100 Scope Notes
December 31, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Healing Water: A Hawaiian Story By Joyce Moyer Hostetter Calkins Creek (an imprint of Boyd Mills Press) $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-59078-514-0 Ages 10-14 On shelves now Leprosy just isn’t the hot topic of children’s historical fiction it could be. I mean, walk up to a kid and ask them what their primary associations with leprosy (today […]
December 31, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival By Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery Illustrated by Jean Cassels Walker and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-8027-9754-4 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Children’s authors have commonly found that the only way to really write about a huge recent disaster for small tykes without irreparably scarring […]
December 30, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Magic Trixie By Jill Thompson Lettered by Jason Arthur Harper Collins $7.99 ISBN: 978-0-060117045-4 Ages 6-10 On shelves now You know how you’ll be prepared to dislike something and then, through no fault of your own, you are forced to take a close and in-depth look at the very thing you were trying to avoid? […]
December 30, 2008 by Betsy Bird
The year is almost done. And by the plethora of reviews I’ve been whipping out, you can tell that I’m trying to cram in the last of my 2008 titles before the inevitable switchover. In general I am usually unable to review everything I’ve read in a given year. Now I’m looking at 2009 as […]
December 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
The Joy of Spooking (Book One: Fiendish Deeds) By P.J. Bracegirdle McElderry Books (a Simon & Schuster imprint) $15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4169-3416-5 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Children that grow up in relative comfort, love, and sanity get sick of that stuff pretty early in. This is no reflection on the people who have raised them […]
December 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
This comes from a writer friend who is currently trying to sprinkle salt on the tail of a literary agent and who is writing the requisite, courteous–indeed, obsequious letters Since being obsequious is hard on the nerves, this is the letter the writer would Dear Ms. N— Jenny S. recommended you as a literary agent, […]
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December 28, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Many videos. Many many. First up, the one I couldn’t embed. Through the process of growing copious amounts of facial hair around the mouth-like part of the face, author/illustrator Adam Rex has finished his fundraising for underfunding classrooms to the tune of a sweet $1,120. Now check out the video that goes along with his […]
December 27, 2008 by Betsy Bird
I received the most wonderful note from Carter Hasegawa via Goodreads the other day. It was so pleasant that I felt inclined to post it on this blog. He obliged me with his permission. Check out this post, particularly if you’ve any interest in Ursula Nordstrom or Mary Stoltz. Lately while taking the T to […]
December 27, 2008 by Betsy Bird
The Hinky Pink: An Old Tale By Megan McDonald Illustrated by Brian Floca A Richard Jackson book – Atheneum (a Simon & Schuster imprint) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-689-87588-5 Ages 4-8 On shelves now A good original fairy tale is a hard creature to conjure. To come up with a story of appropriate length, charm, and originality […]
December 26, 2008 by Betsy Bird
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