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November 3, 2007 by Betsy Bird

Overly Anxious Latkes and Charlie Brown Chic

November 3, 2007 by Betsy Bird   4 comments

  • How exactly did we all miss the fact that there’s a new Lemony Snicket Hanukkah book coming out this holiday season?  When I read about The Latke That Couldn’t Stop Screaming it wasn’t in School Library Journal or Publisher’s Weekly or on a blog.  It was in Entertainment Weekly.  Must we stoop to getting our news via entertainment magazines?  For shame.  Has anyone anywhere seen this book?  And what’s more, should Handler really keep writing under the Snicket pseudonym even when the character of Lemony has no presence in the story itself?  Apparently there will be an event for this book at the McNally Robinson bookstore on December 5th, though.  Mark your calendars.
  • J.K. Rowling has just written a new book. Not that you’ll benefit from it, of course. They’re only making seven copies. Says CNN:


"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is mentioned in the final Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," as a gift left by headmaster Albus Dumbledore to Harry’s friend Hermione.  They also say:  The volume, bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semiprecious stones, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s on December 13 with a starting price of $62,000. Proceeds will go to The Children’s Voice, a charity that helps vulnerable children across Europe.  And of course Christmas is just around the corner…

  • Hey! Adam Rex drew inspiration for his book The True Meaning of Smekday from John Marsden and Shaun Tan’s The Rabbits, a book both near and dear to my heart.  Excellent.
  • Everyone’s favorite Hot Pig of Children’s Literature got a cameo in the most recent issue of Time Out New York. It’s an article about a bookstore, but take a close look at the picture they’ve included. Pig’s agent has also informed me that the URL for the bookstore is incorrect. It should be http://www.unnameablebooks.net/.
  • Colleen Mondor of the blog Chasing Ray introduces the upcoming Winter Blog Blast Tour in all its infinite glory. Check out some of those names on the roster. Judy Blume. Rick Riordan. I’ll be interviewing Jane Yolen and Laura Amy Schlitz, to my own infinite delight.
  • And your daily laugh.  Just check out this image that Children’s Illustration found.  It’s Charlie Brown vogue.  I shudder to think what they did to Linus’s blanket.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. Elizabeth Fama says

    November 3, 2007 at 9:24 am

    I think the hand-written, hand-illustrated, seven-of-a-kind (although each is really one-of-a-kind) idea is BRILLIANT marketing. Each of the seven copies will be worth a bazillion dollars, and become sought-after treasures for the next century, but they’ll also dutifully copied and disseminated (I’m sure we’ll all get to read it). Really, it’s stunning brilliance.

  2. Laura says

    November 5, 2007 at 7:55 am

    I missed the Lemony Snicket too! There’s no way I’m going to get it in 64 libraries in time for the holidays! CURSES!!!

  3. Fuse #8 says

    November 5, 2007 at 8:18 am

    See? This is my point. McSweeney’s has got to be the WORST marketers of their own work on record. Imagine not letting big library systems know about an upcoming title. Silly ducks.

  4. Kristie says

    November 6, 2007 at 11:09 pm

    Agreed! I picked up Giraffes? Giraffes! for three dollars and loved it to pieces. Trouble is, I can’t seem to find the Dr. and Mr. Haggis-On-Whey Giant Squid title anywhere. I tried to go to their site, and oh wait, I have to log in to utilize the searching feature. I want to buy this book and they just won’t let me. Frustrating!

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