When it comes to novels written for kids featuring characters who are kids, Roald Dahl ranks among the best of the best, sharing the status of all-time great with the likes of Beverly Clearly, Judy Blume, and J.K. Rowling. The British author (1916–1990) wrote enough classics to keep a fifth grader busy for months, specializing […]
This month, a very big kidlit-to-film adaptation came galloping into theaters: Steven Spielberg’s long-awaited take on Roald Dahl’s classic, The BFG. And thanks to a loyal script and Spielberg’s willingness to leave the signature darkness of Dahl’s stories pretty much intact, the big-screen version of The BFG is, by all accounts, a whizz-popping good time. […]
What do you get the hipster-with-heart on your gift list? The one who’s seen every Wes Anderson movie, from the totally indie short films to the director’s cut masterpiece? If you’re obsessed, or know someone who is, you can start with the obvious Films of Wes Anderson monograph, the Wes Anderson Collection filmography, biography The Fantastic Mr. Anderson, […]
Summertime should be filled with water-balloon fights, sleepovers, piles of books, and squeals of laughter. So we’ve rounded up some books sure to make your kids giggle all summer long. Just make sure they’re not drinking any soda when they read these. That stuff burns coming out the wrong way: Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald […]
Can you imagine a world without animals? Would you even want to live in it? That’s the question raised in Piers Torday’s The Last Wild. Out yesterday, it’s a middle-grade read that takes place in a society where nearly all animal life has been wiped out by a mysterious virus, and everything is controlled by a monolithic […]