Links Ahoy

Yes, children, once again it's time for me to clean out my Google Reader stash.

• How well do you know Judy Blume? Take the quiz and find out. Thanks to 100 Scope Notes.
• Shannon Hale, author of Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack, defends the place of graphic novels in literacy. I may copy this out and hand it to parents who slap the manga out of their dismayed child's hands. Y'know, to keep myself from slapping them.
  
•  And in the oh-my-God-just-freakin'-awesome column: Everything about this enthralls me. The original Tenniel. The use of the iPad's accelerometer to control the illustrations. The music! It almost makes me want to buy an iPad.