The Sunday News - December 15, 2013

A weekly collection of literary links best enjoyed with coffee or tea on your Sunday morning. This week's edition of The Sunday News is brought to you by emojis, Walt Whitman, and grammar.

The Casual Optimist's 50 Best Book Covers of 2013. There were some great designs published this year.

Quirk Books presents six literary alternatives to the Elf on a Shelf.

I don't understand why these aren't real things yet: Harry Potter emojis for your phone. I think the Hermione eye roll would be used way too often.

Some lovely art for grammar geeks.

You've Seen the Movies, Now Read The Books: 80+ children's classics featured on Book Riot.

Classic books that are so short you have no excuse to not read them. Some of my all-time favourite books/novellas are on this list: The Great Gatsby, The Awakening, The Big Sleep, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Turn of the Screw.

This is simply awesome: Walt Whitman is great at Twitter.