For some Hollywood screenwriters, an unlikely diversion: children's books
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As the writers' strike enters its fourth month, six scribes explore a different medium.
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The film looks like a children's sci-fi film.
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In her keenly observed novel âFlower Children,â Maxine Swann depicts four children who worry that their hippie parentsâ unconventional lifestyle has put them outside the mainstream of ordinary life.
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In the world of kid-lit, a certain kind of scary book is in demand: Gothic Lite. The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black - "more cozy than chilling" - fills the bill, says Roger Sutton, editor in chief of The Horn Book Magazine, which covers children's books.
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A new book helps adults talk to kids about the birds, the bees and Britneyâs underwear in an age when sexual innuendo and provocative images seem to be everywhere.Â
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Even if they are strictly limited to the use of words, some authors conjure up virtual pictures and exploit the shorthand they provide.
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Children may be charmed by the talking animals in 'Racing Stripes.' Adults may find the film exasperating.
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Writer/director Brad Bird (&quot;The Iron Giant&quot;) and the wizards at Pixar Animation Studios (&quot;Toy Story,&quot; &quot;Monsters, Inc,&quot; and &quot;Finding Nemo&quot;) have created a marvelous movie that works for children
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Arts & entertainment: Former children's laureate Anne Fine was inspired to write latest book for children by anger over Iraq.
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"Racing Stripes" is unlikely to ascend to the pantheon of perennially watchable children's films, but what it lacks in skill, it makes up for in heart.
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The Office star Ricky Gervais' first children's book is set to become a hit - mainly with adult comedy fans.
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Far off the radar screens  of booksellers are two revealing inspections of well-known  Hollywood celebrities.
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LOS ANGELES  - With "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" breaking boxoffice records, Warner Bros. Pictures -- on the lookout for its next franchise -- has picked up the rights to another seven-book children's fantasy series, "Septimus Heap."
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Two leading children's publishers, Scholastic, Inc., and Disney, will soon discover whether the laptop compares to the lap in the hearts of young readers.
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LOS ANGELES  - With Jim Carrey as its  star and a built-in fan base of millions of children who have  read the book series on which it is based, Paramount Pictures'  "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" shouldn't  have had any problems lining up promotional partners.
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Children have always built their own fantasy worlds. These days, the Internet is making it easier -- perhaps too easy, some say.
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Pixar and DreamWorks worked outside the rulebook for animated films. In the process, they wrote new rules. But will Hollywood take the wrong lesson?