MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2009
Mural Watch! This one is pretty. So how do we feel about murals done by artists that aren’t children’s illustrators? It’s cool, I guess. But speaking from personal experience I always feel like it’s kind of a waste if you have a fabulous children’s illustrator living in your area and then you commission a children’s […]
Waiting for Winter By Sebastian Meschenmoser Kane/Miller $15.99 ISBN: 978-1-935279-04-4 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. My reviewing process is very neat and orderly. As I read books I place them on my To Be Read shelf, where they are cataloged by those most likely to get a review to those least likely. Everything has its […]
The other day I linked to the Dianthe McBride SLJ piece about what book publishers should make more or less of. A subsequent response has appeared on, of all things, MSN Cinemama by the great author Martha Brockenbrough. Called Are We Letting Boys Become Book Bigots?, Ms. Brockenbrough takes issue with the idea that publishers should make […]
I am sitting at the Reference Desk when a nice older woman asks if she might be able to use the catalog. I lead her over to our catalog computer, as I am wont to do, and all is well. Minutes later the woman is back. She mentions that she is an author and she […]
Highway Robbery By Kate Thompson Illustrated by Jonny Duddle Greenwillow (a Harper Collins imprint) ISBN: 978-0-06-173035-1 Ages 9-12 On shelves now I’ve been talking a lot about unreliable narrators in my children’s book reviews lately. Not entirely sure why that is. I guess it may have something to do with the fact that I’ve been […]
Lots to cover today and not much time. Let’s just dive on in then. I had heard rumors speculate that in the paperback edition of Adam Rex’s The True Meaning of Smekday there would be an extra added comic section. This excited me, as I would very much like to see a graphic novel series […]
Quick note. If, for some reason, you are a large inanimate rock and you have managed over the years to avoid knowing what happens in this episode of Harry Potter’s life (I find this unlikely since most of the large inanimate rocks of my acquaintance are rather well read) then you will want to avoid […]
I came this close to calling it "The Harry Potter vs. Twilight Smackdown" but that’s not really the deal. To wit – The Children’s Literary Café at the new Children’s Center at 42 nd Street is pleased to announce our event on Saturday, August 1st at 2:00 p.m.: The fan phenomenon. It’s about bringing your love […]
The Lion and the Mouse By Jerry Pinkney Little, Brown and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-01356-7 Ages 4-8 On shelves September 1, 2009 How trustworthy do you find a reviewer who loves a particular author’s work, praises it regularly, and then reviews that writer’s next book with predictable kisses, cheers, and thrown rose petals? I admit […]