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Odds and Bookends: August 28

Aug28
2009
Written by Katie B.

Remembering Ted Kennedy, America’s Eulogist
Vanity Fair’s Todd Purdum remembers Senator Ted Kennedy as America’s “unofficial eulogist laureate.”

Frustrated Novelist Julia Child Finally Tops Bestseller List

Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking debuts at number one on the New York Times bestseller list this week.

Lemony Snicket Threatens a ‘Dreadful’ New Series
The Guardian features a humorous article announcing that “elusive author Lemony Snicket (aka author Daniel Handler) is working on a four-book series as a follow-up to the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events.”

Apple joins with Publisher to put First Picture Book on iPhone
The UK’s Winged Chariot Press is the first publisher to offer a children’s picture book for the iPhone, publishing The Surprise by Sylvia van Ommen.

‘Reading Rainbow’ Reaches Its Final Chapter
Reading Rainbow comes to the end of its 26-year run today; it has won more than two-dozen Emmys, and is the third longest-running children’s show in PBS history — outlasted only by Sesame Street and Mister Rogers.

Posted in Books & Reading, Literacy Links and Articles - Tagged Apple, Daniel Handler, iPhone, Julia Child, Lemony Snicket, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, New York Times, PBS, Reading Rainbow, Sylvia van Ommen, Ted Kennedy, The Surprise, Vanity Fair, Winged Chariot Press
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