- Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will write a sequel to kidlit favourite Corduroy. (The New York Times)
- New illustrated edition of J.K. Rowlings’s The Tales of Beedle the Barb will be illustrated by former U.K. children’s laureate Chris Riddell. (The Bookseller)
- Julian Edelman – one of three players on the New England Patriots who’ve written children’s books – is out with an injury, giving him more time to read to kids. (CTV)
- Jezebel looks at the Victorian-era Baron Trump books, about “a buffoon who excels at the art of the personal insult and prefers to eat comfort food over trying new things.” (Jezebel)
- Book trailer and preview of Otherworld, the new YA book from actor Jason Segel and New York Times‘ bestselling author Kirsten Miller. (Entertainment Weekly)
- The story Ernest Hemingway wrote at 10 years old and other juvenilia from literary greats. (The Guardian)