MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2008
How Mama Brought the Spring By Fran Manushkin Illustrated by Holly Berry Dutton (a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-525-42027-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now When you live in a climate that has distinct seasons, you learn basic elemental truths; at a certain point in any given year you are going to […]
New Blog Alert: 123oleary is the first. It comes from author Sara O’Leary who wrote my favorite picture book of 2006, When You Were Small. Vintage Kid’s Books My Kids Love is the second. I hope she includes a couple vintage books that the kid doesn’t love as well. Just to spice up the pot. […]
Small Child: I’m allowed to read scary books, but only if they’re about God.
A week or two ago I had the pleasure of sitting down to drinks with author G. Neri and illustrator Jesse Joshua Watson. If their names come within spitting distance of a memory, it’s probably because they were responsible for last year’s title Chess Rumble, published by Lee & Low. Chess Rumble appeared on the […]
Thoreau at Walden By John Porcellino The Center for Cartoon Studies (Hyperion) $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4231-0038-6 Ages 9 and up On shelves April 22, 2008 Credit The Center for Cartoon Studies with this much; it isn’t your everyday average run-of-the-mill comic book variety factory. I mean, any schlub can slap together a bunch of panels, paste […]
After Tupac and D Foster By Jacqueline Woodson G.P. Putnam’s Sons (division of Penguin) $15.99 ISBN: 978-399-24654-8 Ages 10-17 (though honestly I’m just spitballing here) On shelves now Some authors make writing reviews easy. You pick up their book, glance at the cover, and the words pour out of you like a hard spring rain. […]
This week we’re going to look at some authors, illustrators, and teachers that are going out of their way to help kids become better readers. How many children’s authors can you think off of the top of your head that go about winning awards at the same time as Denzel Washington? When the 39th Annual […]
Keep Your Eye on the Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton By Catherine Brighton Flash Point, a Roaring Brook imprint, a Holtzbrinck division. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1596431584 Grades K-4 On shelves April 1st. Non-fiction Monday, y’all! Picture Book of the Day has the round-up. Have you ever seen an author go about their merry way, […]
I was recently sent two covers to look forward to but only one is appearing here like I want it to. The first is Well Witched by Frances Hardinge which I review this past month: Very nice. I appreciate the shopping card on its side in teh background. Thank you Michael Stearns for passing it […]
I figure it this way. Children watch enough educational children’s programming and they can learn their letters and numbers, which in turn leads to reading and children’s literature. That said, I’m beginning with a show that could be called "educational" by stretching the definition as far as it will go. This week I shall begin […]