Paper Towns Movie!
Good news, John Green fans! Before The Fault in Our Stars has even officially come to the big screen, it's been announced that Paper Towns is being made into a movie too! Huffington Post has all the information here. I, for one, am so excited! Paper Towns is one of my very favorite books. Ever! I even learned about copyright traps from it.
If you've never read it, be sure to reserve a copy now.
National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month! National Nutrition Month is a campaign sponsored annually by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. It's designed to focus attention on the importance of developing good eating and physical activity habits. The Washington Post has 8 ideas to help you and your family celebrate! Here are some of those tips:
1. Keep healthful foods in the kitchen so they're available and easy to grab. Even bring some with you on the go!
2. Make an effort to fit in fruit and vegetables. Keep some in the car for when you get hungry or start your lunch off with some raw veggies before you eat your main dish. You can also sneak them into your meals, such as diced onions, raw squash, and zucchini in spicy barbecue chicken nachos, or spinach into pasta with tomato sauce.
3. Eat more at breakfast. Americans tend to eat a light breakfast or skip it, grab lunch on the run and eat the bulk of our calories from dinner on through the evening. Your body will stay energized longer with your largest meal earlier in the day, and then metabolize better with less food in the evening.
4. Fit physical activity in so you earn your calories: walk, run, go to a gym, play team sports, use fitness apps or videos and burn calories by taking stairs and parking farther from your destinations.
For The Washington Post's complete list, click here.
Or, for more ideas on nutrition and health, check out some of the books below:
Body Fuel: A Guide to Good Nutrition by Donna ShryerAsk CosmoGirl! About Nutrition and Fitness from the editors of Cosmogirl
The Scoop on What To Eat: What You Should Know About Diet and Nutrition by Kathlyn Gay
Food Choices: The Ultimate Teen Guide by Robin F. Brancato
Food for Feeling Healthy by Carol Ballard
Food for Sports by Neil Morris
Love Your Pet Day!
Happy Love Your Pet Day! Today is a chance to show your cat, dog, tortoise, ferret, gerbil, bird, or goldfish how you really feel about them. It's a day for treats, pampering, maybe a belly rub, and all the the attention that the little guy or gal can handle!
I love my pet! This is my sweet but very playful, 3-year-old cat, Benjamin:
If you like to read stories about pets, today's the day! Here are a few suggestions:
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Leanin' Dog by K.A. Nuzum
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Straydog by Kathe Koja
Stray: A Novel by Stacey Goldblatt
The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens
The Fault In Our Stars & This Star Won't Go Out
The Fault In Our Stars trailer, The Fault In Our Stars trailer, The Fault In Our Stars trailer!
If you haven't read The Fault In Our Stars, put a copy on hold before the movie comes out on June 6th!
In related news, This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl came out yesterday! According to TeenReads.com, "This Star Won't Go Out chronicles the life of Esther Grace Earl. Diagnosed with thyroid cancer at age twelve, she lived with the disease for four years. During that time, she befriended her favorite young adult author, John Green, at a Harry Potter convention. Green’s cross-generational friendship with Esther motivated him to write his New York Times bestselling novel, The Fault In Our Stars, although the novel tells a far different story than Esther’s." Read more about the book on TeenReads.com.
Award Winners!
Today The American Library Association announced the 2014 awards for the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Coretta Scott King(s), and the Geisel Award.
And the big winners are as follows:
The winner of the John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature is:
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventuress by Kate DiCamillo
Four Newbery Honor Books were also selected:
Doll Bones, by Holly Black
The Year of Billy Miller, by Kevin Henkes
One Came Home, by Amy Timberlake
Paperboy, written by Vince Vawter
The winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children is:
Locomotive, written and illustrated by Brian Floca
Three Caldecott Honor Books also were also selected:
Journey, written and illustrated by Aaron Becker
Flora and the Flamingo, written and illustrated by Molly Idle
Mr. Wuffles! written and illustrated by David Wiesner
The winner of the Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults is:
P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia
Three Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books were also selected:
March: Book One, by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Darius & Twig, by Walter Dean Myers
Words with Wings, by Nikki Grimes
The winner of the Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award is:
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me, illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Daniel Beaty
One Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book was also selected:
Nelson Mandela, illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson
The winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults is:
Midwinterblood, by Marcus Sedgwick
Four Printz Honor Books also were also selected:
Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
Maggot Moon, by Sally Gardner
Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal
Navigating Early, by Clare Vanderpool
The winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers is:
The Watermelon Seed, written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli, is the Geisel Award winner.
Three Geisel Honor Books were also selected:
Ball, by Mary Sullivan
A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems
Penny and Her Marble, by Kevin Henkes
For more information on the rest of the ALA youth media awards and notables (there are lots!), visit the ALA's Youth Media Awards official announcement.
Happy Birthday, J.K. Rowling!
Joanne Rowling (J.K. Rowling) was born in July 1965 in England. In college, she earned her degree in both French and Classics, and then worked as a researcher at Amnesty International. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a delayed train trip (Manchester to London King’s Cross), and during the next five years, she outlined the plots for each book and also began writing the first novel.
Joanne then moved to Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. In 1992 she got married and in 1993 she gave birth to a daughter (Jessica). When the marriage ended, she and Jessica returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone was eventually completed. The book was published under the name J.K. Rowling. The “K”, for Kathleen, was added at the request of her her publisher, who thought that a woman’s name would not appeal to the target audience of young boys.
Today, J.K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children. Her latest book is her first novel for adults! It's called The Casual Vacancy and was published in English in September 2012.
Check out J.K Rowling's website here!
Don’t Pigeonhole Me: Two Decades of the Mo Willems Sketchbook
Unlike the books that made him famous, Don’t Pigeonhole Me: Two Decades of the Mo Willems Sketchbook is not necessarily for small children. According to Disney, this book “reveals the author/illustrator at his most truthful, most experimental, most grown-up. Most Mo.” Sounds awesome! Plus, bonus: It features a foreword by Eric Carle!
For more on the book and Mo Willems' zine days (mostly an interview with Mo!), click here.
Or, click here for an exciting preview from Mo Willems' Doodle Blog.