SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
SLJ Blog Network +
  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Fuse #8 Production
  • Good Comics for Kids
  • Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog
  • Teen Librarian Toolbox
  • The Classroom Bookshelf
  • The Yarn
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • About/Contact
  • Fusenews
  • Reviews
  • Librarian Previews
  • Best Books
    • Top 100
    • Best Books of 2022
    • Best Books of 2021
    • Best Books of 2020
    • Best Books of 2019
    • Best Books of 2018
    • Best Books of 2017
    • Best Books of 2016
    • Best Books of 2015
    • Best Books of 2014
    • Best Books of 2013
  • Fuse 8 n’ Kate
  • Videos
  • Press Release Fun

November 22, 2007 by Betsy Bird

Happy Slapsgiving! <----- (How I Met Your Mother Reference)

November 22, 2007 by Betsy Bird   3 comments

I’m feasting with the fam in New York, but that’s no reason why I shouldn’t have a blog post or two up today.  My husband informs me that this is crazy talk.  Aw yea.  Crazy like a fox!

First, an item (or is it two?) that Leila Roy called "the most amazing thing I have ever seen".  I can’t help but agree with her on that on.  Here’s something for you knitters out there:

SCROLL TO KEEP READING THIS POST

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT



Because, as we all know, in the future Halloween and Thanksgiving will merge seamlessly into a single holiday.  I name it Thanksoweeing. 


Oh, like you could think of a better name.

All right, fine.  Maybe you could.

And finally, a plea.  A plea from the bottom of my heart.  We all yearn to know the unknowable.  To dig down deep into the inner recesses of our souls to discover the darkness and light that lays hidden within the best and worst of us.  For me, there is a missing piece of the puzzle.  A clue to my past, to my job, to my very life that eludes me and I remember it every Thanksgiving season.

This is all just a fancy way of me saying, "Stumper Alert!"

As you can probably tell, Thanksgiving children’ns books are on my mind today.  This year, for example, we’ve seen books like Sari Bodi’s "The Ghost in Allie’s Pool".  Now you’re all very smart people.  Some of you are even of my generation (the one raised on a diet of Mary Lou Retton Wheaties, Pogo Balls, and Gem, who is truly outrageous).  In fourth grade (every memory of mine is tied into fourth grade, so take what I’m about to say with a grain of salt) my teacher read me a series of stories from a book starring a girl by the name of Ernestine.  In this book her father had the idea that the family would raise a turkey and then eat it for that year’s holiday.  At the time, I thought that this book was hilarious.  Maybe I wouldn’t today, but I must find it at all costs.  Please!  If you have any clue as to the identity of this title, pass it on to me.

All that said, have a marvelous Thanksoweeing of your own.

Filed under: Uncategorized

SHARE:

Read or Leave Comments

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.

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Posts

June 2022

Have You Seen the Darkness? A Richard Fairgray, Black Sand Beach Interview

by Betsy Bird

June 2022

Publisher Preview: Ellen Myrick (Part Three!)

by Betsy Bird

June 2022

Newbery/Caldecott 2023: Summer Prediction Edition

by Betsy Bird

June 2022

School's Out for Summer So We're Talking About Lunch Lady Day!

by Betsy Bird

May 2022

The Sun Does Shine: How Does an Adult Title Get Adapted for Young People? A Talk with Olugbemisola Ruday-Perkovich and Anthony Ray Hinton

by Betsy Bird

ADVERTISEMENT

SLJ Blog Network

100 Scope Notes

The 2022 Poop Report

by Travis Jonker

A Fuse #8 Production

Because You Just Canโ€™t Have Too Much R.L. Stine: An Exclusive Stinetinglers Excerpt

by Betsy Bird

Good Comics for Kids

Banana Fox and The Gummy Monster Mess | Review

by J. Caleb Mozzocco

Heavy Medal

Mock Newbery Update โ€“ Our List of First Half Suggestions

by Steven Engelfried

Teen Librarian Toolbox

The importance of play: how turning a problem into a game can foster creative problem-solving skills, a guest post by Candy James

by Amanda MacGregor

The Classroom Bookshelf

The Classroom Bookshelf is Moving

by Erika Thulin Dawes

The Yarn

Shark Week, Vanilla Ice Cream, and the Honda CRV: Bob Shea and Brian Won Team Up for ADURABLE

by Travis Jonker

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Articles on SLJ

45 Superb Works by Rachel Isadora, Christina Soontornvat, & Candace Fleming | Starred Reviews, May 2022

26 Riveting Reads from Debut Authors Claire Winn, Naomi Gibson, Adrea Theodore, & More | Starred Reviews, February 2022

10 Manga Titles for Teens Who Watch Anime

16 Middle Grade Titles on Germs, Vaccines, and Pandemics

12 YA Titles Publishing in 2022 That Feature Asian American Protagonists

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.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Sarah Miller says

    November 22, 2007 at 6:30 am

    Ernestine? Wow. That just so happens to be the name of my very most favoritest customer service rep at Simon & Schuster. (She calls me “hun.”) If anyone can figure out the name of that book, I just might have to track one down to send to MY Ernestine. ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Rosanne says

    November 25, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    The only Ernestine I can think of is Ernestine Galbraith (don’t trust my spelling here) who wrote with one of her eleven siblings the biography of her family in Cheaper by the Dozen. It’s very funny, perfect for 4th grade read aloud and has been in print forever. I don’t recall the turkey incident but it’s full of fall-off-your-chair-laughing moments.

  3. Fuse #8 says

    November 25, 2007 at 6:29 pm

    Oh yes. I’m a big fan of Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel Belles on Their Toes. I wish it was the same Ernestine, but I’ve checked my copies of both books and its not in either of them. No, this was younger fare, I think. Thanks for the suggestion though! The search continues.

ADVERTISEMENT

Archives

  • External Links

    • A Fuse #8 Production Reviews
  • Follow This Blog

    Enter your email address below to receive notifications of new blog posts by email.

    This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

    This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

    Primary Sidebar

    • News & Features
    • Reviews+
    • Technology
    • School Libraries
    • Public Libraries
    • Age Level
    • Ideas
    • Blogs
    • Classroom
    • Diversity
    • People
    • Job Zone

    Reviews+

    • Book Lists
    • Best Books
    • Media
    • Reference
    • Series Made Simple
    • Tech
    • Review for SLJ
    • Review Submissions

    SLJ Blog Network

    • 100 Scope Notes
    • A Fuse #8 Production
    • Good Comics for Kids
    • Heavy Medal
    • Neverending Search
    • Teen Librarian Toolbox
    • The Classroom Bookshelf
    • The Yarn

    Resources

    • 2022 Youth Media Awards
    • The Newbery at 100: SLJ Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Award
    • Special Report | School Libraries 2021
    • Summer Reading 2021
    • Series Made Simple Spring 2021
    • SLJ Diverse Books Survey
    • Summer Programming Survey
    • Research
    • White Papers / Case Studies
    • School Librarian of the Year
    • Mathical Book Prize Collection Development Awards
    • Librarian/Teacher Collaboration Award

    Events & PD

    • In-Person Events
    • Online Courses
    • Virtual Events
    • Webcasts
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Subscribe
    • Media Inquiries
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Content Submissions
    • Data Privacy
    • Terms of Use
    • Terms of Sale
    • FAQs
    • Diversity Policy
    • Careers at MSI


    COPYRIGHT © 2022


    COPYRIGHT © 2022