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Elijah of Buxton By Christopher Paul Curtis Scholastic Books $16.99 For ages 10 and up. Before I begin I’d just like to make the note that this is a review from the Advanced Reader Copy of this book. My copy does not have the final text that will appear in the Author’s Note (a fact […]
For those of you who’ve had trouble commenting on this blog, I’ve learned some interesting things. Apparently pasting an HTML code into the post will mean that SLJ won’t allow you to comment. I suspect this extends to more than just website addresses, but I’m not sure. It bears looking at. Always copy your message […]
They’re not an exact match, but when I was discussing covers this week and how similar the images are on them, someone sent me these two images. Of even more interest, apparently the second cover got rid of the part containing the man in its paperback edition, but kept the bridge. Interesting.
Now I am back, relatively rested (all things considered) and willing to divulge to you the gist of what I’ve seen and done. For your reading convenience I am splitting these into different postings. They are, as follows: Convention Floor Goodies (Upcoming Titles and the Like) List of Authors/Illustrators. Met, Loved, and Tripped Over. How […]
Give the people what they want. And if said people want a picture of a lady in a red dress, it is advisable to hand that picture over to them. So here it is. The one. The only. Ladies and gentlemen… the red dress. Lovely, no? J. Crew, in case you’re interested. Note the matching […]
Usually at these things the tables are outfitted with a program, a CD of the speeches, and a cute toy. At least, that was how the last Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder banquet worked. When The Hello, Goodbye Window won we all got cute little harmonicas on our tables. I wanted to see what this year’s Flotsam equivalent would […]
After Ms. Patron finished (to thunderous applause, of course) Roger Sutton announced the Wilder winner (James Marshall) and we watched a very nice short documentary of his works and their impact. In honor of the occasion, current Newbery chair Nina Lindsay came dressed as Martha from the George and Martha books. When she told me […]
I think I have a problem with lists. I can’t let them go. I see one listed somewhere and ZIP! Instantaneous blog posting. Today is the day I return to work from DC and BOY ARE MY ARMS TIRED! silence Oh right. That’s not how the joke works. Anywho, I’ll recap all the other lovely […]
A very interesting piece was passed on to me recently regarding the Good Reading Magazine. It seems that author Anthony Horowitz (of the Alex Rider series, amongst other things) wrote a piece wondering why all his villains have to be white these days. In relating the recent filmed adaptation of Stormbreaker, for example, he writes, […]
I miss this feature of my old blog. The constantly updated section discussing what I’m reading at any given moment. It was fun to update. So what I’ll do instead is make these little random postings relating the same information. In the case of Konigsburg’s latest, I just picked it up on the ALA Convention […]