100 Scope Notes
July 31, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Fanny By Holly Hobbie Little, Brown and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-16687-4 Ages 4-8 On shelves September 1st Oh this just doesn’t make a jot of sense. It doesn’t. Look, under normal circumstances books with big flashy morals make me cringe. You know what I’m talking about. Books with agendas. The ones that foist some kind […]
July 30, 2008 by Betsy Bird
A big thank you to the oodles of people who attended my Kidlit Drink night last evening. And an apology to those I didn’t speak to (particularly everyone at Table #2). Still, I think we can give Bookmarks a high rating for their patient let’s-deal-with-a-sudden-influx-of-20+-people staff and for naming a drink Gin and the Giant […]
July 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
New York Public Library has created a Digital Bookmobile. Maybe these puppies are common in the wider world, but I’d certainly not heard of one before. Pretty neat idea. Check out this press release: Planning to be in Central Park on Sunday August 10 th ? If so, stop by the Digital Bookmobile, where the […]
July 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
A Mr. Greg Hatcher recently reported on his vacation at the blog Comics Should Be Good in which he chronicled his trips to various used bookstores and the like. Mr. Hatcher is primarily interesting in comics and graphic novels, but at one point he enters a store and finds a whole mess of Grosset and […]
July 28, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things By Lenore Look Illustrated by LeUyen Pham Schwartz & Wade (imprint of Random House) $15.99 ISBN: 978- 0375839146 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Some people follow sports teams. Others follow the rise and fall of various celebrities. Children’s librarians, in contrast, are fans of children’s […]
July 28, 2008 by Betsy Bird
When I get excited I tend to just whoop. Whoop Whoop Tomi Ungererer article in the New York Times Whoop Whoop Phaidon will be republishing his books here in America Whoop Whoop the film rights to The Three Robbers was bought by the Weinstein Company Whoop? Whoop erotic satire Whoop Whoop if you want to […]
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July 28, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Chalk it into your dayplanners, folks. We’re trying someplace new. Could work, could be a bust, but one thing’s for certain. These drinks’ll be pricey. Still, who hasn’t ever wanted to visit The Library Hotel ? What: Kidlit Drink Night. An informal gathering of people who just want to chat about children’s literature. When: Tuesday, […]
July 27, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Um. This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen in a very long time. Now I have just one sentence for you: Post-apocalyptic library science educational television show from the 1980s. What’s not to love? How to Eat Fried Worms even gets a shout-out. Sublime. Thanks to Jennifer Schultz and LISnews for the link. Here […]
July 26, 2008 by Betsy Bird
This past Monday I was privileged to moderate a panel of female graphic novelists and cartoonists as part of the Desk Set’s attempts to raise money for a group called Behind the Book here in town. Desk Set is a social networking group of librarians of all kinds, open to anyone and everyone. Behind the Book, […]
July 26, 2008 by Betsy Bird
It’s difficult to resist a post about the 25 Most Modern Libraries in the World like the one seen to the right here. Many thanks to YPulse for the link. Neat! I made it onto the Kidlit Conference Jeopardy list! Remember to register for the upcoming children’s literary blogger conference if you haven’t already. Becky […]
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