http://dir.salon.com/topics/childrens_books/?source=rss&aim=childrens_books en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT By Laura Miller Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/03/bea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/03/bea/index.html?source=rss This year's Book Expo America attendees snatched up totes, celebrity autographs -- oh yeah, and some books. By Cary Tennis Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/02/addicted_to_fanfiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/02/addicted_to_fanfiction/index.html?source=rss Every moment I'm alone, I'm secretly reading the stories, the forums, the recommendations. I can't stop! By Rebecca Traister Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index.html?source=rss What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories? By Laurel Snyder Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/09/10/lengle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/09/10/lengle/index.html?source=rss Madeleine L'Engle wrote children's books that were too complicated for grown-ups. I'll miss her. By Amy Benfer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/28/handler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/10/28/handler/index.html?source=rss As his wildly popular series reaches its end, Daniel Handler -- aka Lemony Snicket -- talks to Salon about returning to himself. By Philip Pullman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/07/28/pudding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/07/28/pudding/index.html?source=rss The author of the "Dark Materials" fantasy series introduces a surreal Australian children's classic that's nearly unknown in America, Norman Lindsay's "Magic Pudding." By Hilary Flower Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/29/willows/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/29/willows/index.html?source=rss I went to the library to get my daughter "The Wind in the Willows." What I found was a happy-face, Disney-esque conspiracy to rob the classics of children's lit of their drama, their passion and their soul. By Laura Miller Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/14/snicket_audio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/14/snicket_audio/index.html?source=rss Tim Curry's hambone audio recordings of the Lemony Snicket books make these classics of mock-serious children's literature even more delightful. By Laura Miller Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/04/18/holes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/04/18/holes/index.html?source=rss Aided by Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight as evil grown-ups, this adaptation of the beloved children's book crackles with un-Harry-like life. By Sheri Zollinger Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/09/coulter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/09/coulter/index.html?source=rss Liberals are poopie-heads! and other lessons for the children of far-right-thinking adults in Ann Coulter's new kids book, "I Know You Are but What Am I." By Charles Taylor Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/09/21/kids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/09/21/kids/index.html?source=rss Inspired by Harry Potter, bestselling authors Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Carl Hiaasen and Isabel Allende are spearheading a renaissance in books that enchant readers of all ages. By Laura Miller Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/07/20/lipson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/07/20/lipson/index.html?source=rss The New York Times' children's book editor talks about the ideological pressures on kids' books and whether Harry Potter is a classic yet. By Laura Miller Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/03/12/juster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/03/12/juster/index.html?source=rss Norton Juster, author of "The Phantom Tollbooth," talks about infinity, romantic triangles and just where that mysterious package came from. By E.J. Graff Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/01/25/newbery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/01/25/newbery/index.html?source=rss Do the Newbery Medal-winning children's books really have to be so dreary? Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/08/22/bestseller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/08/22/bestseller/index.html?source=rss By Kera Bolonik By Amy Benfer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/17/snicket/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/17/snicket/index.html?source=rss He's been compared to Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl, but to know the true identity of the author behind the bestselling children's series, you must read this story. By Kera Bolonik Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/16/bestseller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/16/bestseller/index.html?source=rss Has Harry Potter changed the course of the New York Times Book Review -- and the children's book market -- for good or for evil? It depends on whom you ask. By Christine Schoefer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/01/13/potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/01/13/potter/index.html?source=rss The world of everyone's favorite kid wizard is a place where boys come first. Letters to the Editor Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/22/music_1999/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/12/22/music_1999/index.html?source=rss How could your "music of 1999" list bypass Ricky Martin? Plus: Children's lit needs the likes of David Mamet; is Croatia ready for a rebirth? By Alexandra Jacobs Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/12/15/mamet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/12/15/mamet/index.html?source=rss David Mamet's children's book puts Ivy League angst in the heads of babes. By Polly Shulman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/10/27/polly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/10/27/polly/index.html?source=rss Bring on the ghosts, the ghouls and the unhappy endings. By Polly Shulman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/09/28/wild_thing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/09/28/wild_thing/index.html?source=rss Children ask the big questions, and these dreamy books venture to answer. By Polly Shulman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/08/25/tedhughes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/08/25/tedhughes/index.html?source=rss In keeping with their authors' dark histories, "The Iron Giant" and other children's tales by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath tell ominous fables about ambition, despair and people's disregard for nature and one another. * Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/08/20/fairytale_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/08/20/fairytale_books/index.html?source=rss * By Margot Mifflin Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/08/20/fairytales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/wild/1999/08/20/fairytales/index.html?source=rss Classic fairy tales get a feminist makeover for parents who don't like their princesses tricked out, locked up or comatose. But were the old ones really that bad?