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Co-worker Rebecca finds Sherman Alexie swoonable. Well, swoon it up, Rebecca! That was from bookshelves of doom. Come to think of it, so’s this one. Gosh I love people who make my job easy. This is a live action version of Quidditch. The kid in yellow is the snitch. Apparently instead of just catching him, […]
Zee fam-o-lee is still in town, so I’ve just a couple choice nuggets for you today: A third grade teacher wrote me the other day with a query that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. We all know those Scholastic book clubs they have in the schools. Perhaps we even have fond […]
With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child By Keiko Tobe Yen Press (a Little Brown & Co. imprint) $14.99 ISBN: 978-0759523562 For ages 10 and up On shelves now A show of hands. Don’t be nervous. This is standard operating procedure where I come from. Now, how many of you out there have read a […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) But enough about format. It’s the content that really matters in these cases anyway, and certainly it was the content that drew me in in the first place. Manga that deals with serious issues is rare enough, but this book certainly goes above and beyond the call of duty. As the […]
I’m feasting with the fam in New York, but that’s no reason why I shouldn’t have a blog post or two up today. My husband informs me that this is crazy talk. Aw yea. Crazy like a fox! First, an item (or is it two?) that Leila Roy called "the most amazing thing I have […]
They say that life imitates art. So what happens when life precedes art by a month or so? I recently read and greatly enjoyed N.D. Wilson’s upcoming fantasy novel 100 Cupboards, due on shelves everywhere in December. If Mr. Wilson’s name sounds familiar that may be because I’ve been pumping up his Leepike Ridge with […]
Rex Zero and the End of the World By Tim Wynne-Jones Farrar, Straus & Grioux $16.00 ISBN: 978-0374334673 Ages 9-12 On shelves now You ever read an author, love their work, and then wake up at 2 a.m. with the sneaky suspicion that maybe all their books are good and that you’ve simply been missing […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) I’ve heard some people complain that this book is too blatant with its incomprehensible 1962 references and props. For example, Rex lives in a home that he has named the House of Punch, due to the overabundance of old Punch magazines currently littering the basement below. Or there are his multiple […]
Tamagotchi meets Philip Pullman? It could happen. With a glance at my favorite fellow children’s literary blog produced by a New York Public librarian, Walter Minkel at The Monkey Speaks has the scoop on F.A.O. Schwarz and their new line of toys. Daemons from the Golden Compass movie! Ever wanted a sadistic golden monkey of […]
Thanks to everyone who showed up for my panel discussion at the NCTE Conference this past Saturday with my co-worker Warren. I was speaking on the topic of children’s books that span categories and genres in such a way that renders them almost entirely unable to win big awards. In attendance were Jen Robinson of […]