MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2012
So. Iraq. Books. Recently NYPL was contacted by a high school student here in town who had recently met some fellow students in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The teens she met there had created a youth leadership group called Vision. Their current projects include everything from translating an English book on education into Kurdish for […]
Yep. Odds are that this may be the best book trailer ever produced for a classic work of children’s literature. I mean, looking at it don’t you feel inclined to reread the book? I sure as heck do. And remember, if you want to see Lois Lowry, Madeleine L’Engle, Rebecca Stead, and R.L. Stine talk […]
The Children’s Literary Salon is pleased to announce our program today at 2:00: Connect The Dots: Who’s Who? Talking Books Across Literary Borders How do booksellers, librarians (school and public), and bloggers discover, promote, and discuss great books for kids? How does communication between these different occupations help an author get their name out and […]
Jazz Age Josephine By Jonah Winter Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman Atheneum (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) $16.99 ISBN: 978-104169-6123-9 Ages 6 and up On shelves now When we try to name the biggest and best picture book biography authors out there, two names spring immediately to mind. The first is David Adler. Mr. Adler […]
And then it’s February. How the heckedy heck did that happen? Looks like 2012 is already establishing itself as the Blink and You’ll Miss It year. Well, let’s get to it then. First and foremost was the announcement of Battle of the Books 2012. Or, as I like to think of it, the place where […]
Fake Mustache: how Jodie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (And Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election From a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind) By Tom Angleberger Illustrated by Jen Wang Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams) $13.95 ISBN: 978-1-4197-0194-8 Ages 9-12 On shelves April 1, 2012 I said it about Laini Taylor. I said […]