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September 30, 2009 by Betsy Bird
And how will YOU be celebrating the day of St. Jerome, patron saint of librarians everywhere? I shall be using my free day to STILL come into work early so as to defend the books I love on the 2009 100 Books for Reading and Sharing committee. Yourself?
September 30, 2009 by Betsy Bird
The Children’s Literary Cafe at New York Public Library is pleased to announce its October event this coming Saturday, October 3rd at 4:00: From Picture Books to Comics Picture books are one thing. But comics? That requires an entirely different set of muscles. These author/artists have made the switchover from picture book formats to graphic […]
September 30, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Ignore the news and eventually the news will announce itself by biting you on the bum. I had heard about this Exquisite Corpse experiment going on . . . somewhere. All right. Truth to tell? I wasn’t paying very close attention. But recent events have given me the impetus to sit up and take notice. […]
September 29, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Little Mouse Gets Ready By Jeff Smith TOON Books $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-935179-01-6 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. Jeff Smith. Unwitting hero of children everywhere. It’s kind of a backwards story, but I like how Smith rose to fame. He got huge in the comic and graphic novel world, producing great works like the Bone series […]
September 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
At the last Kidlit Drink Night I had the pleasure of meeting Nancy Tsai and Karen Wang and hearing about a new site they’ve recently created for child readers. Kidsmomo.com is engaging, enticing, and amusing by turns. It has videos, and podcasts, and book reviews, and (of course) a blog. Here’s what the creators have […]
September 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Tell me you love me and I will write for you a librarian preview both sweet of spirit and fair of face. I shall conjure such words. . . words the world has never seen. Yes, it’s that time of year again. When librarians in New York are called away from their desks and duties […]
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September 27, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Momma had her little cough (from David Small’s Stitches) from Stitches: A Memoir… on Vimeo. After I finished reading a book in my last preschool storytime a child raised his hand. I still haven’t gotten comfortable with ignoring raised appendages, so I called on it. He held up the shiny red Viewmaster he was holding […]
September 26, 2009 by Betsy Bird
This past Thursday Kyle Zimmer, co-founder of First Book, was honored at the 2009 Carle Honors for her dedication to getting books into the hands of some tens of thousands of children. But even before that happened I got an email from author Erica Perl telling me about how wonderful First Book was. She was […]
September 26, 2009 by Betsy Bird
The Brixton Brothers: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity By Mac Barnett Illustrated by Adam Rex Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers $14.99 ISBN: 978-1416978152 Ages 9-12 On shelves October 6th Kid walks into your library. Says he wants a mystery series. A new mystery series. You hand him Encyclopedia Brown. He […]
September 25, 2009 by Betsy Bird
I had every intention of getting my last Librarian Preview recap done in time for today. Then I got home from an event last night around 10:30 p.m. and suddenly that plan didn’t seem all that practical. I hesitate to post them on Saturdays, but I might have to in this case. In the meantime, […]
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