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Are there any graphic novelists in particular that you gravitate towards? Did any of them affect The Arrival? Yes, there are a handful. Raymond Briggs was one who probably had the greatest influence on The Arrival, especially in the early concept stages, which took some cues from his silent picture book The Snowman. I was […]
New York isn’t the only American city that’s going to get to see the staged adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s picture book The Wolves in the Walls. Now L.A.’s getting a piece of the action as well. I don’t mind. Someday I may have to move to that city. Any kidlit connections that establish themselves there […]
Certain things in this world make me happy. Cupcakes. My tiny little Fuseman. More cupcakes. And then there are those odd quirks of fate that just make you happy to be a creature with the wherewithal to acknowledge peculiarities. I am referring, of course, to a recent Mo Willems blog posting that meticulously explains the […]
Prediction on Why it Will Raise a Ruckus: There’s a brief glimpse of Raphael’s painting of the two bored looking cherubs. Only in this version, one is Norman and the other is smoking a cigarette. When was the last time you saw a cigarette in a picture book that wasn’t being condemned? Oh, this is […]
4th grade teacher and current Newbery committee member Monica Edinger recently received a scrapbook from her schoolchildren advising her on what kinds of books she should give the next big book award to. For those of you interested in the process, you might want to see what actual honest-to-goodness children think should win this year. […]
Remember remember to go and read some interviews. Tom & Dorothy Hoobler at Chasing Ray Mitali Perkins at Big A, Little a Sara Zarr at Interactive Reader Justina Chen Headley at Hip Writer Mama Justine Larbalestier at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy Dana Reinhardt at lectitans Brent Hartinger at Seven Impossible Things […]
I can’t read everything. Stuff is bound to slip through the cracks sometimes. Still, while looking at a MySpace page for a fictional character today I couldn’t help but notice that there are whole library systems out there with pages of their own. Hennepin County Library has one. Central Falls Free Public Library another. Even […]
No, no. Not that one. The one of the Drew persuasion. I’m referring of course to everyone’s second favorite girl sleuth (number two to Trixie Belden, of course). Today we’re playing a little point counterpoint with the release of Nancy’s new movie. In the one corner we’ve Sandhya Nankani who entered the film with skepticism […]
I don’t actually know if this will work, but I think I might be able to swing the existence of YouTube videos on my new site. Bear with me as I test this theory out. So what struck my fancy this week video-wise? Well, first and foremost was this mighty odd piece of news found […]
Or just those guys who want to pretend to be fathers. Kinda traipsing on the edge of fabulous, is it not? Thanks to Children’s Illustration for the link.