Obamas Adapting Ada Twist, Scientist For Netflix
Children’s television screen writer and producer Chris Nee and President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, are adapting Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts into an animated Netflix series. We can look forward to watching eight-year-old Ada Twist solve mysteries and help people with science in 2021.
Happy 50th To Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Judy Blume’s classic book about menstruation, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, is now old enough for menopause as it just turned 50 years old, having first published in 1970. “Critics were scandalized for decades; Margaret ranked at 99 on the American Library Association’s list of the top 100 most banned or challenged books from 2000-2009.”
2020 First Novel Prize Shortlist
Want to pick your next great read off of a book prize’s short list? Here are seven great options, just announced to have been shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. The winning author will be announced on December 3rd at the virtual The Center for Fiction’s Annual Awards Benefit, and will receive a $15,000 prize, all other shortlisted authors will receive $1,000.