Think "March Madness" is all about basketball? Think again. For the second consecutive year, School Library Journal is sponsoring a "Battle of the Kids' Books." (03/16/2010)

On March 8, to celebrate International Women's Day, the Women and Girls Foundation hosted a program called Girl Gov. (03/16/2010)

His native Alabama is the locale for biologist E.O. Wilson's first novel, "Anthill" (Norton, $24.95), the story of a young man caught up in an ecological tug of war. (03/15/2010)

HBO's "The Pacific" is based in part on these books: "Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific" ($16, Bantam Books) by Robert Leckie: Originally published in 1957, this re-issue (03/14/2010)

Many of you are reading this column in the old-fashioned newspaper in its crinkly and foldable format. Others are reading this on a hard-edged inflexible digital device via the Internet. (03/14/2010)