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(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) As one of those artists that model their characters on real people, Little Red and her mother were indeed based on a woman and her daughter than Mr. Pinkney knew. The fact that this is a biracial family is just a nice plus, really. Ask me to come up with fairy […]
Took ’em long enough. The New York Times has finally noticed the marked increase in hip librarians in the world. A fairly obvious fact, but we’ll pretend that it’s big news. Note the significant lack of any mention of children’s librarians or, for that matter, NYPL, Brooklyn, and Queens Library staffers. We should show ’em […]
Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney. Little Brown and Company. October 1, 2007. $16.99. You can appreciate a person’s craft and talent without ever really appreciating their style. I mean, no one is ever going to say that Jerry Pinkney isn’t one of the most talented artists working in the field of picture books […]
As you read this I’m apparently at a cabin somewhere in New York state. I’m either sipping a cool white wine while reading the latest Grace Lin or I’m fighting off wild beavers with just my bare hands and a pair of inappropriately strappy sandals. What could be worse than the latter? Watching me break […]
At Ms. Roy at bookshelves of doom was quick to notice, the good ladies of Go Fug Yourself have seen Helena Bonham Carter (a.k.a. Bellatrix Lestrange), and they do not care for what they see. I’m particularly fond of the fact that special friend Tim Burton is refered to as, "wearing pants that are a tad […]
Everyone’s entitled to a vacation once in a while, right? Well, this week-end I’ll be traveling to beautiful New Paltz to stay at a friend’s girlfriend’s ex-stepfather’s cabin. This is actually true. I don’t know what we’ll do at said cabin. I don’t know if there’s a lake or if we’ll be barbecuing or setting […]
Like you haven’t always wanted to be an executive editor at Little Brown & Co. Media Bistro is just pleased as punch that they’ve this database of job listings for people in the literary biz, and they’re talking it up by mentioning this opening. You could apparently run the pretty pretty Poppy imprint. Fun name […]
Review of the Day: Tracking Trash – Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Part One)
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Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns. Houghton Mifflin. $18.00. I realize that I seem to be doing two Houghton Mifflin titles in a row on this blog. Sorry about that. Usually I like to shake things up a little. Mix up my publishers. No more free rides, […]
(Continued from Part One) Because seriously, this is fascinating information. I mean, did you know that two thousand to ten thousand 60,000 pound containers just happen to fall overboard from cargo ships EVERY YEAR??? Or that there’s a mysterious floating patch of garbage that takes a week to cross by boat? I was, admittedly, more […]
I’m not a USA, USA, USA type, but let’s tip our hat to the 4th of July by playing a song that I can still sing to this very day. Come, fellow people of my generation. Let it all out. And don’t you dare pretend that you don’t know the words/tune.