MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2011
I’ve been asked in the past why it is that I don’t write up the online librarian previews by folks like those at Scholastic. The reason is simple. I figure that if you have access to the online previews you don’t need a recap from someone like me. You can see them for yourself! That […]
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales By Chris Van Allsburg and more Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $24.99 ISBN: 978-0547548104 Ages 9-12 On shelves October 25, 2011 Chris Van Allsburg has always been the Rod Serling of the children’s literary world. Of that there can be no question. With no other author, […]
Far be it for me to dictate where you spend your Friday, but this is the day of the week when bloggers link to one another’s poetry schtoofs. With that in mind, I would gently suggest that you check out Dean Rader’s Frog and Toad Confront the Alterity of Otherness’. It appears to be from […]
In brief . . . Yeah. I thought it was an Onion headline too: Werner Herzog reads potty-mouthed bedtime audiobook. I think that’s overseas, though. Here in the U.S. we got someone else. That’s a good headline. This one’s not bad either: Children’s author ejected from plane for bad language. Strange thing is, it says […]
Lest you think I overextend myself, I’ll let the resident husband take over the blogging duties of the day. Over at his site Cockeyed Caravan Matt tackles the Harry Potter books. He’ll be covering the series all week, examining what worked and what didn’t (sacrilege?). Here’s the post on the first three books and a […]
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? By Susan A. Shea Illustrated by Tom Slaughter Blue Apple Books $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-60905-062-7 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Because I’m a librarian I like to slot books into distinct categories. Alphabet book. Concept book. Emotions book. So on. Other people like it too. That’s why I keep […]
. . . . something came up. Meet the newest baby Bird. She’s 9 pounds, 6 ounces, and sweet as can be. I expect to have her reciting The Wheels on the Bus within the week. Thanks to everyone for yesterday’s kind wishes!
If you are seeing this post it means that in the midst of labor I managed to grab my cell phone or laptop and change the status from “Draft” to “Schedule”. And yes, I’m the kind of high-strung individual who writes an I-am-having-labor blog post in preparation for the big event. Call me kooky. I […]
Normally I’d do this kind of post for June 15th but there’s a possibility that I might be a bit busy on that date, so we’ll do it now for kicks. It’s time for our mid-year Newbery/Caldecott querying. I’ve already indulged in some Spring Predictions, but I prefer the Summer ones because at this point […]
There was a kerfuffle this weekend. Did you notice? It was a YA kerfuffle, which I generally tend to avoid, but sometimes inanity makes for good blogging. And nothing was quite as inane as the recent Wall Street Journal article Darkness Too Visible. The gist: My goodness, my gracious, have you seen what kids are […]