Author heartened by today's well-read children

Article quoting young Canadian author, Matthew Skelton .
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060410/skelton_am_060410/20060410?hub=Entertainment

LibraryThing

If you have a personal library or want to create a digital reading log consider using LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/ One can even create a widget to post into a blog. I have had enormous fun entering my reading log into this tool. The free version allows for up to 200 entries - I can see uses for students in English creating databases of their reading, for librarians creating reading lists for students......

Creatures of the Rainforest Celebrate with Kakadu

http://www.abc.net.au/message/news/stories/s1612929.htm

Ulster-born author in line for big award

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=687917

Margaret Mahy – wins the Hans Christian Andersen Author Award 2006
Read all about it
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3618881a11,00.html
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200603280949/2f285d49
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0603/S00490.htm
http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273

A treasure house for Moomins, Biggles and well-thumbed pages
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2102329,00.html

Paterson wins international children's book award
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/FEATURES06/603170311/1010/FEATURES