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Pulitzer Prize Winners in Letters and Drama 2010

On April 12th, the winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize were announced at Columbia University in New York, NY. 21 recipients were selected from over 2,500 entries by a distinguished panel of 102 jurors, and will be honored at a luncheon to be held on luncheon on May 24th.

By John C. Weaver, Ph.D., English teacher at Williamsport Area High School in Pennsylvania
Reading With Pictures is a nonprofit initiative working to link comics and classrooms and moves comics even further into education. Their latest project is a fantastic anthology featuring the work of Jill Thompson, Fred Van Lente, Jeff Brown, and a host of top comics talent. Find out more about how you can order the book and help out Reading With Pictures here.

Author Talk: James Patterson, author of Med Head: My Knock-Down Drag-Out Drugged-Up Battle with My Brain

Apr 10, 2010

April 2010

Best known to teen audiences for his thrillers like the Maximum Ride series, James Patterson’s latest book, MED HEAD, is a young adult adaptation of 2008’s AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE, which captures the personal struggles of Cory Friedman, who has suffered from Tourette’s Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder since the age of five.

Author Talk: James Patterson, author of Med Head: My Knock-Down Drag-Out Drugged-Up Battle with My Brain

Apr 10, 2010

April 2010

Best known to teen audiences for his thrillers like the Maximum Ride series, James Patterson’s latest book, MED HEAD, is a young adult adaptation of 2008’s AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE, which captures the personal struggles of Cory Friedman, who has suffered from Tourette’s Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder since the age of five.

Details are beginning to emerge about Tom Clancy's first novel in a long, long time. Check out some preliminary info about DEAD OR ALIVE.   Here's a fun video of Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno reading Dr. Seuss' GREEN EGGS AND HAM during the White House Easter festivities. He really gets into it!  

Split by Swati Avasthi

April 2010

Sixteen-year-old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret. He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind --- his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret. At least so far.

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

April 2010

Multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper tackles disability and prejudice in OUT OF MY MIND, a deeply personal, moving story full of heartache and hope inspired by Draper’s own family experiences. Eleven-year-old Melody is a girl whose voice readers will never forget.

April 9, 2010

I got back from the beach late Sunday night, spent Monday unpacking and sorting out paperwork I had shipped back from Seattle and Portland (and okay, lots of skeins of yarn, most of it shades of, you guessed it, turquoise). I walked back into the office Tuesday, and three weeks away evaporated pretty quickly. Every once in a while I look in a mirror and see I am tan and remember that I was away; I also have some really funky lines on my neck as I was looking down to read a lot when I was in the sun. It’s been that kind of a week.

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Early April 2010

Well, after a few weeks of being on the road, I am finally back at the office, and here in New York spring has officially sprung! And at home the grass is green and the trees have buds on them. With all of the sunshine, warm weather and buzzworthy new titles, it's impossible not to be in a great mood. So check out what selections we have in our April Cool New Books and New in Paperback features, as well as our other spotlighted titles below, and get outside and start reading!

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