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April 16, 2008 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Whelping, Wild Things, and West Kentucky

April 16, 2008 by Betsy Bird   1 comments

  • I am shocked.  Shocked and appalled.  Shocked and appalled and saddened to think that until this moment in time I’ve never seen an article about Maurice Sendak with the title Wild Things, I Think I Love You.  Come on, people!  That should have occurred to all of us at some point.


  • And for those of you with fairy tale retellings on the brain, allow me to humbly direct your attention to Alison Lurie’s interesting piece The Girl in the Tower found in the latest New York Review of Books.

 

  • When personality quizzes go goofy, they go really goofy.  Seriously, what’s left?  "What Kind of Pocket Lint Are You?"  "Which Near Extinct Animal Do You Most Closely Resemble?"  "What’s Your Sign, if You’re a Cat?"  Thanks to bookshelves of doom for the link.

 

  • Author Ian Beck offers up his two cents regarding some of the coolest children’s illustrators of the British persuasion working today.  I was pleased to see that the image accompanying the book was Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie, which I kind of consider a really great underappreciated book of last year. Thanks to Big A little a for the link.


  • From Educating Alice I learned about the most extensive Alice in Wonderland wiki of Alice illustrations ere whelped.  I’ve been wanting to use the term "whelped" in a sentence recently.  Now’s as good a time as any.  And I could easily spend hours at this site.  It’s amazing.  This one right here is by Roberta Collier-Morales.  Go give this woman a book contract or something.

 

  • The title is Gender Inequity in Whoville.  Nuff said.  Thanks to Shaken & Stirred for the link.

 

  • Wizards Wireless found this pretty amazing story Western Kentucky inmates record books for childrenKentucky Post.  I found the names of the books being read very interesting.  No More Monsters for Me! by Peggy Parish.  A cartoon story of Jesus.  Books are my concentration and my life but there’s more to this story, I know.

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  • Lord help me, I’m actually reporting on Twilight.  *sigh*  Well word on the street, and the street is notoriously unreliable, originally said that the boy cast as Jacob in the Twilight movie is not exactly Native American.  His name is Taylor Lautner and he’s probably best known for playing Shark Boy in The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl, years ago.  But this recent MTV interview had me amused: "Lautner, who told us that some recent research into his family history revealed that he shares Jacob’s Native American ancestry, arrived in Portland last week…"  Reeeeally?  Amazing timing that.


  • I suppose I could have talked this up for PLA, but it wouldn’t have mattered one way or another timing-wise.  Author Susan Marie Swanson recent sent me this cool link to illustrator Wanda Gag’s home in New Ulm.  You can tour it June through August or some weekends in October or December.  Sounds pretty neat.

  • So the other day I attended a lovely lunch and ran into Judy Freeman.  For those of you who have ever met her or taken one of her classes, Judy is insanely knowledgeable when it comes to children’s literature.  She’s an absolute sweetheart and uses the Central Children’s Room all the time.  Turns out, she even has her own workshop and if you want to participate or hear this woman perform for a full-day, you can.  Here’s the description:


"Judy Freeman’s wildly popular idea-packed full-day workshop, sponsored by her publisher Libraries Unlimited, is presented every spring in north, central, and south New Jersey. For more than 20 years, Judy’s WINNERS! conference has offered innovative and practical ways to use the best of the year’s children’s books for curricular connections, thematic tie-ins, resource-based learning, and just plain fun. It’s a field day for K-6 teachers, school and public librarians, library aides, reading specialists, curriculum coordinators, administrators, parents, and other children’s literature-lovers."

The Winners Conference is from April 29-May 2. Just go to www.LU.com/winners for more info. She praises and pans (her words) the 100 Best Books of the past year–2007. I can’t make it myself due to weirdo Spring scheduling but it’s her 24th year giving this conference and people who come get her new The Winners! Handbook.

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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. Brenda Sturgis says

    April 16, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Elizabeth,

    How ever did you find my blog. I think you might be only one of two visitors! 🙂
    I heard you speak at RUCCL. You said, “Blog, Blog, Blog!” So I do, do, do!

    Hope you got to read a little bit, and certainly hope you’ll be hearing more from me in the future!

    Thanks for the post on my blog, blog, blog!

    Brenda Sturgis

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