The Yarn
November 30, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Hoo-boy. Things are coming to a head. I feel I’ve been neglecting my regular news features on that blog and that will just NOT stand. So here, today, I’m going to give you the full complement of everything I could find, with an eye on my character limits. Let’s see if we go over! From […]
November 30, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Nope. Almost fit everything in, but two little items remained. Here they be: And I’ve come to this a bit late, so if you’ve all already seen this, forgive me. In Where the Wild Things Came From: How Children’s Books Evolved from Morals to Madcap Fun, the online magazine Slate has this odd little slideshow […]
November 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood By Ibtisam Barakat Melanie Kroupa Books – FSG $16.00 ISBN: 978-0-374-35733-1 Ages 12 and up On shelves now There aren’t many books on the Palestinian situation available for children, and fewer still that are memoirs. I actually managed to pick up and read Ibtisam Barakat’s, "Tasting the Sky: A […]
November 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) For many kids, the conflict in Palestine is a difficult topic to grasp. That probably goes for teens and adults as well, I’d wager. What Barakat’s book offers is a modest introduction to the history behind some of the troubles via her own personal history. People who would like to include […]
November 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
From the press release: The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship of $5,000 is offered annually to an author of children’s or young-adult fiction. The Fellowship has been developed to help writers whose work is of high literary caliber but who have not yet attracted a broad readership. As a result, an author’s books may not […]
November 28, 2007 by Betsy Bird
It’s like the bat signal. Only more circular and delicious. So Cheryl Klein had this magnificent idea. Kidlit Drink Night as a force for good. In short, we’re going to have a Holiday Kidlit Drink Night at a new location with a new purpose. Here are the elemental details: Holiday Kidlit Drinks Night December 10, […]
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November 28, 2007 by Betsy Bird
A week and a half ago was a busy time. The arrival of the NCTE Conference in town led to a significant influx of authors and their kin. In the course of that week-end there was a Brian Jacques event at the Campbell Apartment, a dinner with Gary Schmidt, a Kidlit Drink Night at Faces […]
November 28, 2007 by Betsy Bird
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Outside the kidlit purview, I met the delightful Keith DeCandido, son of GraceAnne DeCandido and heir to the DeCandido throne. Or something along those lines. Keith’s sort of the go-to guy in terms of Star Trek novels and Buffy ones as well. I met (hastily checks the cards now swimming merrily […]
November 27, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Iggy Peck, Architect By Andrea Beaty Illustrated by David Roberts Abrams Books for Young Readers $15.95 ISBN: 978-0810911062 Ages 4-8 On shelves now You are a children’s librarian. Your job is simple. People ask you for books. You find books. People ask you for movies. You find movies. It’s all pretty basic, really. You get […]
November 27, 2007 by Betsy Bird
A big thank you going out to the students of Jill Ratzan at Rutgers University. Liz Burns of Tea Cozy and I were their guests just last night and they couldn’t have been kinder hosts. Personally, I would find the required reading aspect of my blog to be akin to sheer torture. That you guys […]
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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