MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2009
We find ourselves in a restaurant that bears the name The Red Cat. The weather outside is awful. Gushing torrents of freezing rain and gale force winds intent upon tearing children’s librarians into strips of book-loving confetti. But inside The Red Cat, all is warm. The food alternates between what appear to be deep fried […]
Matt (resident husband) said the other day that Google suggestion boxes should be the newest form of poetry out there. And I agree, that this particular search is clearly a poem. Thanks to BB-Blog for the link.
Children’s librarians have a sneaky tendency to become children’s authors. Tis the natural way of things. There comes a point when the average librarian starts to feel a tug on the old heartstrings, and an overwhelming desire to transition from telling other peoples’ stories to telling one’s own. Here at New York Public Library we […]
It seems a bit unfair that while I do round-ups of the publisher previews in New York, publishers located in other parts of the country fall of the radar. Fortunately, once in a while someone comes along to New York City, willing to tell me about what they have coming up. So today, we take […]
Back up, kids! I’ve got a lot to say and not a whole lotta time to say it. First off, I think we can declare the third Kidlitosphere Conference held in Washington D.C. a rousing success. I was lame. I did not go and for that I should be given copious raspberries (and not of […]
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President By Josh Lieb Razorbill (Penguin Young Readers Group) $15.99 ISBN: 978-1-59514-240-5 Ages 11 and up On shelves now. There aren’t many books for middle schoolers out there that sport blurbs from folks like Jon Stewart and Judd Apatow. There is, […]
Not as big a selection today, kittens. You will have to forgive me. We begin, with pain. To fully appreciate this you’ll first have to be aware of a YouTube video with some 32 million hits (I’m not exaggerating) called David After Dentist. Okay. So here we have Art Director Laurent Linn after a recent […]
This is fun. Recently I received the following email from former Greenwillow designer Victoria Jamieson: I have a problem that I thought you or the astute readers of your blog might be able to help me with. I recently joined a recreational roller derby league here in Portland, and I’m looking for a kickin’ children’s […]
Adios, Oscar!: A Butterfly Fable By Peter Elwell Blue Sky Press (an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-07159-8 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Kids fill their brains with a lot of junk. A lot of that junk never ends up being useful. It just sits in brain and congeals there for years on end […]
Well the big news of yesterday (I’m usually 24-hours behind when it comes to this kind of thing) was the recently posted NBA nominees, particularly those in the youth portion. Take a gander: NBA Nominees, Young people’s division from Publishers Lunch: Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Henry Holt) Phillip Hoose, […]