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Today I am in Philadelphia for the Mid-Winter ALA Conference. I suspect that perhaps many of you children’s literary enthusiasts are there as well. How delightful! We should really meet up. Of course, I probably should have mentioned this earlier. Hm. Poor planning on my part. In any case there’s a Kidlit Lunch on Saturday, […]
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie Art by Ellen Forney Little Brown & Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-01368-0 Ages 15 and up On shelves now I asked you what my final 2007 review should be. You voted. And that winner turned out to be this book. It probably doesn’t need the […]
Tis true! Here is a message I received recently from my buddy Davin. Davin’s a good guy. He volunteers at 826NYC and tutors the kids there. Now Davin has entered a contest. I’ll let him tell you about it. Suffice it to say, I want to help him raise as much money as possible for […]
Monica alerted me to a new blog that fills a need. Has anyone else found the absence of British children’s literary blogs a bit odd? A bit out of the ordinary? There’s good old Achockablog, which I’ve always enjoyed. And I bet that there are a bunch of YA lit Brits out there, but in […]
Medusa Jones By Ross Collins Arthur A. Levine (Scholastic imprint) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0439901000 Ages 7-11 On shelves now I read a lot of “meaningful” books without wanting to. When you review books for children there’s a sort of assumption that if you want to be familiar with the cream of the yearly crop then you […]
In one week’s time the flaming sword of Newbery righteousness shall fall upon us and only the worthy shall be left standing. Why am I not doing the Caldecott? Because if you think I’m out to sea in terms of Newbery winners then you have NOOOOO idea how out to sea I am on the […]
In one week’s time the flaming sword of Newbery/Caldecott righteousness shall fall upon us and only the worthy will be left standing. What better time to come out with a crazy prediction list then? The thing that I love about these awards is how random the committees are. Anything could potentially win (if they follow […]
It was a good year for web videos and I’ve managed to gather together a bunch of them. Here then, in no particular order, are the ones I liked the most. You may have seen them all before, so here they are, taking their final bows. How It Should Have Ended: The Lord of the […]
Let me see. Today I have pig bladders, movie dates and Enid Blyton on the menu. Not a bad offering. Want to write your own graphic novel? The First Second blog offers some tips on the subject courtesy of one Mr. Grady Klein. "Beat Back the Beast with Beverages" could well become the rallying cry […]
There’s Nothing to do on Mars By Chris Gall Little Brown and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0316166843 Ages 4-8 On shelves February 1st. There’s something about space that hits adult graphic designers deep in the nostalgia gut. Maybe it’s a remnant of the Sixties or a kitschy awe of all things simultaneously futuristic and retro, but […]