Haddon Wins Booktrust Prize. From the BBC comes the article Author Haddon wins teenage prize. Having just won the Guardian Children's Book Prize in England, Haddon wins the new teen book prize as well for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.... [Kids Lit] 9:22:08 PM     [comment []];[]

Book Fair Business Denver School Wants to Dump Scholastic Book Fair. Any parent with kids in public schools knows about the ubiquitous Scholastic Book Fair Fundraiser. While a more palatable fundraiser than selling crummy candy, wrapping paper and refrigerator magnets, the Scholastic fairs have begun to feature fewer books and more junk--plush toys, fuzzy pencil toppers and more. .... More from the Denver Post. [LISNews.com] Ah, yes, the eternal problem. The article talks about doing book fairs with independent book stores, which is a good move, but of course they can't offer the same revenue level for the school. So is a book fair a fundraising activity or a means to get more books into the hands of the kids? 7:15:26 AM     [comment []];[]

Way-out YA Fiction BILL'S BEST BOOKS: A Monthly Menu: November 2003 [ALAN--The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE] From the annotations it sounds as though Bill has been reading some pretty odd books this month, but he always makes me want to read them too. 7:09:17 AM     [comment []];[]