MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2008
Every plant has its day. Particularly when that "day" involves a little Mary Jay. Yup, Kelly at Big A little a managed to score a link to a picture book entirely about that pernicious weed . It’s called It’s Just a Plant , and The Flux Blog did a lovely pairing of this text alongside the […]
I’m not in NYC at the moment so I’ll have to miss this. That doesn’t mean that you do, though! Check out this cool booksigning, info via the incredibly talented Jeremy Tankard: "I’ve got confirmation on this so can finally share the details: I’ll be at Books of Wonder on Saturday April 26th from noon […]
A new Children’s/YA Literary Cafe for all of you in the New York area who are interested in attending this free and fabulous monthly program. Here are the details via the delightful organizers, Rebecca and Sarah. This is our follow-up to the previous email, sent last week. As we mentioned, we’re going to host a […]
Pooh is no longer my co-worker, but that doesn’t keep me from opening today with this picture of Piglet as he does himself some good (yours for a cool $500). In my mind that’s not a psychiatrist next to him but E.H. Shepard. Thanks to Children’s Illustration for the link. Them thar Canadians know a […]
I made a foray over to the site Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age, which will present you with a funny mix of sad and funny if you plug in the number 30. I happen to turn that number today and from the site I can see that I’ve a lot of […]
Author Pat Mora (who was clever and alerted several bloggers to the news) has started blogging on a site called Bookjoy. She had a post up recently about Family Book Clubs that particularly caught my eye when she mentioned meeting the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County’s Director of Youth and Outreach Service, Tony Tallent. […]
Happy Earth Day, everyone. I cannot embed it here, but if you get a chance please hike on over to the New York Times video Drawing on New Sources. Ostensibly it’s "Ways to save and generate energy from The New York Times Magazine’s Year in Ideas." But from a design standpoint and just a let’s-look-at-cool-stuff […]
I’m thrilled that Gawker picked up on the Ziggy link I posted the other day. Maybe I had nothing to do with it, but I’m going to take personal pride in the posting because I can’t imagine that it’s a mere coincidence that they used the exact same photo that I did. Maybe it is […]
But before we begin with our recap, behold the glory and power of the crazy Animoto video! Here are my pics (link courtesy of Alvina Ling). Watch the volume, since this puppy is a bit louder than you might expect. Now on to the recap! Friday is the day when professionals *straightens tie* like me […]
You know, I liked these videos so much the first time, that I’m gonna show ’em again! Forgive the repetition. Thanks to Outside of a Dog for the link. Here’s something new. The annual Los Angeles Times/UCLA Festival of Books has invited Rogue Artists Ensemble to perform at this years festival on Sunday, April 27th. […]