Children’s Book Gets Less Creepy Rewrite
Fans of the children’s book Love You Forever may have noticed that while the book is overall sweet and full of love, there is a creepy bit: “the part where the son is a grown adult living on his own, and the mom will occasionally sneak into his bedroom to check on him and sing him a lullaby—that’s kind of weird.” Well now you can download an edited version by Topher Payne titled Love You Forever And I’ll Call Before I Come Over which has changed that bit to include bars on his windows and a lesson on space. You can also checkout Payne’s other two edits for The Giving Tree (The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries) and The Rainbow Fish (The Rainbow Fish Keeps His Scales).
John Legend Adapting Crime Novel
Nia Long (Dear White People, Fatal Affair), John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co, and Sony Pictures TV have teamed up to adapt Paper Gods by Goldie Taylor. Production is set to begin later this year with Long playing fictional Atlanta Mayor Victoria Dobbs. Making popcorn!
The Kids Are Alright
Fifteen-year-old Riya Joshi loves words–competing twice in grade school in the Scripps National Spelling Bee–and has put that passion into creating a booklet filled with crosswords, word scrambles, and word searches: Detective Wordy: Chicago Edition. She prints three copies for every sale to donate to children’s support homes, hospitals, and assisted living facilities. “Joshi has sold more than 150 copies and donated more than 560, all before starting her sophomore year at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School.”
For The Anxious Bebes
These picture books for anxious kids are a great starting place for helping children understand and name their fears.