children's books links

HarperCollins are giving away £100 worth of children's books; just answer one simple question in the Save The Tollins quiz.
Keywords: competition, children's books, tollins

I never do this, but I was SUCH a fan of Shel Silverstein as a child that I can only assume that everyone else was too. Come join and revisit his wonderful poetry (and more!)
Keywords: children's books, poetry, poems, shel silverstein

“Return to the Hundred Acre Wood,” the first authorized sequel to the A. A. Milne classic Winnie-the-Pooh books in more than 80 years, is out on Monday, inviting the question, “Why now?,” as well as, “Why do it at all?”
Keywords: children's book, winnie the pooh, sequel

The team that brought us The Phantom Tollbooth are back together on a new project for the first time in 49 years. Author Norton Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer are collaborating on The Odious Ogre w/ a fall 2010 release.
Keywords: children's book, the phantom tollbooth

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Keywords: caldecott medal, award winning books, children's literature, picture books

A spot devoted to children's author Beverly Cleary and her classic characters: like Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Ralph S. Mouse and others.
Keywords: books, reading, author, beverly cleary, cleary, ramona, ramona quimby, henry huggins, ribsy

Keywords: children's books, children's book, where the wild things are, maurice sendak

Who wouldn't want to be her friend?

I JUST reread one of her stories yesterday. How tragic to lose a children's author of such complex stories.
Keywords: madeleine l'engle, author, wrinkle in time, children's books

Some pictures and cast interviews for the 2008 movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story.
Keywords: where the wild things are, movie, maurize sendak