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National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman stole the show at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, with the stirring debut of her original poem, “The Hill We Climb.” But Gorman is back in the headlines this week after a Florida school banned elementary students from reading “The Hill We Climb” in the classroom.
Gorman, the country’s first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, quickly became a trending topic on Twitter,...
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman stole the show at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, with the stirring debut of her original poem, “The Hill We Climb.” But Gorman is back in the headlines this week after a Florida school banned elementary students from reading “The Hill We Climb” in the classroom.
Gorman, the country’s first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, quickly became a trending topic on Twitter,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
Dolly Parton has announced a new video series entitled “Goodnight With Dolly,” featuring the country superstar reading aloud from children’s books on Thursday evenings. The series will launch April 2nd at 7:00 p.m. Est, on the YouTube channel for Parton’s Imagination Library, and will run for 10 weeks.
The books Parton will read from have been “carefully chosen for their appropriate content at this moment in time,” according to a press release referencing the coronavirus pandemic. The footage from the series will include both Parton and the interior illustrations of the books.
The books Parton will read from have been “carefully chosen for their appropriate content at this moment in time,” according to a press release referencing the coronavirus pandemic. The footage from the series will include both Parton and the interior illustrations of the books.
- 3/30/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Dandy Nov 20, 2018
Teenage Superman stumbles on a Smallville mystery in this exclusive preview.
Teenage Superman is fertile ground for character work. For writers looking for a challenge that fits the character, a Superman who hasn't yet developed his powers or his moral code makes for more realistic, more relatable conflict. That's why Superman was probably a perfect fit for the DC Icons book series, a collection of young adult stories featuring DC superheroes. And that's why we're pretty psyched to be hosting an exclusive preview of Superman: Dawnbreaker, the upcoming Superman-centric book in that line coming out in February.
"Writing a Superman novel is one of the greatest thrills of my writing career," said Matt de la Peña, the book's author. "This project allowed me to set foot in one of the most iconic American storylines, while also enabling me to team up witht hree writers I've long...
Teenage Superman stumbles on a Smallville mystery in this exclusive preview.
Teenage Superman is fertile ground for character work. For writers looking for a challenge that fits the character, a Superman who hasn't yet developed his powers or his moral code makes for more realistic, more relatable conflict. That's why Superman was probably a perfect fit for the DC Icons book series, a collection of young adult stories featuring DC superheroes. And that's why we're pretty psyched to be hosting an exclusive preview of Superman: Dawnbreaker, the upcoming Superman-centric book in that line coming out in February.
"Writing a Superman novel is one of the greatest thrills of my writing career," said Matt de la Peña, the book's author. "This project allowed me to set foot in one of the most iconic American storylines, while also enabling me to team up witht hree writers I've long...
- 11/20/2018
- Den of Geek
Now that the adaptation of James Dashner's "The Scorch Trials" is two-thirds done, and the final installments of "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" are coming, it's time to think about which young-adult books will translate well to the big screen.
And we're not just going to list the obvious, like name all of John Green's books (although "Looking for Alaska" is already in pre-production). We're going straight to the source - fellow young adult authors, many of whom have their own titles optioned and in the works.
Here are 14 Ya and children's authors' picks for the books they wish would get green lit.
1. Gayle Forman, author of "If I Stay"
"I would love to see Matt de la Peña's 'The Living' turned into a film. It follows a young man, named Shy, who works as a towel boy on a cruise ship that's sunk by a tsunami.
And we're not just going to list the obvious, like name all of John Green's books (although "Looking for Alaska" is already in pre-production). We're going straight to the source - fellow young adult authors, many of whom have their own titles optioned and in the works.
Here are 14 Ya and children's authors' picks for the books they wish would get green lit.
1. Gayle Forman, author of "If I Stay"
"I would love to see Matt de la Peña's 'The Living' turned into a film. It follows a young man, named Shy, who works as a towel boy on a cruise ship that's sunk by a tsunami.
- 10/9/2015
- by Sandie Angulo Chen
- Moviefone
Getty Poet Yusef Komunyakaa
The 20 finalists for the 2011 National Book Awards were announced Wednesday. The National Book Foundation later added one more finalist to the Young People’s Literature category. The finalists are:
Fiction: Andrew Krivak (“The Sojourn”), Tea Obreht (“The Tiger’s Wife”), Julie Otsuka (“The Buddha in the Attic”), Edith Pearlman (“Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories”), Jesmyn Ward (“Salvage the Bones”).
Nonfiction: Deborah Baker (“The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism”), Mary Gabriel (“Love and Capital: Karl...
The 20 finalists for the 2011 National Book Awards were announced Wednesday. The National Book Foundation later added one more finalist to the Young People’s Literature category. The finalists are:
Fiction: Andrew Krivak (“The Sojourn”), Tea Obreht (“The Tiger’s Wife”), Julie Otsuka (“The Buddha in the Attic”), Edith Pearlman (“Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories”), Jesmyn Ward (“Salvage the Bones”).
Nonfiction: Deborah Baker (“The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism”), Mary Gabriel (“Love and Capital: Karl...
- 10/12/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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