois Lane, the one and only earthwoman who could conquer Superman's heart. But this weekend brought a new column by Nikki Finke showing just how much of a fighter Joanne Siegel really was, even as she was in her early 90s and suffering from several health problems.

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

April 2011

So as not to seem self-indulgent, Conor Grennan started his trip around the world by volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal. There, he met the mother of two of the wards and learned the terrible truth: that many had been taken from their homes by child traffickers. What happened next changed his life --- and those of countless others --- forever.

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A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia De Luce Novel by Alan Bradley

April 2011

When Flavia de Luce had her fortune told, she didn’t think she’d find the poor soul bludgeoned in her own caravan. Was this an act of revenge by those convinced that the soothsayer abducted a local child? Flavia understands revenge, but not the connection to the missing baby. And as the red herrings pile up, she untangles dark deeds and dangerous secrets.

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Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

April 2011

When Rose McKenna volunteers for lunch duty at her daughter's school, she finds herself with an impossible choice during a sudden emergency. Her actions ultimately endanger every relationship in her treasured family. The suspense ratchets up in a rapid-paced plot centered on love and consequences. 

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April 2011

With THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, Jean M. Auel brings her epic Earth’s Children series about family life in prehistoric times to a rich conclusion. Amid the ripening colors of a serene late-Pleistocene summer, Ayla, her leading character, completes a long journey of self-discovery that promises a new future for her people.

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April 2011

April offers the promise of both sunshine and showers, but our Books into Movies feature spotlights five films that will excite you no matter how the weather behaves. And in case rain does prevail, you can always surf your way through.

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Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani

April 2011

Viola doesn't want to go to boarding school, but somehow she ends up at an all-girls school in South Bend, Indiana far away from her home in Brooklyn, New York. There's no way she's going to survive the year. Boarding school, though, and her roommates and even the Midwest are nothing like she thought they would be.

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