Wonderstruck, the children’s novel by Brian Selznick (author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret), is being adapted for film. Todd Haynes is set to direct and will reunite with Oscar-award winning actress Julianne Moore for the film. Moore starred in Haynes’ melodrama, Far From Heaven, which was well received by viewers and critics. Selznick’s critically acclaimed Wonderstruck follows the lonesome journeys of two American children, Ben and Rose. In 1977, Ben has recently lost his mother and his hearing, and quests to find his long-lost father. Fifty years earlier, Rose, also deaf, has run away from her New Jersey home …
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, written by the young teen living in the Nazi occupied Netherlands between 1942-1944, has recently gained a co-author: Otto Frank, Anne Frank’s father and the person who found her diary. In Europe, copyrights expire 70 years after the author’s death. In order for Anne Frank Fonds, the Swiss Foundation that holds the copyright of the book, to extend its copyright, they have acknowledged Anne Frank’s father as a co-author. Otto Frank, who passed away in 1980, is already known as an editor and compiler of Anne Frank’s published diary, but naming him …
Sometimes perceived as ‘just cartoons,’ graphic novels actually pack a lot of emotion and wisdom within their drawings and dialogue. For those who love reading, for those who love drawings, and for those who love compelling stories, graphic novels can cater to all of your book-loving needs. Illustrations interwoven with words have a different effect on readers than classic novels. You can simultaneously see what the author wants you to see while interpreting the story on your own. These graphic novels are great starting points for people who thought they would never get captivated by this type of book, and …
Even though they are young and their experiences are few, children see the world differently than adults and often provide practical words of wisdom. They tend to be more honest, their opinions less dogmatic and more straightforward than the average adult. There are a number of clever children from literature that had an effect on our childhood, and have continued to influence our adult lives. These quotes may appear as if they came from a knowledgeable adult, but they are actually from the minds of wise-beyond-their-years children from classic books. Can you figure out who said these following quotes: Scout …
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has taken to Instagram to share some fascinating, mind-bending, and humorous questions written from the 1940’s through the 1980’s. Before Internet search engines, those with questions that seemed to have no answer could turn to the NYPL’s librarians for answers. Lucky for us, the company’s Reference and Research Services archived a number of the questions, which have been preserved quite nicely on little pieces of aging yellow paper. They include some truly magnificent questions: Something to ponder if you go apple picking this weekend: “What kind of an apple did Eve eat?” – Telephone request NB …
