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Heads up, chickens! Okay okay okay okay okay. Okay. So apparently Jules and Eisha over at 7-Imp do not sleep. I have done some meticulous research and decided this is the case because just LOOK at the breaking news they done hath broke over at their site today. They’ve an "in" when it comes to […]
I’m happy to announce that my second podcast episode Medieval and Contemporary Voices is up and running. I actually listened to it from end to end this time, so the music shouldn’t drown me out ala the Oscar awards this time. Still, let me know if there are any glitches I missed. You can find […]
Obviously the parable of the ant and the grasshopper didn’t make a dent in me. Instead of carefully saving up the videos I found this week like a good worker ant I am, instead, just gonna blow ’em all right here without so much as a by-your-leave grasshopper style. Ha! Come next week expect me […]
Good stuff today. Blogging is like fishing. You never know what lurks in the deep. Here’s what bit. From Cynopsis Kids: "Fox 2000 has inked a deal with director Elizabeth Allen to helm the movie adaptation of Beverly Cleary’s classic kid’s books series Ramona, about Ramona Quimby and her family, per Variety. Laurie Craig I […]
Black and White Airmen: Their True History by John Fleischman Houghton Mifflin $20.00 Ages 12 and up Fun Fact: If you want to get the attention of a class of sixth graders, tell `em about a book where a guy blew a metal rod through the top of his skull and lived. That’ll wake the […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) A co-worker of mine pointed out that for some kids, certain sections are going to grab their attention more than others. There are definitely child readers out there for whom air battles and combat via planes is going to be the primary focus of their interest with this book. Other kids […]
Bloggers who read my site, you have a mission. Go to this site on 7-Imp. Please. Is much with the importance. Go. I insist. Shoo. Scat. Skeedaddle.
In spite of the fact that the Kidlit Drink Night was scheduled for the first night of Rosh Hashanah, we had a nice turn out at Sweet & Vicious yesterday. Scholastic and Little Brown & Co. (or are you Holtzbrink now?) came out in full force. There was a showing by The Group That Shall […]
It’s been wet in NYC for the past few days but that hasn’t kept vigilant students of New York out of the library. Though there was more than one downpour yesterday, a steady stream of kids came up to the Desk asking for everything from library cards to intelligent works of fantasy. And every single […]
Mary and the Mouse, the Mouse and Mary by Beverly Donofrio Illustrated by Barbara McClintock Schwartz & Wade (a Random House imprint) $16.99 Ages 4-8. I’m way behind on this one. I got a nice review copy at ALA this year and then *poof*! It disappears before I can get it home to review. Ah […]