Dr. Seuss

Tom McCarthy, James Salter win $150,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes

2013-03-04 08:55:00

Tom McCarthy and James Salter are among the winners of the inaugural Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes, announced Monday at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Although the Windham-Campbell joins a crowded...

On Dr. Seuss' birthday, a parent says thank you

2013-03-02 05:00:00

In commemoration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, I sat on the floor of my 8-year-old daughter’s room, before her bookcase. Theodor Seuss Geisel, who died in 1991, took the pen name Dr. Seuss when he was a student at Dartmouth College in the 1920s....

Exhibition looks at Maurice Sendak in the wild

2013-02-26 18:39:00

The first touring exhibition of Maurice Sendak's illustrations since his death at 83 last May is making its debut at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. It's called "Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons," but a more apt title might have been...

Community gathers at the Last Bookstore

2013-03-01 07:00:00

The staircase is narrow and creaky, with a bookshelf made from a 100-year-old harp case teetering on the precipice of collapse at the top of the landing. Overflowing with open books, pages wildly askew and dangling from uneven shelves, the bookcase...

Netflix gets into the awards game with the Flixies

2013-02-28 12:32:00

Just when you thought awards season was behind us, Netflix decides to get into the game with its own awards. But don't worry, these awards take a realistic look at just how you use Netflix and you won't even have to watch Seth MacFarlane sing about...

40th Annie Award nominees and winners list

2013-02-02 22:00:00

Disney's�"Wreck-It Ralph"�was named best animated film of 2012 at the 40th Annie Awards on Saturday evening at UCLA's Royce Hall. Rich Moore also was named best director for the animated comedy about a video game villain who dreams of being a hero, and�...

Caldecott, Newbery Medals awarded by American Library Assn.

2013-01-28 11:26:00

The American Library Assn. announced its 2013 book award winners Monday at its annual national conference, held this year in Seattle. While the best-known awards are the John Newbery Medal and the Caledecott Medal, there are dozens of awards, each of...

Pirates and animals made it a big year for animated films

2012-12-06 10:30:00

Among the year's major animated releases (and award contenders) are sequels in billion-dollar franchises, an expansion of a beloved Dr. Seuss book and an irreverent claymation pirate adventure. There are prehistoric animals battling other pirates who sail...

'Brave,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' among nominees for the Annie Awards

2012-12-03 10:44:00

"Brave," "Frankenweenie," "Hotel Transylvania," "ParaNorman," "Rise of the Guardians," "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," "The Rabbi's Cat" and "Wreck-It Ralph" have earned nominations for� animated film of the year for the Annie Awards. Notably missing...

L.A. area theaters hope to strike holiday gold

2012-12-01 06:00:00

"What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?" — Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol." At the box office there is no "Bah! Humbug!" The recompense that two big Southern California theaters...

Where the wild things are for sale

2013-01-08 12:21:00

The Swann Gallery in New York is holding a large auction of 20th century illustrations that features the works of Maurice Sendak. There are many books by Sendak and those he illustrated, some original sketches, signed books and a first edition of "Where...

TV This Week: Dec. 23 - 29: 'A Christmas Story' on TBS

2012-12-21 12:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 23 - 29 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY Enduring as the Alps, comforting as hot cocoa, and more sing-along-able than any Broadway musical before or since, it'...

Springfield Middle School library media specialist Anita Hagy celebrates reading as the "Cat In the Hat."

2013-03-17 14:27:00

Salem Avenue Elementary School teacher Chris Grove, who dressed as the Dr. Seuss character "The Cat in the Hat," shares an ice cream float with third-grader Olivia Vandyke at the school's family reading night Feb. 27.

2013-03-05 12:48:00

Kindergarten student Lena Marks, 5, listens during a class exercise. She is wearing the Horton the Elephant character ears made popular by Dr. Seuss which she made. Gockley Elementary School students celebrated "Read Across America" day on Friday which is childrens author Dr. Seuss's birthday.

2013-03-01 00:00:00