MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2012
All right, folks. The resident husband has prevailed upon me to extend the Top 100 Poll to one more day. If you were unable (due to taxes and all) to get your votes in by yesterday, you may get them in today and they will still count. Details here.
Eye of the Storm By Kate Messner Walker (a division of Bloomsbury) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-8027-2313-0 Ages 9-14 On shelves now Pity the science geeks, the math geeks, and other kids that love a ripping yarn with a grounding in something other than fantasy. When I troll the shelves of the children’s room in my local […]
Baby Bear Sees Blue By Ashley Wolff Beach Lane Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4424-1306-1 Ages 2-6 On shelves now I like to think of myself as having a low cutesy tolerance. Cute is fine. Cutesy is not. As a new mother, though, I find myself in the peculiar position of […]
On to Viking! Viking This year I have carefully been keeping track of all the books that Kirkus stars. This is partially because Kirkus doesn’t star all that many things and partly because I like their taste. When I get a chance I go out, locate the starred books and read them through. One such […]
There Are Only FIVE Voting Days Left! *tick tick tick tick . . . .*
Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012), Top 100 Picture Books Poll
|First off, check this out: Slick, right? Mark at SLJ made me this in honor of the brand new Top 100 Picture Books / Top 100 Novel Polls going on. As y’all know, time is running out. On April 15th the gong sounds and we will accept NO MORE VOTES for your top 10 books […]
So last week my husband and I got around to finally seeing The Hunger Games like the rest of the country. We hadn’t seen a children’s book adaptation since Hugo, a movie we were both fairly meh about. Hunger Games was a far cry from the realm of Selznick, though. Where Hugo appeared to be […]
Normally I don’t advertise author/illustrator contests and challenges but this one has something I like. Namely, Rube Goldberg machines. Actually, I also happen to like Lisa Graff. And I happen to like her new book which I finished yesterday and includes the aforementioned Rube Goldberg thing. The first to ever appear in a children’s book? […]
Admittedly you only have until Monday. Chop chop! HAVE A PASSION FOR PUBLISHING? “INDEPENDENT BOOK BLOGGER AWARDS” CONTEST HAS FOUR FREE TRIPS TO BOOKEXPO AMERICA (BEA) —NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN— March 29, 2012; New York – If you’re a blogger who loves books, that passion might get you far: all the way to New York and […]
Giants Beware! By Jorge Aguirre Art by Rafael Rosado Color by John Novak and Matthew Schenk First Second (an imprint of Roaring Brook) $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-582-7 Ages 9-12 On shelves April 10th It shouldn’t be this hard. I know why it is hard. I acknowledge that I could never do it myself. I submit to […]
And now the thrilling conclusion! Just kidding. I’ve lots more to do. But if you already read Part One then this should fall along the same lines. Razorbill In the past this imprint was best known for its teen fare. A slow and steady increase in their middle grade offerings, however, has turned it into […]