Los Angeles Times: Maureen Daly McGivern, 85; Her Young Adult Novel in 1942 Launched a Genre
--"Maureen Daly McGivern, who pioneered the young adult novel with "Seventeenth Summer," a teenage coming-of-age story published in 1942, has died. She was 85."

IranMania: World’s Children’s Day Festival in Tehran Oct.1
--"Organized by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA), the festival focuses on the themes of child, prayer, and affection, the IIDCYA’s public relations officer said."

Honolulu Star Bulletin: Month celebrates importance of youth
--"October is Children and Youth Month in Hawaii, a designation created in 1997 as a way of recognizing the importance of nurturing children, our state's greatest asset."

China Daily: Nation's one-child policy 'will not change'
--"Beijing will not ease restrictions on the birth of a second child for people with higher educational qualifications, and the second-child policy is still mainly open to rural residents and couples from one-child families."

Chicago Tribune: The Swamp: Why did Foley keep child-protection job?
--"Foley carved out a role for himself as a congressional leader on the issue of exploited children, and is credited with authoring important sections of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 which President Bush signed into law this summer."