News This Week (August 29)
Every week Logos employees collect the most interesting news bits from the book and music world.
Julia Child is more popular than ever.
Sebastian Faulks apologizes for calling the Qur’an the rantings of a schizophrenic.
Lunch at William S. Burroughs’ house.
Listen to Karen O. performing All is Love from the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack.
Ray Bradbury celebrates his 89th birthday.
Founder of the test prep company Kaplan Inc., Stanley Kaplan, dies at 90.
Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland will be adapted for the silver screen.
Lemony Snickett is writing dreadful new books.
Author and former Hollywood producer Dominick Dunne dies at 83.
Eric Carle gets a giant crayon in Very Hungry Caterpillar Green.
Authors donate short stories for a human rights anthology.
There is a lot of to-do about Anne Fine’s comments about realism in children’s literature: 1 2 3 4 5
After 26 years, we say goodbye to Reading Rainbow.
himself, Jonze, and Sendak, but that they each maintain their vision and individuality. The children’s book is what it is, and to try to recreate it exactly would only do it a disservice. The novelization will not be an exact telling of the movie, just as the movie will not be an exact telling of the children’s book; and for that I am grateful. It’s like listening to a cover a song that sounds exactly the same, only slightly different. It’s hard to appreciate it, because it really just makes you want to listen to the original. But, to be able to take the idea of the story, and make something that captures the same fear, and charm or childhood, is something else entirely, something worthwhile. That their visions line up incredibly well is a blessing, but they are individuals, independent, each growing in new directions that complement one another. This featurette, which I saw a couple days ago in the theatre, really captures this sense of collaboration and mutual respect. It gives me high hopes, and I find myself waiting with pure childlike excitement and anticipation.
