MORE POSTS FROM JANUARY 2009
Tsunami! By Kimiko Kajikawa Illustrated by Ed Young Philomel (a division of Penguin) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-399-25006-4 Ages 4-8 On shelves February 5th The purpose of a picture book? Think carefully now. The answer’s not going to jump up and bite you on the bum. Does it exist primarily to instill a love of literature? A […]
The champagne has been served. The celebratory parties thrown. The winners plunged into great joy/great despair while the losers sip their tea and gurgle. And with the full knowledge that my #1 Newbery pick and my #1 Caldecott choice didn’t even get any frickin’ HONORS this year, I plunge into a recap of our favorite […]
I’m just watching this on the live webcast right now. So these aren’t very clear thoughts, but they’re fun to type out as the awards are given out. Schneider Family Book Award Thoughts – See? Didn’t I tell you that Waiting for Normal was designed so that big awards would fit nicely on the cover? […]
How to Scratch a Wombat By Jackie French Illustrated by Bruce Whatley Clarion Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) $15.00 ISBN: 978-0-618-86864-3 Ages 6-10 On shelves February 16th I remember where I was the first time I read Jackie French’s Diary of a Wombat. I was in a bookstore perusing the picture book titles […]
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Got this email in my in-box the other day. It comes from ALA and regards the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding lead and children’s books. Things appear to be a bit more complicated than I would like them to be. Read on: A public meeting was held January 22, and Cheryl Falvey, General Counsel for […]
Old news, yes, but Laurie Halse Anderson and her novel Chains have won the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. I harbor a very great fondness for the Scott O’Dell Award. Over the years it has brought much needed attention to too little read titles. Well done, Ms. Anderson! Everyone should have a blog […]
My Symphony Space buddies passed this information on to me, and now I’m passing it along to you. Alas, I’ve made my own plans for this Sunday at 1:00. Having just read Heroes of the Valley (review definitely to come soon) I am sad beyond measure not to get to see Mr. Stroud. Here’s the […]
A Curse Dark as Gold By Elizabeth C. Bunce Arthur A. Levine (a Scholastic imprint) $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-439-89576-7 Ages 10 and up. On shelves now Every possible fairytale is eventually hunted down and stripped of its elements for middle grade and YA novel reinterpretation. This is not an unusual thing. For centuries humans have been […]
Remember. The plan is to find out the Newbery/Caldecott/etc. winners and then to gab about it later in the day. If you are in town, stop on by. We’d love to have you. And for those of you going to ALA Midwinter who won’t be around, I am horribly envious of your fancy parties. Grr. […]