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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Caring canines; daring donuts; a golden monkey; a boy from another planet; a dark take on Little Women and more

The Guardian - UK

The 21 best gifts beloved globally that Americans haven’t caught on to yet

Oaxacan napkins, a Koala beanie from Australia, skincare from Korea – these are the expert picks locals are gifting each other

The Guardian - US

Children's Books Pulled After 'Spy Dog' Website Links to Explicit Content — How Did This Happen?

Puffin Books withdraws 'Spy Dog' series from UK shelves after an outdated website link inside children's books leads to explicit content.

International Business Times UK

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Parents horrified as URL in popular kids’ books redirects to adult content, publisher orders full return

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Alert issued over children’s book collection hijacked by graphic website

Andrew Cope’s Spy Dogs series was found to have a website link leading to explicit content

The Independent UK

UK libraries urged to remove children’s books with URL hijacked by porn site

Puffin issues alert to schools and local authorities over books in popular Spy Dog series by Andrew Cope

The Guardian - UK

McFly’s Tom Fletcher writes book about Pudsey Bear for BBC Children In Need

Pudsey And The Thread Of Hope will be published on November 6.

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Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen to make debut as children’s author

Owen, who is known as the Yorkshire Shepherdess, rose to fame for starring in the Channel 5 documentary series, Our Yorkshire Farm.

Evening Standard

The Quest 4 might slip to 2027, but Meta could unveil a lighter model next year instead

Looks like the Meta Quest 4 is taking a raincheck until 2027, but a lightweight stand-in might swoop in next year to keep us busy.

Android Central

Meta Quest 4 reportedly delayed until 2027 – and we could see a whole new kind of Meta VR headset

And maybe Asus and Lenovo's VR efforts will break cover

TechRadar

Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?

New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of ‘spicy’ romance?

The Guardian - UK

Meta Quest Pro 2 could be back from the dead (yet again), and Quest 4 is reportedly in the works

Mark Gurman teases two meta Quest headsets are in the works: the Meta Quest Pro 2 and Meta Quest 4.

TechRadar

What will the future of Meta Quest headsets look like?

Meta Connect 2024 will give us a glimpse of the road ahead for Quest headsets and Meta's smart glasses ambitions, but what does the future of the Meta Quest really look like?

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Meta may be plotting a new budget mixed-reality headset with 'tethered puck' according to reports

To wire, or not to wire, that is the Quest(ion).

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Meta's canceled Quest Pro 2 could pave the way for a major VR headset redesign in 2027 – and I'm all for it

Meta may have reportedly canceled one Quest Pro 2, but a different version could still be coming in 2027.

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Rumored Meta Quest headset sounds like the Vision Pro that Apple wasn't ready to make

Meta will reportedly compact the technology of its Quest headsets and expand on its smart glasses success with a new headset in 2027.

Evening Standard

Meta is developing sunglasses-like, mixed-reality headset codenamed Puffin - reports say

The Puffin pitch is an alternative to the Apple Vision Pro — and not just because there’s a battery part with which you have to contend

The Guardian - UK

Greg James apologises for suggestion a glass eye would make Roald Dahl Twit disgusting

Promotional video for a Twits spin-off book by broadcaster and his colleague Chris Smith is criticised by charity for the blind

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Man Donates Late Wife’s 2,000+ Puffin Book Collection To Children’s Museum

Paul High gifts extensive Puffin story book collection to The Story Museum in Oxford.

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Phil Baines: remembering the work and teachings of a master typographer

Professor Phil Baines (1958 – 2024) was an inspirational teacher and an accomplished designer with an endlessly inquisitive eye

The Independent UK

‘It’s an ongoing challenge’: Will the culture wars come for Britain’s books?

Books that discuss race, racism and sexuality are being banned or censored across America, igniting further conflict across the political spectrum. It’s happening in the UK, too, if – so far, at least – to a lesser extent. But should we be worried, asks Francesca Specter

The Guardian - UK

New Stephen Hawking children’s book to be published next year

You and the Universe, adapted from his posthumous 2020 Earth Day message, will bring the late physicist’s ‘extraordinary work to life for readers of all ages’

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Dreams of Bollywood; awkward questions about the British Empire; a haunted school trip; and a riotous YA horror-comedy

The Guardian - UK

Tim Minchin: ‘Politics affects my mental health … I feel gaslit’

He’s the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks about dashed Hollywood hopes, the dangers of modernising Roald Dahl and feeling out of step with his progressive fanbase

The Guardian - UK

Tim Minchin says editing Roald Dahl’s books ‘a slippery slope’

Comedian behind Matilda musical says texts would need to be repeatedly updated to keep up with modern sensibilities

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