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The place was packed with a lovely range of kids, parents, and adult admirers of the book and its author, Madeleine L'Engle . The event was part of Symphony Space's author series, theA Thalia Kids' Book Club .

As we mark the bicentennial of Charles Dickens' birth , the most fitting tribute we can offer to the man, who first wrote and became famous under the pen name "Boz," is to examine the ways in which his work still speaks to our lives.

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The 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth was Feb. 7. Dickens' 20 novels have sold millions of copies and never been out of print.

Until Wikipedia writes a book, it seems unlikely that any narrator of a crime novel will offer us as much sheer information as Dr.

Before "Twilight" and "True Blood" - even before "Buffy" - Anne Rice wrote a book about a vulnerable vampire.

In Kerala, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is among the most popular novelists - thanks to his translated works in Malayalam.

Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Michael Cunningham and Edward Albee are among the subjects of Christopher Bram's 'Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America.' Though his title is somewhat debatable, Bram shows that literature played 'a huge role in the making of modern gay life.' The title itself leaves room for debate, partly because it seems ... (more)

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The kindergarteners of Sterling Morton Elementary made the short pilgrimage in the snow Friday afternoon to the Mentor Headlands library branch for story time.

Aurora Theatre assembles the best children's performers in the region, bringing them to Gwinnett County for the series Aurora Children's Playhouse.

The most powerful woman in children's bookselling is exasperated. "Never," she says, curling her manicured hand into a fist, "Never. Get.

It has big songs and a novel plot and the cast of Into the Woods is taking on the musical production with great enthusiasm according to Ballenas Secondary School theatre teacher Doug Campbell.

Bold modern dramas form the core of San Jose Rep's eclectic 2012-2013 season which runs the gamut from shades of Freud and Shaw to punk rock.

Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow, whose most recent book, The Magic Room , was published in December, died Friday in a car crash in in northern Michigan at age 53.

Two thoughts come to mind after seeing "Educating Rita," Willy Russell's 1980 play about education and class issues between an alcoholic literature professor and his student.

This post was originally published at the invaluable StudentActivism.net and is re-posted here with permission.

Recently, Bishop Feehan High School's Advance Placement Literature and Composition students immersed themselves in the characters in the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky by participating in a "mock" trial.

Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith for Cynsations Reminder! 28 Days Later: A Black History Month Celebration of Children's Literature from The Brown Bookshelf.