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Don’t believe me? Well the proof is in the pudding. The pudding, in the particular case, being an announcement made on the ALA Editions blog. It’s non-fiction, so don’t get too excited. Library-related non-fiction. Still, it will be fun to get it done. And after that, who knows?
An ALSC blog? It was just a matter of time, my friends. The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has launched an ALSC blog at http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/. The blog provides a venue for coverage and interactive discussion of time sensitive news in children’s librarianship, current issues in […]
Little Skink’s Tail By Janet Halfmann Illustrated by Laurie Allen Klein Sylvan Dell Publishing $15.95 ISBN: 978-0976882381 Ages 4-8 On shelves now The skink does not often get its due. Here you have an animal that can remove its own tail and grow it back again, yet how much cred does it get in the […]
Grab onto your hats, Golden Compass watchers. Here’s what I just found out via Dark Horizons: Reports first emerged early this week, but have now been confirmed – the ending of New Line’s upcoming fantasy adaptation "The Golden Compass" is getting a major overhaul. Director and scribe Chris Weitz revealed on his official blog today […]
I Am Not Joey Pigza By Jack Gantos Farrar, Straus & Giroux (an imprint of Macmillan) $16.00 ISBN: 978-0374399412 Ages 11 and up On shelves now A good author has the ability to piss off their fans. Pissing off fans is a delicate art, though. On the one hand, if you can emotionally engage your […]
Every time I try to slow down my blog posting, fun stuff just sucks me right back in again. Isn’t there some e-mail I should be answering? I was recently alerted that a whole hosting of big big talent will be on display picture book-wise this coming Saturday at Books of Wonder. I can’t go […]
I’m sure some of you suspect that the whole Hot Men of Children’s Literature is just a great way to get some serious marketing done on the part of authors and publishers. Maybe so. Honestly, on this end of the spectrum my primary concern is the deliciousness of the candidates. But that doesn’t mean that […]
How To Proceed When the Eric Carle Museum Asks You to be Their Guest at the 2007 Carle Honors Benefit Dinner and Awards Ceremony: 1. You say "thank you". 2. You go. My experience with benefit dinners was, prior to the Carle Honors last Tuesday evening, limited. Suffice it to say, I’d never been to […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Most of the speeches given for the awards were shockingly short and sweet. I wish in a way that I had gotten the guts to go up to recipient Margaret K. McElderry to say hello. If you are unfamiliar with Ms. McElderry’s many accomplishments, allow me to quote the program I […]
A Coyote Columbus Story By Thomas King Illustrated by William Kent Monkman Groundwood Books $6.95 978-0-88899-830-9 Ages 5 and up On shelves now Happy Fiorello H. LaGuardia Day!* One of the perks that came with attending the Kidlitosphere Conference was free goodies. For example, Ellen Klages was kind enough to hand me The Coyote Road: […]