The Yarn
May 31, 2008 by Betsy Bird
The House in the Night By Susan Marie Swanson Illustrated by Beth Krommes Houghton Mifflin Company $17.00 ISBN: 978-0-618-86244-3 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Sometimes, just sometimes, you want to read a beautiful picture book. Not a pretty picture book or a mildly lovely one or a picture book that will please you the first […]
May 31, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Hey! I managed to finish all my e-mail during my lunch break yesterday so here’s some news! I’m pretty conflicted here. This could be good, or incredibly bad. Via Cynopsis Kids: The Jim Henson Company is teaming with iTheatrics to bring its holiday TV special Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas to the stage as a musical. […]
May 30, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Wanna see these folks for free?: * LYNDA BARRY * DAVID HAJDU * HOPE LARSON * * GARY PANTER * MO WILLEMS * ART SPIEGELMAN * I think the words you may be searching for are "Cor blimey". Well, there is a FREE (such a lovely word) all-day symposium on the growing cultural significance of […]
May 30, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Brooklyn Bridge By Karen Hesse Feiwel and Friends $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-312-37886-8 Ages 12 and up On shelves September 2nd. Yeah, I know. Sorry ’bout that. I’ve been trying to be better about doing books too far in advance but . . . I’m just so gosh-darned excited about this one. Cause Karen Hesse is back, […]
May 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
I think I failed to mention this last week when the info was released. Here then is the press release discussing JacketFlap and its use in terms of the Children’s Choice Book Awards: JacketFlap Book Widget Helps Children’s Choice Book Awards Reach Hundreds of Thousands of People LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 19, 2008 – To […]
May 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
One day you’re in a Flatiron Building scarfing down brownies as fast as you can cram them in your mouth, the next day you’re with the good people of Harper Collins in an entirely different format. Yes, last Wednesday Harper Collins had their Spring 2008 Librarian Preview for books published Fall 2008. This kind of […]
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May 28, 2008 by Betsy Bird
We are the children’s librarians of New York City. In our blood flows the heritage of Anne Carroll Moore. We are the guardians of children’s literature. We hold true to the great works, find new, and sustain the institution of the library as the center of culture and worth. We . . . we . […]
May 28, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Unlike some publishing companies, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers is new to the Librarian Preview game. So last Tuesday the employees got together, pooled their knowledge and resources, and delivered a new kind of preview for the good people of NYC. You can hold a librarian preview in your company’s building. You can hold […]
May 27, 2008 by Betsy Bird
All right. Here’s the deal. In a given year I read a lot of children’s books. Whole swaths of the suckers, really. And when it all comes down to it, I don’t have time to review them all. I’d love to, but a person has to pick and choose and pluck out the best. That’s […]
May 27, 2008 by Betsy Bird
This past Thursday I was asked to speak at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. Naturally I said "yes" and "thank you" and then "yes" a couple more times before they realized what they’d done and changed their minds. This would provide me with just the excuse I had been […]
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