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Kidlit radio and news #4

Posted on | January 28, 2012 | 4 Comments

The coming week’s bookish radio delights to listen out for include:

  • Alan Garner’s Elidor, episode 3 – 9.00 and 16.00 on Radio 4 Extra, Sunday 29 January


  • The Jungle Book, episode 5 – 9.30 and 16.30 on Radio 4 Extra, Sunday 29 January


  • With Great Pleasure – Gervase Phinn – 16.00 on Radio 4, Monday 30 January
    The writer Gervase Phinn presents favourite readings, with Wilde, Heaney and Trollope.



    • The biggest news this week for fans of children’s literature was the announcement of the winners of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards. Here’s a great round up of all the American Library Association winners, from Fuse8.

    Also worth a look is Steven Colbert’s interview with Maurice Sendak – I haven’t seen it (I haven’t been able to find a version available to view outside the US unfortunately), but it sounds like it was a pretty interesting exchange: “Sendak is famously NOT warm and fuzzy and does nothing in this interview to dispel that assessment.“

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    4 Responses to “Kidlit radio and news #4”

    1. Jon Nagl
      January 29th, 2012 @ 8:41 am

      After all the buzz about the Sendak/Colbert interview I went looking for a video of it that I could actually watch – YouTube delivered and I’ve posted both parts of the interview at http://fallingsky.blogs.com/falling_sky/2012/01/maurice-sendak-children-eh.html (as long as The Powers That Be don’t get the video yanked from YouTube). Definitely well worth watching!

    2. Zoe
      January 29th, 2012 @ 8:38 pm

      Hey Jon, Thanks SO much for sharing – I’ve had a great weekend, but these video clips are like the icing on the cake. Brilliant fun! Thanks again.

    3. Janelle
      January 31st, 2012 @ 6:09 am

      NPR aired a wonderful segment on Keats’ The Snowy Day this weekend. http://www.npr.org/2012/01/28/145052896/the-snowy-day-breaking-color-barriers-quietly
      Janelle recently posted..Red Sled by Lita Judge – Popsicle Stick Sled Craft

    4. Zoe
      January 31st, 2012 @ 7:36 am

      Thanks Janelle for the link – off to listen straight away!
      Zoe recently posted..Kidlit radio and news #4

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