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(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Notes on the Cover: Wow. If this is the new cover for the book, I’m torn. I’d only seen the cover slapped on the ARCs until now and I was going to have this rip-roaring view of what was beautiful but wrong with it. Then I see that Amazon.com is displaying […]
It’s Friday the 13th. Booga booga. Cue the Churchy La Femme freak-out (and fifty points if you get the reference). For this most unlucky of days I give you the luckiest of tidbits. For example, there are certain days when the children’s literary gods smile down upon a poor humble blogger like myself and place […]
About a year ago or so I made a list of The Worst 14 Films Made from Children’s Books. Recently my mom sent my husband a great Roger Ebert book simply called Your Movie Sucks, and I could have learned a thing or two from that man. The guy’s got style when it comes to […]
Tall Tales by Karen Day. Wendy Lamb Books (Random House imprint). $15.99. "Tall Tales" isn’t flashy. It doesn’t leap off of the bookshelf and start screaming about how necessary it is for you to buy buy buy. There are no sparkles, flashy lights, or marauding dragons in evidence. It’s slow. Soft. A book manages to […]
Recently I bought Nancy Pearl’s Book Crush for my own use and devices. For those of you not in the library profession who have not come across Ms. Pearl’s name before, you will find that she is perhaps best known as the model for the librarian action figure. Until now, I haven’t really gotten a […]
Secret agent Rebecca Sherman (sans the secret part) had a magnificent idea. To have a Kidlit Drink Night (my first since this blog’s move) in tandem with the Harry Potter release. Brilliant. For the Kidlit Drink Night virgins amongst you, these are gatherings in Soho that anyone can (and is encouraged to) attend. Librarians, editors, […]
Movie news is in abundance these days. Let’s take a peek at some of the offerings the world is currently laying at our feetsies. From Cynopsis Kids comes an interesting, albeit confusing, bit of news: BBC One’s modern retelling of Rapunzel , which is set in the world of competitive tennis, will star a cast […]
We’ve also some news that hits far closer to home. Warren Truitt, my fellow co-worker here at the Donnell Library, has an article in SLJ! How do I know? Because his article inspired the FRIGGIN’ COVER!!!! THAT is how, babies. For those of you who don’t know my co-worker, Warren Truitt is Mr. Kids Music […]
I review a fair amount of non-fiction picture books in my spare time. And truth be told, half the mental rules I follow for this activity come from a one week section on How to Review taken during my MLIS graduate school days. It’s funny what remains ingrained in the woodlike section of your head. […]
You know what? It is very very difficult to think about blogging this summer. Know why? Too much to do. If it isn’t parents desperate for the books on their children’s summer reading lists then it’s huge groups of preschoolers invading our storytimes. If it isn’t that then it’s daycares, or Harry Potter parties, or […]