Ypulse Book Essentials: 'Wheetzie Bat' Wins, Innovative SpineBreakers, The Pigman

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Francesca Lia Block wins the Phoenix Award (An award given to authors whose books were overlooked when published.) (SLJ)

- Spinebreakers wins (A Special Award for Innovation at the New Media Age Effectiveness Awards.) (e-consultancy.com)

- The Pigman (At Jezebel's Fine Lines)

- New horror series (Bluewater Productions announces "Distortions Unlimited.") (CBR)

- Prince Caspian (Blogger Nicholas Lezard begs, "Stop taking liberties with our children's classics.") (The Guardian)

- Method Man Comic (A huge comics fan himself, the former rapper from The Wu-Tang Clan will soon have his own comic counterpart and series.) (CBR)

- Motherhood: A license to ban books? (Fun article about children's books we might choose to "shelve" as moms. Me? I've "lost" a few Richard Scary and "Thomas the Train" books myself.) (The Centre Daily)

- But seriously… (FAQ's for real censorship issues at SLJ)

- Quillr (a new online multi-platform storytelling venue…available in July. Mystery writer Nicola Furlong is on board with her newest project, Here Ends the Beginning.)

- Martha Speaks (By Susan Meddaugh. Coming this Labor Day to PBS Kids)

- Lynne Spear's 'true Hollywood story' (aka Britney's mom's memoir is being described as "riveting") (Gawker)

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