MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2012
The Top 100 Lists Are Nigh. Nigh, I Say! Nigh!
Best Books, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012), Top 100 Picture Books Poll
|Remember when we were young and I conducted these craaaazy polls asking you guys to vote on your Top 10 Picture Books and Top 10 Children’s Novels? Remember when I enlisted the help of some talented survey monkeys and we calculated the results, coming up with some top 100 lists? And remember when I promised […]
The Swing By Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated By Julie Morstad Simply Read Books $8.95 ISBN: 978-1897476482 Ages 0-3 On shelves October 20th There comes a moment in a new parent’s life when they realize that they have become their own parents. It’s different for everyone. For some folks it won’t happen until they’re berating their […]
Step Gently Out By Helen Frost Photographs by Rick Lieder Candlewick Press $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-5601-0 Ages 3-8 On shelves now I have lots of little soapboxes scattered around my home that I like to pounce on in idle moments. Big soapboxes. Little soapboxes. Anyone who knows me is forced to hear me expound from one […]
Fusenews: Look for the Girl with the Caterpillar Tattoo and She’s Gone
Best Books, Fusenews, Top 100 Children's Novels (2012), Top 100 Picture Books Poll
|I apologize for the recent radio silence, folks. There’s something goofy in the state of Fuse 8. For one thing, I can’t seem to comment on my own posts. Most peculiar. I will assume that this is just a passing fancy of the blog and that all will be well and good from this day […]
Freaky Fast Frankie Joe By Lutricia Clifton Holiday House $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-8234-2367-5 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Realistic fiction for kids has more baggage than other fictional genres for that age group. Fantasies and comedies and science fiction get to rely on the extraordinary to weave their tales. Historical fiction, meanwhile, has the nice veil […]
A great deal of congratulations are due to Stephen Barbara and his lovely wife, the newly minted YA author Jessica Rothenberg. Well done, you crazy kids! Go off and make ye wonderful books together. You’re both the best of the best of the best.
Finding videos of the Voldemort vs. Mary Poppins nuttiness online was surprisingly difficult. Finally I found a sort of recap of the Olympic 2012 opening ceremonies with reference to the rise of the great children’s literature villains (The Queen of Hearts, a Disney-esque Cruella de Ville, Captain Hook, and Voldemort) and their destruction at the […]
There’s been a change of plans. That’s putting it mildly. In any case, I have some big news for you guys. Remember KidLitCon the yearly gathering of children’s literature and YA literature bloggers? It’s in its sixth year and it’s in New York City this time. Unlike previous years we haven’t been able to block […]
Been a while since I indulged in one of these, right? Well, those Top 100 polls threw me for a bit of a doozy and believe it or not I’m only catching up now. Before I took a month and a half to post their results I had five or six librarian previews on the […]
Well. It’s finally happened. We are ready to show you the wonders of New York City the only way we know how. Yes folks, it is time to register for KidLitCon 2012! The sixth annual KidLitCon will be held in the heart of New York City on September 28th and 29th, 2012 at the main […]