The Yarn
October 31, 2014 by Betsy Bird
This marks the first year my daughter (now three) actually cared what her Halloween costume was. She wanted to be a princess. I brought home The Paper Bag Princess in response. No worries. She won’t be wearing a paper bag or anything. I just wanted to combat the princess notion any which way. And now […]
October 30, 2014 by Betsy Bird
One of my favorite graphic novels this year was the awfully ambitious (and awfully good) The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents . . . MacBeth. Any book that uses that much ketchup in its plotting has my instant love. So when the folks at First Second asked if I wanted to present the cover reveal […]
October 29, 2014 by Betsy Bird
IMMEDIATE RELEASE LIEV SCHREIBER, DAVID HYDE PIERCE, JANE CURTIN, MICHAEL POTTS AND MORE CELEBRATE THE BELOVED AUTHOR OF CHARLOTTE’S WEB WITH READINGS AND MUSIC Symphony Space, First Book – Manhattan and HarperCollins Publishers announce A star-studded evening honoring E.B. White on November […]
October 28, 2014 by Betsy Bird
A stumper to begin the day. I got this message from my aunt and I simply do not know the answer. Librarians of the world, do you know? Just to clarify beforehand, the answer is unfortunately not Are Your My Mother? by P.D. Eastman: “… seeking info on a children’s book that was [a] favorite […]
October 27, 2014 by Betsy Bird
There are questions in this world that it is always safe to ask a children’s librarian about his or her children. Prominent amongst them: “So what are your kids reading these days?” The “kids” in question here would be the librarian’s children. Yet I’ll admit that when I’m asked, there’s always that brief moment of […]
October 25, 2014 by Betsy Bird
From our good fellow in the field, Rocco Staino: Hello, As chair of the ALA/CBC committee I am working with United for Libraries and the Children’s Book Council on an initiative for Children’s Book Week. It is our hope that during Children’s Book Week in 2015 that with your help United for Libraries can dedicate throughout the country […]
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October 23, 2014 by Betsy Bird
This is our second “Walking and Talking” installment by the clearly multi-talented Steve Sheinkin. This week? Jenni Holm discusses how she works and gives some background on the blood, sweat and tears that went into The Fourteenth Goldfish. Be also sure to check out the first Walking and Talking with . . . John Corey […]
October 22, 2014 by Betsy Bird
Traditionally I tend to attend the Carle Honors secretly pregnant. I’m not sure why this is but at least twice I have walked about, discretely refusing any and all alcoholic beverages. One of those times I’d discovered the pregnancy mere hours before the event. No hidden incipient heirs were on display this time around, and […]
October 21, 2014 by Betsy Bird
Got me a blog. Got me a library job. And now I’ve got me a TV show. Sorta kinda. The nice folks here at SLJ took a gander at that little Newbery/Caldecott pre-game/post-game show I created with Lori Ess last January (and I just rewatched the post-game show which I would like to play at […]
October 20, 2014 by Betsy Bird
My 3-year-old daughter is currently an Hervé Tullet fan, but not in the sense you might think. It’s not Press Here that strikes her fancy (though she enjoys it well enough) but his board books with Phaidon. Who knew? Now there’s an exhibit up over in Brooklyn I need to take her to. Brooklyn Public […]
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