GIVE NO A CHANCE

In schadenfreude news . . . what will become of Bill O’Riley’s upcoming picture book now that he’s in the middle of a scandal? Click here to read.

AND THE WINNER IS . . .

The winners of the Los Angeles Book Prize have been announced and Waking Brain Cells has the Young Adult Literature pick. Click here to see it.

WONDERSTRUCK IS GOING TO CANNES

The adaptation of Brian Selznick’s Wonderstruck is going to be showing at the Cannes film festival next month. Click here to read more about it (including who is directing the film).

If you are interested in upcoming picture books, don’t miss the latest installment of Coming Soon: 2017 Picture Books Part Fourteen over at Mile High Reading. A lot of good looking books, (that Suzy Lee book jumped out to me).

A behind-the-scenes look at how we remove dust from our #books. It's like a mini car wash for books, minus the water! #libraries #booklovers pic.twitter.com/3xGI6ZEHVJ

— BostonPublicLibrary (@BPLBoston) April 20, 2017

(Thanks to Phil Nel for the link)

I have seen Ludacris in concert (granted, I didn’t intend to – he was opening for Outkast at the Fox Theater in Detroit in 2000). I know his music, yet I think I like this better than any of his songs.

Sorry for that burn Luda, but I have to speak the truth.