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This morning's Washington Post has an interesting article on the problem of selecting age-appropriate texts for children - in the classroom particularly, but also in the school and public library.  Worth looking for if you are interested in children and libraries...

Last week Random House Children's Books hosted librarians and reviewers to introduce forthcoming titles for late spring and summer.  It was a four-hour extravaganza with over 100 titles introduced, each by the editor who worked on it, followed by a brief address by Wendelin Van Draanen, whose Confessions of a Serial Kisser is scheduled to come out in May.Here are some of the highlights from the

Next Saturday, March 16, the Children's and Young Adult Literature Cafe at the Donnell Library Center will feature Monica Edinger (one of Rutgers' occasional on-line instructors) discussing children's books and film.  Monica recently served on the 2008 Newbery Award committee (and while they are not allowed to discuss their deliberations, I know that she was very enthusiastic about the eventual