Very exciting news for Twilight movie fans! The “one-sheet teaser” (movie poster) was released today, and it looks great and full of tension (though Jacob is still shorter than Edward…).
In even more exciting news, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner will premiere a clip from the new movie at the MTV Movie Awards on May 31st. If only I had cable…
I have to say, I really enjoyed the first Twilight movie, though it was a half-missing-the-book, half-kitsch enjoyment. New Moon is definitely my favorite of the series, though, and I’m definitely excited to see what they do with it.
Want more? Here are two photo galleries to help hold you over until the November 20th premiere.
Silver Medal
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. II
The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson
People’s Choice Bronze Medal
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
You can follow all the old battles step-by-step here.
The Everdeen Sisters have made a big splash with their musical take on the Battle of the Kids’ Books. You can read an interview with them here and check out the musical masterpiece below.
Twilight fans and haters alike can get a kick out of Twilight the Musical. The youtube series is directed and written by the guy who plays Edward, and has the look of a theater class assignment. It has its weak moments, but it’s often spot on and fantastic.
Parts 1 and 2 below, and the recently added parts 3a and 3b are after the jump. Enjoy!
Realizing it’s Children’s Book Week also made me realize it’s our 1 year anniversary! A year ago Tuesday, May 12th, the first entry was posted to princes&pixies. I’m happy to see it’s still active and growing. Thanks to everyone who’s been reading, and here’s to an even stronger year ahead.
The winners of the 2009 Children’s Choice Book Awards were announced Tuesday night at an even tin Bryant Park with Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Scieszka. And the winners are…
Children’s Book Week events around the country after the jump.
Could Have Been Renesmee: A helpful phrase used when a friend announces that she is naming her child or pet something fairly ridiculous.
Ex: “Gillian has decided to name her daughter Shampoo, and she’s going to spell it Schampooh. I guess it could have been worse. Could have been Renesmee.”
Sorry for the long pause, and the two or three days of there being nothing here. As if the hacking weren’t enough, my domain name expired with no warning, which led to the discovery of a big ol’ hosting account debacle. Thankfully, my web hosting company has great technical support, and all seems to be well again.
In better news, there have been a few examples lately of what an awesomely small world it is. The weekend before last I went home for a high school friend’s wedding, which was beautiful, and a fun, strange, nostalgic experience. I was the only high school person there, but my friend did a fantastic job with the seating arrangement, and my boyfriend and I wound up spending much of the night with Minh of Bottom Shelf Books (and the unnecessary sequels contest) fame. If you haven’t read his blog yet, you really need to. It was wonderful to meet a fellow kidlit enthusiast (and blogger and writer), and he and his wife are both pretty fantastic.
This past weekend, I was at a birthday celebration for a friend in Queens and met someone who works for Tor. After a few minutes of talking, we realized that she had been in touch with my friend’s agent about the book he just submitted there. She’s already sent me job openings, and hopefully we’ll be hanging out again soon
The latest Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer was released a few days ago, and the visuals look spectacular. You can watch it in different sizes and qualities on the apple site, or more standardly on youtube. Enjoy!
Tomorrow is Earth Day, which means a great opportunity to teach kids about the environment. Here are some Earth Day books for kids, and a few websites chock full of Earth Day activities.
It’s that time of year again. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, the sun’s coming out, and prom buzz is beginning. Prom, being the strange, awkward, exciting, over-hyped, sometimes-fun institution that it is, is wonderful fodder for YA. School Library journal has a great list of prom books, a few of which are below. I’ve attended two official proms and three fake proms (two planned by friends, one random NY one). I’m contemplating yet another, with 826NYC’s The Prom You Were Promised, which sounds amaaaaazing.
And, this article makes for some good bonus prom reading. With the economy in the toilet, one YA librarian thought of a creative way to help teen girls out: Can’t Afford a Prom Dress? Try the Local Library.
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