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I received my degree in library and information science in a small midwestern college going by the name of St. Catherine. Librarianship was one of those occupations I fought against. I was the kid who made a cataloging system for the family videotapes. Who tried to work out a pre-computer list of searchable terms for […]
First KT Horning (former president of ALSC, doncha know) goes and makes a blog called Worth the Trip. Cooler still, it’s a gay children/YA book blog AND AND AND she features the newest Pija Lindenbaum book in a recent post. A book I would rather like to get my hands on. *cough cough* Thanks to […]
Time to bring even more recommended books. Go wild with the choices we are offering: TUESDAY A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy: A discussion of author Ellen Emerson White and why she is "under the radar" Big A, little a: Ingo by Helen Dunmore Jen Robinson’s Book Page: The Changeling and The Velvet […]
Though the primary focus of this particular blog is to look at the books that come out in the current year, I acknowledge that with every passing season, great titles fall through the cracks. They’re forgotten, forlorn, and all but gone once they go out-of-print. Poor babies. So it was that Colleen Mondor had an […]
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf. Clarion Books (a Houghton Mifflin imprint). $16.00. On shelves now. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it. The arrival of a noteworthy work of historical fiction for kids tends to work one of two ways. Either the marketing machine behind the book hits bookstores and libraries full-force, cramming said […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Distinguishing between "nice" and "good" proves to be difficult for most adults I know. Imagine how much harder it would be for a child who misses her mother and has a loving enemy there to give her whatever she wants. If for no other reason, Wolf allows her book to explore […]
I think I overstretched myself last week. Not as much in the realm of video-laden fun came to my attention in the past 7 days. Just one or two pleasing points. So I’m sitting in the movie theater getting ready to see Once (so so so sososo good) and I see this trailer for a […]
Well, it’s Saturday and the temperature is 142 degrees. Earlier this week we were wearing sweaters. Now we’re sweltering before the weather gods. What have we done to anger them so? I will go burn an offering of highly combustible plastic to appease them so that they bring back the San Francisco-like conditions. In the […]
As you may have heard, the CBC recently decided to move Children’s Book Week from November to May. Some people are not happy about the change so here is what CBC Marketing Director Michelle Bayuk had to say of the matter: "Thank you for concern about the change in dates for Children’s Book Week. This […]