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“Gwyneth Paltrow offers advice on picking children`s ... - Monsters and Critics” plus 3 more

Gwyneth Paltrow offers advice on picking children`s ... - Monsters and Critics

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:44 AM PDT

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Silly parents, iPads are for kids (and their books) - Christian Science Monitor

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:33 AM PDT

Every parent wants his child to read – but on a $499 device? Yes, it seems – if the device is an iPad.

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According to Publishers Weekly, "Parents immediately started snapping up picture book apps from Apple's online store. In fact, children's stories held 6 of the top 10 paid iPad book-app sales spots as of press time."

PW goes on to catalog an impressive list of children's book offerings available for the iPad, including some titles being offered for free. Top selling children's lit iPad apps, they note, include "The Cat in the Hat," "Dr. Seuss's ABC," "Toy Story 2 Read-Along," "How to Train Your Dragon," "Miss Spider's Tea Party," and "The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg." In the iBookstore, the bestselling children and teens' titles were "Eclipse," "The Lightning Thief," "Twilight," "Breaking Dawn," and "The Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School."

Typical prices for children's book apps range anywhere from $2.99 to $9.99, PW reports.

What does this enthusiastic embrace of digital books for young readers mean for sales of paper-and-ink children's books? Bookstore owners will have to hope that they've got it right over at Disney Publishing Worldwide. Jeanne Mosure, Disney senior vice president and group publisher, told PW that the experience of reading on the iPad "just makes children more excited about the prospect of reading more and buying more books."

Marjorie Kehe is the Monitor's book editor.

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Reading 'Excellence' group kicks off Tuesday - Nashville Tennessean

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:43 AM PDT

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There will be snacks and games and special readings by characters from children's books. This kick-off will also serve as an informational meeting for parents and possible volunteers. If you are interested in helping our children succeed, be a part ...

120,000 items at the Hunterdon County Library book sale - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:58 AM PDT

By Renee Kiriluk-Hill/Hunterdon County Demo...

April 09, 2010, 7:57AM

RARITAN TWP. -- Books for all ages, tastes and collections, as well as music, movies and software are up for grabs at the 14th annual Friends of the Hunterdon County Library Book Sale on Saturday and Sunday. There will be more than 120,000 titles spread among dozens of categories, in large "rooms" at the National Guard Armory on Route 12.

Among the rows of donated books, shoppers will find "an incredible profusion of cookbooks... hundreds of biographies... a large section on pets, with a couple of hundred books on cats... craft books that add color, feeling and spice to a holiday for your family," said volunteer Tom Mullen.

One cavernous room is filled with fiction, a second with nonfiction and a third room houses children's books. There are three new categories this year: teen/young adult readers, military and unexplained - meaning astrology, ghosts, UFOs and other cryptic phenomena.


Mullen's advice is to "come early, bring a big bag and plan for a long day," re-energizing at the food sales area manned by Boy Scout Troop 288 of Annandale.

Volunteer Jean Allured adds, "Come Saturday for the best selection and Sunday for half price." They offer a tip for fans of books-on-tape (or CD): most are with the fiction books, not in the multimedia sales room.

Shoppers on Saturday should allow extra time for traffic; one of two annual county Electronics Collection days is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the nearby county complex on Route 12. That's also where book sale shoppers catch the free shuttle to the armory, which has limited parking.

Through Friday, anyone who joins the Friends for 2010 may get into the sale up to two hours early on Saturday. Those who haven't can pay $20 for early admittance.

Normal hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. After the sale closes, representatives of schools, hospitals, prisons and charitable organizations come to glean the piles at no charge.

Mullen said shoppers should bring a bag, but leave rolling cases at home because "there are hundreds of shoppers" filling the aisles.


Rare and unusual books are priced higher. Otherwise, most hardcover or large trade paperback books for adults cost $2 or $1 for regular paperbacks. Young adult hardcovers are $2, paperbacks 50 cents. Children's books are $1 or 50 cents.

LPs, sheet music and pamphlets cost 50 cents. Most software, CDs, DVDs and books on cassette range from $2 to $5.

Membership in the nonprofit Friends costs $3 for students or older than age 62; $5 individual; $10 family; $25 patron; and $50 corporate. Proceeds of the book sale and memberships benefit the County Library system.

For more on the Friends, visit hclibrary.us/friends/friendspage.htm.

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