Omni Daily News

Nuts About Almond:  The Guardian interviews British author David Almond just a week before the announcement of the Hans Christian Anderson prize, one of the most prestigious awards in children's literature. Almond made the shortlist for this prize as well as the Astrid Lindgren memorial award. The awards will be announced on March 23 and March 24, respectively.   Almond is best known for his beloved and bestselling YA novels Kit's Wilderness, which was the 2001 Michael A. Printz award winner and Skellig, which was a Printz honor book for 2000 and the winner of the Carnegie, Whitbread and Costa award.  

Review of Picoult's Latest:  Globe and Mail reviewer Carla Lucchetta cuts through the "saccharine" to find the heart and soul of the prolific Jodi Picoult's 17th novel, House Rules.  

Posthumous Poetry from Silverstein: Fans of Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree will have a fresh new book of Shel Silverstein poetry to share with young readers next year. HarperCollins has announced that in the fall of 2011 it will posthumously publish a collection of previously unknown works by the author who died in 1999.  [PW]

Moving and Shaking:  Readers appear to be banking on Pamela Yellen for financial advice. Her forthcoming book Bank on Yourself (which comes out March 23) hits the top of today's Movers & Shakers list.

--Lauren