The weekly web ramble (11/22)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– ICYMI, here’s how Batkid saved San Francisco, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation

15 classic children’s novels that began as bedtime stories 

School Library Journal picks their best books of 2013 (fiction)

– The 2013 National Book Award winners

<– AUTHOR TALK

Sarah Rees Brennan tackles sexism and self-promotion

– In a companion post, Malinda Lo also reckons with sexism and self-promotion

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie talks Princesses Behaving Badly

–  Lilith SaintCrow looks at fairy tales, under the hood

Five highlights from Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer‘s Reddit AMA 

WEB READS –>

Defy

– Read the first twenty pages of Defy by Sara B. Larson

Crash into You

–  Check out an excerpt from Crash into You by Katie McGarry

Lights on the Nile

– Read the first eight chapters of Lights on the Nile by Donna Jo Napoli

The Thing About Luck

– Check out an excerpt from The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata