This is page 26 of the children's writing news archives.

Betting on Harry Potter Plot Twists (2005-05-25): The BBC reports on the increase in betting about plot twists in the upcoming Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The History of Pop-Up Books (2005-05-11): Drawn!, a blog about illustrating, has a blog entry about a new feature from the University of North Texas called "Pop-Up and Movable Books: A Tour Through Their History.

The 24 Year Overdue Library Book (2005-05-03): Now that's a really overdue library book.

Mariah Carey, Children's Author? (2005-04-27): MTV reports that Mariah Carey has been working on a children's book series since last summer to be entitled Automatic Princess.

Book Sense Names Book Winners (2005-04-25): Book Sense has named this year's winners of the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards.

New Pope Topples Harry Potter From German Bestseller Lists (2005-04-21): Reuters reports that Germans are rushing to the bookstores to read the new Pope's writings.

Big Changes at Scholastic (2005-04-06): Scholastic announced today that Barbara Marcus that Barbara Marcus, President of Children's Book Publishing and Distribution and Executive Vice President has decided to leave the company following the July 16, 2005 release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Another Harry Potter Record (2005-03-31): The next book in the Harry Potter series is due out July 16, 2005 and it has already set a new record.

Peter Pan Flies Again (2005-03-14): Peter Pan is about to fly again--with a new author.

William Joyce and the Robots (2005-03-12): Bestselling children's author William Joyce collaborated with director Chris Wedge of Ice Age fame to create a new world populated entirely by robots for the new animated feature film, Robots, which is garnering good reviews.

Jason Alexander Writes Children's Book (2005-03-01): Jason Alexander will be publishing a new picture book called Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy? (Scholastic) in May of this year.

New Line to Film Hiassen's Hoot (2005-02-21): New Line Cinema has partnered with production companies Walden Media and the Kennedy/Marshall Company to produce a feature adaptation of the popular Carl Hiaasen children's novel Hoot.

Film Rights to Wolf Brothers Sold (2005-02-01): The BBC reports that Michelle Paver has sold the film fight's to her children's fantasy novel, Wolf Brothers, to Fox for a seven-figure sum.

Kid's Book Contains Clues to Real Treasure (2005-01-24): Michael Stadther, author of A Treasure's Trove, says his children's fairy tale contains clues about the location of twelve gold tokens that he hid himself.

Original Voices Children's Book Winners Announced (2005-01-17): Borders Books & Music has announced the children's picture book and young adult category winners for the seventh annual Borders Original Voices Awards.

The Monkey Trial, Redux? (2005-01-13): It looks like Evolution is back.

Robot Hopes to Achieve Miss Spider's Success (2005-01-05): Callaway & Kirk, the publishers of the popular Miss Spider series of children's books by children's books by artist and storyteller David Kirk, will launch a new series of books by Kirk based on his 1999 bestselling futuristic fable Nova's Ark.

Anybodies Series Acquired by Movie Studios (2005-01-03): Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures announced that they have jointly acquired the motion-picture rights to The Anybodies, written by bestselling author Julianna Baggott and illustrated by Peter Ferguson.

Lemony Snicket Befuddled at Success (2004-12-20): His books are international bestsellers.

J.K. Rowling Has Turned in the Mansucript For Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2004-12-20): The Associated Press reports that J.