“The Sandlot”’s Patrick Renna Wrote a Book for Kids That Combines 'Lessons in Life with Lessons in Baseball' (Exclusive)
Patrick Renna has advice to share from the pitch. More than three decades after the actor made his silver screen debut in the ...
Timothy Simons Says It Was ‘Really Fun’ to Film “Percy Jackson” Series Because His Kids Were So ‘Passionate’ About Books (Exclusive)
The ‘Veep’ alum and dad of two tells PEOPLE that his 'Percy Jackson' role is one of the few that his kids will be allowed to ...
Newbery medal for best children’s book is given to Erin Entrada Kelly’s ‘The First State of Being’
Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s ...
'The First State of Being' and 'Chooch Helped' win top children's book awards
This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.