A few more fun links for Thursday:

• Rena J. Traxel looks back at the poetry and wonder of Shel Silverstein.
• John and Hank Green would be the coolest science and/or history teachers ever.
• Six of the nine Best Picture nominees this year were based on books. Rock on, writers!
• Awesome interviews with Daniel Handler and John Corey Whaley.
• I don’t have a child, but I’m still excited for Take Your Child to the Library Day.
• A very thoughtful post on having a thick/thin skin in the writing world.
• Did you know that Virginia Woolf was a formidable bowler? Other awesome facts about Woolf here.