MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2009
I’m sort of running like a chicken with my head cut off this week. Good thing I strive to emulate those brave members of the poultry family that, beheaded or not, keep going the distance, noggin or no. Still, if you run into me and there’s a strange frenzied gleam in my eye, fear not. […]
There was a very recent and official two-fold unveiling here in my library’s children’s room this week. You see, we happen to have in our possession the original Winnie-the-Pooh toys as owned by Christopher Robin, son of A.A. Milne. I’ve worked with Pooh for about four years now and he’s been a good bloke. In […]
Remember those old Mr. Rogers sequences where you would get to see him visiting a factory or a business of some sort that, under normal circumstances, you never would get to see? Well, Chad Beckerman alerted me to a video that falls under the same auspices. The newest Diary of a Wimpy is due out […]
Hunger Mountain announces winners of Katherine Paterson Prize September 28, 2009—Montpelier, VT— The winner of the Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing is Liz Cook from Roslindale, Massachusetts, the editor of Hunger Mountain announced today. Ms. Cook’s short story for young adults, “Crazy Cat” has earned her a $1,000 prize and […]
Daddy, Papa and Me Mommy, Mama, and Me By Leslea Newman Illustrated by Carol Thompson Tricycle Press $7.99 ISBN: 978-1582462639 ISBN: 978-1582462622 Ages 0-2 On shelves now What is the purpose of your average everyday board book? It’s not really a crazy question. In the history of printed literature, board books are relative newcomers. I […]
We’ll be hosting a couple important guests next week. From the press release. *ahem* PENGUIN YOUNG READERS GROUP WILL UNVEIL AND PRESENT A PERMANENT MURAL FOR THE ORIGINAL WINNIE-THE-POOH STUFFED ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY CHILDREN’S CENTER AT 42 STREET Join Winnie-The-Pooh and Friends as They Reveal Several Surprises and Begin […]
Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. And some have greatness thrust upon them. Slot me into the "thrust" category, and then label the "greatness", in this particular case, my partner in crime Brandon Dorman. You want to know how picture books sometimes get made? Well gather round me, children, and hear the tale I […]