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Why, hello there. Don’t mind me. I’m just going to poke and prod around the place. Get a feel for it. Test the floors. Check the locks. Bounce about on the sofa cushions. You know. Really dig in. Change is scary but this is a nice little place for A Fuse #8 Production and I’m […]
So I’m in my library, minding my own business, and who should walk through the door but none other than newly minted fresh-as-a-daisy YA author Jay Asher! Such a nice fellow. I don’t usually note the nice guests to my library on my blog, but Jay has presented a fabulous encapsulation of the 4 Days […]
As first paragraphs go, this one from another recent Guardian article takes the cake: Appointed as "ambassadors" of that most wholesome of sanctuaries – children’s books – the four children’s laureates have now been penetratingly transformed in holographic portraits unveiled this week at the Unicorn Theatre for Children in south London. The four lucky laureates […]
Bookninja recently turned me onto a great article in the Guardian Unlimited called The name of the prose: what makes a great title? It’s a worthy question. Children’s book titles have to walk a delicate line. Too looney and parents and children might both be turned off. Too subtle and everyone remembers your book’s plot […]
No, really! If you’ve a spare $1,200 to $1,800 floating about in your pocket, of course. I was recently drawn to a little place called Illustration House here in New York City. If you select the Index By Artist you may note that a couple big name children’s illustrators are up for purchase. The aforementioned […]
So I’m in my library, minding my own business, and who should walk through the door but none other than newly minted fresh-as-a-daisy YA author Jay Asher! Such a nice fellow. I don’t usually note the nice guests to my library on my blog, but Jay has presented a fabulous encapsulation of the 4 Days […]