If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. ...more

September 28, 2008

Scholastic Inc., the purveyor of children's books that holds a virtual monopoly on elementary school book fairs and monthly mail-order book sales, has dropped the hyper-sexualized Bratz dolls from its line of books. Children's literature lovers are applauding, but Scholastic didn't go nearly far enough. ...more

September 26, 2008

Children have welcomed the Harry Potter books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the United States will reveal today that none of J.K. Rowling's phenomenally popular books has been able to dislodge the works of longtime favorites Dr. Seuss, E.B. White, Judy Blume, S.E. Hinton and Harper Lee as the most read. ...more

May 5, 2008