Read more children's books stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12818/childrens-books.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:33:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74241/conservative-kids-book-vilifies-pelosi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHelp! Mom! The Radicals Are Ruining My Country! sounds like what it is: A picture book aimed at conservative children—or maybe the children of conservative parents. In any case, a tiara-wearing Nancy Pelosi features prominently, and she ain’t a Santa Claus figure, notes Boing Boing . The book, which follows...http://www.newser.com/story/74241/conservative-kids-book-vilifies-pelosi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 13:42:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71961/wild-things-runs-rampant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhere the Wild Things Are ran wild at the weekend box office, exceeding expectations by doing $32.5 million worth of business. Spike Jonze's first foray into children's cinema earned the director his strongest opening weekend ever. "I can't imagine too many people who could do what Spike did," an...http://www.newser.com/story/71961/wild-things-runs-rampant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 13:48:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65524/seuss-lorax-slated-to-be-3d-movie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDr Suess' green-themed story The Lorax is becoming the first of his works to get the 3D treatment, Variety reports. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment plan to release the animated picture in 2012, on what would have been the author's 108th birthday. His 1971 book told the story of a...http://www.newser.com/story/65524/seuss-lorax-slated-to-be-3d-movie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 5:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60087/lame-dads-rule-in-kids-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite major upheavals in gender roles, clueless dads unable to parent or set a table still rule in children's books—if they exist at all—laments one stay-at-home father. "I’m aware that there is plenty of good-natured humor to be had from lampooning fathers," writes columnist Damon Syson in the...http://www.newser.com/story/60087/lame-dads-rule-in-kids-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 4:09:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51755/puppy-love-fuels-twilight-author.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight books, is not a shadowy vampire, Vogue reports. In fact, she is a shy, retiring Mormon mother of 3 living in a Phoenix suburb. Sure, the characters for the hit books came from a dream, but the substance is straight puppy love. “I...http://www.newser.com/story/51755/puppy-love-fuels-twilight-author.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Feb 2009 18:51:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48746/inkheart-better-on-the-page.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen it comes to the kids-lit adaptation Inkheart , fans are probably better off sticking to the book, say critics. Brendan Fraser stars as a father with the power to bring characters off the page to life, but the special-effects-driven movie fails to capture the "dark whimsy" of the best-selling original,...http://www.newser.com/story/48746/inkheart-better-on-the-page.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 10:33:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46697/publisher-yanks-kid-spinoff-of-holocaust-fake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublishers are now pulling a picture book inspired by a Holocaust love story revealed to be a fake, Publishers Weekly reports. Lerner Publishing has announced it will cancel reprints of Angel Girl and offer refunds for returned copies. Herman Rosenblat's memoir Angel on the Fence was canceled by another publisher...http://www.newser.com/story/46697/publisher-yanks-kid-spinoff-of-holocaust-fake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 5:54:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43135/lewis-carroll-letter-points-to-pedophile-leanings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlice in Wonderland 's author is sending a message from the grave to the literary experts who have long wondered whether he was a pedophile. A privately held letter has emerged in which Lewis Carroll tells real-life Alice—a child friend 18 years his junior—about his fondness for kids...http://www.newser.com/story/43135/lewis-carroll-letter-points-to-pedophile-leanings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Nov 2008 4:44:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42182/widow-opens-up-about-ratty-dahl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTears reach Felicity Dahl's eyes as she walks to the work hut of her famous ex-husband, Roald. She's not alone, either: Director Tim Burton burst out crying when he saw it. "People have strong reactions to this house," said the widow of the acerbic scribe who wrote Charlie and the...http://www.newser.com/story/42182/widow-opens-up-about-ratty-dahl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Nov 2008 18:14:47 CST