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The Lonely Moose By John Segal Hyperion $15.99 ISBN: 978-1423101734 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Sometimes I try to begin a review of a children’s book with some kind of quick association or personal recollection. Other times I’m stumped. Today, looking at the copy of "The Lonely Moose" sitting cheerily at my side, I am […]
Wanna meet Shaun Tan? Dude, I totally have the hook-up. From our press release: On Saturday, October 27, the NYPL "Children’s and Young Adult Literature Cafe" held its first meeting at the Donnell Library Center. This meeting was a smashing success, with over 40 attendees from all over the city (including writers, publishers, public librarians, […]
Today we’ve the following hotsy totsy authors on "the radar" (as it were): Loree Griffin Burns at Chasing Ray Lily Archer at The Ya Ya Yas Rick Riordan at Jen Robinson’s Book Page Gabrielle Zevin at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast Dia Calhoun at lectitans Shannon Hale at Miss Erin Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple […]
. . . . is what you might say to me if you met me on the street. Apparently a frightening number of you read The New York Times architectural section on Wednesdays. Who knew? Had you done so yesterday you might have stumbled on a lovely little piece by Robin Pogrebin called, New York […]
Some of you spent Halloween duct taping together costumes for you little ones at the last minute ("Look, honey! You’re Florida!"). Some of you spent it frantically eating all the good Halloween candy you purchasED so that the only things left for the trick-or-treaters would be SweeTarts and Mentos. Others amongst you finally had an […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) At one point we were asked to come up with famous penguin characters in children’s literature. I love me my Opus, but that’s more of a comic strip character (and I am an early Bloom County fan, not the later Outlander stuff). There’s Tacky the Penguin, of course, but not much […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART TWO) And finally, Little, Brown has a new graphic novel imprint called Yen Press. A whole lotta manga is involved, which is fine but I made it clear to editor Rich Johnson (once called "the Jerry Springer of comics", whatever that may mean) that when it comes to quality manga for children […]
Don’t forget that November 21st is the last day to nominate anything for a Cybil Award. Keep ’em coming, keep ’em coming. The great literary feuds of children’s literature? They happen. Gail Gauthier reminds us of Eleanor Cameron vs. Roald Dahl "slugfest" (great term) and all that it entailed. Authors who’d rather not sell their […]
Here are your links for the Winter Blog Blast Tour: David Mack at Chasing Ray Paul Volponi at The Ya Ya Yas Elizabeth Knox at Shaken & Stirred Ellen Emerson White at A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy Jack Gantos at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast David Levithan at Not Your Mother’s Book […]
I do not teach but I have been told that sometimes a library science class will assign students to read my blog. I don’t know if anyone doing such a thing at the moment, but if they are I would like to address anybody and everybody interested in the field of children’s literature who is […]