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Most of you know that 99% of the news on this blog comes from clever people e-mailing me cool information. The following message below comes from Susan Marie Swanson of St. Paul, Minnesota. Those of you in the region would be wise to prick up your ears at this time. Here’s the message: I’m excited […]
Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel By Ruth McNally Barshaw Bloomsbury $11.95 ISBN: 978-1582347455 Ages: 8-12 On shelves now As far as I can tell, there’s no known solution to the problem of being an adult reviewer who reviews children’s books from an adult perspective. I don’t care how immature you are or how stuck […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) The temptation here is to call this book something trite like, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid but for girls!" or some such nonsense. Don’t get me wrong. I loved "Diary of a Wimpy Kid too, but I am of the firm belief that, like this book, it is a title that […]
What would be the Latin for a person who enjoys reading lists over and over? I tried looking up the Latin equivalent for the word "list" but was unable to locate anything satisfactory. At any rate, The Association of Booksellers for Children has a great list out right now of the ABC Best Books for […]
Yep. Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian hath won the honor. Well, it’s YA, but it is also sitting on my shelf here, so I should probably go on and read it. The chair for the Young Person’s Literature committee, Elizabeth Partridge (I’ve always had an affection with bird-related last names and Elizabeth-related first […]
Whatcha doing this Sunday? Nuthin’? Wanna do somethin’? Well, it just so happens that Cheryl Klein and Jill Santopolo, in association with the Vermont College MFA Program, have organized a humdinger of a Kidlit Drink Night and you are ALL invited. As you read the message below, please be aware that YOU, my friends, are […]
Hello, sweets. Don’t you love Wednesdays? Particularly when they feel like Tuesdays because you didn’t have to work on Veterens Day, being a city employee and all? Man, the librarian occupation is pretty sweet. Pretty sweet indeed. News time. PW reports on a fake Harry Potter #8 website. The website in question is pumping up […]
Some publishers offer previews, but they like to limit them to a mere season in advance. In the Fall come the Spring/Summer Previews. In the Spring come the Fall/Winter ones, and so on, and so forth. Greenwillow, imprint of Harper Collins, doesn’t play by those rules though, man. They’re rebels. If they want to show […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) At any rate, the good people at Greenwillow decided to place a single piece of incorrect information up on the board for me to see and like a sap I TOTALLY fell for it. Oh, I’m a ditz. In my defense, I had a very good reason why I believed it. […]
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