Readhead Reviews

According to the Banned Books Week website, the 10 most challenged titles (and the reasoning behind the challenge) of 2011 were:

To continue this week’s spotlight on Banned Books Week, here is a board I’ve been pinning with great posters advocating reading banned books! (And don’t forget to check out our other posts on Banned Books Week as well!) My personal favorite has to be the Dumbledore, “I was banned for being gay,” poster. What a [...]

In honor of Banned Books Week, we found a list of the most frequently challenged authors of the 21st century, organized by year.

This week is the 30th annual Banned Books Week! Here are some fun facts:

“The Song Remains the Same: Despite Skyrocketing Popularity and Award-Winning Authors, Children’s Fiction Still Struggles for Credibility” As Children’s Book Week comes to a close, it seems only right to consider how far children’s literature (everything from picture books through young adult) has come and how far it has yet to go. The unprecedented popularity [...]

Jumping on the nostalgia bandwagon from Children’s Book Week, I’d thought I’d share a few thoughts on how my reading habits as a kid have influenced my life. It’s not just that my reading tastes today are an extension of what I appreciated as a kid (for example, I’ve moved on steadily from Agatha Christie [...]

I thought now would be a good time to share with all of you the top ten authors from my childhood who have had the most influence on not only my literary tastes, but my life (as corny as that sounds). So, in brief: 10. Shel Silverstein (I think I still have “Homework, Oh Homework” [...]

Hey everyone! How’s your Thursday going? (It is Thursday, right? This week has seriously been dragging!) We’re right in the middle of Children’s Book Week 2010, which is great timing for Borders’ new summer reading challenge for kids! Kids under 12 who read ten books by August 26, 2010 can pick up a free book [...]

The Children’s Choice Book Awards were held last night in New York City as part of Children’s Book Week. For more info on CBW, check out Kim’s post from yesterday. Congrats to authors and illustrators Paulette Bogan, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Rachel Renee Russell, Suzanne Collins, James Patterson, and Peter Brown! For the full results, visit [...]

Hey guys! Welcome to Children’s Book Week 2010! It’s that wonderful time of year again where the literary world takes a moment to appreciate the magical affect children’s literature brings to readers of all ages. Beginning in 1919, educators, librarians, and booksellers have celebrated with various events like parties, storytelling, author signings, and other celebratory [...]