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Judy Blume on the Big Screen
Next month two Judy Blume films will grace the screen, one based on a beloved novel and the other on Blume's own life and work.
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TV Alert: 'Shape Island'
We take a look at the new television show 'Shape Island', based on the Shapes trilogy of picture books by frequent collaborators Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen.
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Cover Reveal: 'Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.' by Judy Blume
Since the 1970 publication of 'Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,' Judy Blume refused all offers for a film adaptation, until Kelly Fremon Craig wrote Blume an email that changed her mind.
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Movie Alert: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio'
The iconic wooden marionette is given new life in a stop-motion film adaptation of Pinocchio directed by Guillermo del Toro, premiering on Netflix on Friday; we spoke with Caldecott Honoree Vera Brosgol about her work as head of the storyboard department.
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Movie Alert: 'My Father's Dragon'
'My Father's Dragon,' inspired by the 1948 children's novel of the same name by Ruth Stiles Gannett, is now streaming on Netflix.
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Movie Alert: 'The School for Good and Evil'
Something evil this way comes to Netflix this month: 'The School for Good and Evil,' based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Soman Chainani, which launched a bestselling book series.
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PFLAG Adapts Picture Book to Video, Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month
In celebration of LGBTQ+ History month in October, nonprofit organization Parents, Families, & Friends of LGBT National has brought together a slew of celebrities to voice characters in a video adaptation of picture book 'The Mother of a Movement: Jeanne Manford—Ally, Activist, and Co-Founder of PFLAG.'
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Movie Alert: 'On the Come Up'
Sliding into the rap battle ring on September 23 is Angie Thomas's latest book-to-movie adaptation, 'On the Come Up,' based on her bestselling novel.
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TV Alert: 'The Midnight Club'
Christopher Pike's YA horror novel 'The Midnight Club,' which was published nearly 20 years ago, has found its home with streaming service Netflix and will make its screen debut on October 7.
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Movie Alert: 'Pinocchio'
Disney is set to release a live-action and CGI film retelling of Italian author Carlo Collodi and illustrator Enrico Mazzanti's 'Pinocchio,' the classic children's tale that follows a puppet's journey to escape his owner to become a "real boy."
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