A few more links for today:

• Attention Boston picture book fans: Mo Willems is coming to Brookline Booksmith on April 1. Don’t let the pigeon keep you away!
• Tips and sample syllabi for teaching a class on novel-writing.
• A limited but free version of JSTOR? Post-academic researchers cheer!
• At Secrets & Sharing Soda, a great list of books about girls growing up.
• If you don’t want music or the background noise of a coffee shop or complete silence, how about some ambient noise?
• Lots of good choices for the 2012 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts. Love the focus on books that deal specifically with language and playing with words!