its revamped Book Review on Sunday and book editor David Ulin talks about the changes, which include a new push to add book extras online. Among them: “Today, we inaugurate a rotating cycle of Web-only columns with Sarah Weinman’s “Dark Passages,” devoted to mysteries and suspense fiction. Next Sunday, Ed Park will initiate a science fiction column, followed by Richard Rayner on paperbacks and Sonja Bolle on children’s books. In addition, look for “Jacket Copy,” a staff-written book news and information column, plus live online author chats during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 28 and 29.”

Children’s books?

Well, that’s a welcome sea change. The Times has pointedly ignored children’s literature for years, even as the paper touted its big “Reading by Nine” initiative. Here’s hoping Sonja Bolle’s column is the first of good things to come on this front. Bolle, by the way, was the Times’ well-respected book editor before Steve Wasserman’s reign.