MORE 'JON-SCIESZKA' POSTS
Oh good. Now we have a rallying cry. Bonus. Thanks to Maureen Johnson for the link. Travis at 100 Scope Notes recently discovered the author video cache to beat all author video caches. As he puts it “I challenge you to a good ol’ fashioned game of ‘I Bet I Can Find a Video Interview […]
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, […]
I was pleased to see that CNN provided a quick look at 826Valencia (the first of the 826 tutoring centers around the country), quick though it might be. I do wish it offered some more practical advice on finding tutoring for kids, which is not an easy thing to do. Still, it’s a good start. […]
Jules over at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast alerted me to this trailer and her timing was good as I was just beginning the book myself. This will prove to be one of the more interesting titles of the year. It is, you see, divisive. Some folks already adore it, and I’ve encountered a few […]
I may have mentioned in my National Book Award post that Jon Scieszka presented an award to Joan Ganz Cooney with the help of none other than Elmo himself. Well, thanks to the quick thinking of Rocco Staino, we have evidence that this event did indeed occur. Behold! It’s Elmo’s/Jon’s World. I’d sing the theme […]
Also known as a cheapo filler post. It’s what puts bread on the table! So I was invited to moderate a panel at last weekend’s Brooklyn Book Festival and I had, in no uncertain terms, a blast. Of course it was raining, as you can see here (compliments of Nancy Mercado): Hipster children. Gotta love […]
I have promised you tales of BINGO, have I not? Tales to curl the very insides of your soul. Tales that recount my magnificent victory over Lady Luck, Charlie Chance, and Sarah Serendipity! And recount my tale I shall! A week and a half ago I asked you, my faithful readers, to sponsor me in […]
A night ago I had a dream that I was at the 826NYC Bingo Night and I forgot to take pictures or blog the event. The shame of it all! Boy, you know I won’t make that mistake this Saturday. And SPEAKING of this Saturday, are you guys aware that you rock, and rock hard? […]
What you are witnessing here is the first trailer for Library of the Early Mind — a feature-length documentary film by Edward J. Delaney and Steven Withrow exploring children’s literature. According to its website, “The film will have its first public screening at Harvard University in October and is now being submitted to film festivals […]
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka By Jon Scieszka Viking (a Penguin imprint) $12.99 ISBN: 978-0670011384 Ages 9-12 On shelves now To adults that don’t normally wander through the shelves of children’s literature the notion of the autobiography for kids is a pretty odd beast. You write a book about […]