17/04/2014 Newsround


17/04/2014

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Hi, guys - Ricky here with your views on top books coming up. Plus,

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those mega maggots here on Newsround.

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Let's start with something that affects some of the decisions you

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make without you even realising. I'm talking book covers because one of

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the UK's leading children's authors has criticised publishers for making

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covers specifically targeting boys or girls. Here's what she means.

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Where you have the brilliant book for boys and robots and dinosaurs

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and dragons and pirates on the cover. And we have a book for girls,

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pink and fluffy and glittery and flowers and make up. I have a

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problem with those books, it is wrong because you are excluding half

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of the population. Well, we wanted to know how much

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different covers influence your choice of books so we sent Nel to

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find out. My experiment is nearly ready. I

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have some books which are pink and sparkly and ones that are meant to

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appeal to boys. Let's see which ones they go for. Come on, guys. First

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one in. I would not read it if it had flowers on it. Girls are into

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different things. The books didn't get my attention, even though they

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were colourful. I chose this book because I like the title. The colour

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put me off a bit. I like blue. A mixed response from these guys.

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Publishers are the people who get books onto the shelves so what do

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they say about books for boys and girls? When people publish books,

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they tried to make it easier for parents to know what they will get.

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People should look for good books for girls and boys. Next time you

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choose a book, you might be less likely to judge it by its cover.

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Look away now if you're eating your tea because scientists are kicking

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off a big study which could see maggots like these fuel cars in the

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future. The three-year study will see them farm billions of flies and

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turn their maggots into animal feed or even diesel fuel. It's not clear

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how much fuel that's produced this way could actually be used but the

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people behind it say they're hopeful.

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The potential for exploiting flies normally considered a pest for the

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benefit of society is huge. Finally - this is the Empire State

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building - one of New York City's tallest buildings, and this is a car

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parked on the top floor. How did it get there? Well, it was taken apart

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and whisked up the lift to the observation deck before being put

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back together overnight. It's all to mark 50 years since this model was

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first released. There's more on that and much more on the Newsround

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website. We're back tomorrow.

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