Fusenews: A Million Billion Links

• I heard about this through the grapevine but until I saw the cover I couldn’t imagine that it was true.  It’s My Beautiful Mommy .  Guess what it’s about.  Oh, go on.  Guess.  Do the words "tummy tuck" mean anything to you?  Thanks ever so to Big A little a for the link.

• Emily over at Galleycat has only recently discovered the true underground weirdness of the Amazon.com subculture.  It’s the community boards that really freak her out.  I look at ’em once in a while, but do it for too long and you may well turn to salt.  Just a warning.

• Whenever a children’s literary topic hits the media full force I tend to ignore it.  This is because, at heart, I am a spiteful little beastie.  However, I much appreciate those good souls who cover these topics for me.  Bookninja has a fun take on the current J.K. Rowling controvery entitled Crocodilius Tearsorum.  And with a new baby too!  George, you’re my hero.

• In New York all residents are required to be swathed in black clothing at all times.  As such I will never have a use for it, but you may enjoy this wearable Eric Carle art located all thanks to Allison Morris over at ShelfTalker.

• You know how there’s always that one series for kids your library forgot to buy?  The one that somehow slipped through the cracks n’er to appear on your shelves?  In our particular case that series is The Guardians of Ga’Hoole.  Now it looks as if it’s becoming an animated film.  If that happens I may have a stronger case for encouraging us to buy it.  Thanks to BookMoot for the link.

• Peter over at Collecting Children’s Books had a piece up recently about typos in children’s literature.  Apparently the ad for upcoming Ghost Girl had a bit of a snafu in it.  Naughty naughty.  Of course, as a blogger I make typos and spelling mistakes all the time, but am beholden to no one.  So it goes. So it goes.  Oh!  Check out this crazy 80s computer font used on the cover of The Blue Sword which Peter found too:

• I’m suddenly regretting my choice not to ever do a Hot Women of Children’s Literature series.  Check out Grace Lin’s recent post about visiting with uber-illustrator Barbara McClintock.  Wowzer.  Talented and a doll?  Unfair in the extreme.

• Speaking of The Blue Rose Girls, Meghan McCarthy has a new book on the horizon and it involves electricity. I, meanwhile, am still trying to get my grubby little paws on her astronaut book.  *cough cough*

• And did you ever read Alvina Ling’s recap of the Bologna Book Fair? I need to redo my blogroll.  I miss so much if I go through it in order.

• Just in time for ComicCon is the announcement of the 2008 Eisner Awards . Oz and Ends was kind enough to point out that Shaun Tan’s The Arrival got three nominations plus one for its creator.  Other notable nominations were the Amelia Rules! books by Jimmy Gownley (four nominations and I really need to review one of those books one of these days), and James Sturm for his Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow.  I found the "Best Publication for Kids" section fascinating since I’ve only see two of these.  Here are the nominees:

Amelia Rules! and Amelia Rules! Funny Stories, by Jimmy Gownley (Renaissance)
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, edited by Jeremy Barlow (Dark Horse)
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, by David Petersen (Archaia)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis (Frank Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Yotsuba&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma (ADV)

Laika got a "Best Publication for Teens" nomination (whoop!) as well as one for "Best Reality-Based Work", which is crazy but not-a-bad-idea kind of category.  Bryan Talbot happily received a nomination for this jaw-dropping Alice in Sunderland in the "Best Painter or Multimedia Artist (interior art)".  And did anyone else notice that the "Voter Nominees" are all men?  Unless "Tarpe Mills" turns out to be a she, I think we need more lady folks.

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