MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2009
I’ve mentioned before that I was raised on comic books as a kid. Harvey comics, Archie comics, Carl Barks comics, my dad’s old original Superboy and X-Men and my mom’s old Pep comics (which I destroyed in my fervor, undoubtedly costing my family hundreds of potential dollars in the process). So I was thrilled to […]
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors By Joyce Sidman Illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski Houghton Mifflin Books for Children $16.00 ISBN: 978-0-547-01494-4 On shelves now As a child I had many favorite books and it was only when I got older that they crystallized in my brain enough so that I could chose a […]
Hey! Hey hey. If I say to you the words "Rabbit Hill Festival" what comes to mind? Rabbits. Hills. Does a little book called Rabbit Hill also come to mind? Won a Newbery? Was written by Robert Lawson? Well it should because, friends, there is in Westport, Connecticut a little festival, "named to honor Robert […]
In the world of blog conferences there is a phenomenon not much remarked upon. Bloggers go to the conferences, become disheartened for one reason or another, and quit blogging abruptly. Mind you, this tends to happen more often at big conferences like BlogHer and the like. So I’m gonna get all braggy here and claim […]
Psst! Wanna see something cool? You know how Jon Scieszka (our National Ambassador) is all about getting boys to read more? And how he used to have this website for it called Guys Read which was . . . okay, can I level with you here? It wasn’t that hot. All good intentions, but creaky. […]
Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember By Steve Jenkins Houghton Mifflin Books for Children $16.00 ISBN: 978-0-618-96620-2 Ages 4-9 On shelves October 19, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen do you know what your children desire? What they really want and so often are unable to attain? Practical advice. I don’t […]
Now you may be asking yourself, what was Shel Silverstein really like? I mean, we’ve read his books. We’ve seen the scary photos of him (lambasted beautifully in the third Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by the way). We may even have heard the recordings of his poems he did, but what did he look […]
Another one of our fold has exchanged her Blogger badge for the title of Author. Monica Edinger of Educating Alice has made a sale. Said PW Children’s Bookshelf, " Karen Lotz at Candlewick Press has acquired world rights to Monica Edinger’s Africa Is My Home . The book, 10 years in the making, is a […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ZtVuo5AL0 (and do the bus pirates again too)
Arrr, me mateys! Tis a fine and bonny Talk Like a Pirate Day to ye too. Ye thought ye’d be gettin’ away without a drawl o’ pirate speak? Har har har har! To the brig with you, and take some links with ya as ye may. Firstly, a fine pirate song for the librarians and […]