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Which is to say, I had a hard time wrangling anything specifically kidlitish this week. Oh! There is one exception. I’m oddly pleased with this little commercial for a Harry Potter video game, if only because it’s not immediately apparant what the ad is for at the start. So sometimes I find myself getting all […]
*sigh* Some of us have to work on Saturdays. Some of us have to work on Saturdays and do a baby laptime. I’m not so hot with the babies, I’m afraid. Toddlers and preschoolers are a piece of cake. You just get ’em doing the hokey pokey and then enjoy watching them turn in endless […]
From Yahoo News: Author Madeleine L’Engle, whose novel "A Wrinkle in Time" has been enjoyed by generations of schoolchildren and adults since the 1960s, has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 88. L’Engle died Thursday at a nursing home in Litchfield of natural causes, according to Jennifer Doerr, publicity manager for publisher Farrar, Straus […]
The Wizard by Jack Prelutsky Illustrated by Brandon Dorman Greenwillow (a Random House imprint) $16.99 For ages 4-8 It seems like such an obvious notion that I’m more than a little shocked that other publishers haven’t dived into the idea first. Step One: Locate a book of children’s poetry. Say, "Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) I enjoyed the at odds setting of the story too. Dorman places his action at the end of a suburban cul-de-sac. The title page shows your average everyday houses, ending in a ramshackle skeleton of a hut with a tall stone tower just behind. It makes you wonder how the Wizard […]
MotherReader has good ideas. Ideas like having bloggers post their favorite children’s literary picks of 2007 (so far). I’m game. I’ll play. Sarah Miller already posted hers, after all. So here’s what I think stands out thus far. These are, in my opinion, the top of the top. Please bear in mind, however, that there’s […]
Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson Random House $15.99 Ages 9 to 14 I am a traitor to my sex. I must be. All evidence clearly points in that direction. If 2007 is remembered as anything, for me it will be the year of Boy Books That I Adored While My Female Friends Slowly Shook Their […]
Good news. I fixed the audio problems on that podcast of mine. Now you will no longer have to deal with crazy music in odd, uncomfortable places. Whew! I need me an "Editing is Hard" t-shirt. Speaking of things I need, in case close family members of mine are wondering what to get me for […]
Blood has been sweat and tears have fallen but I am pleased to say that an experiment in audio has finished and there is now, for the very first time, a podcast edition of A Fuse #8 Production. Now you guys can actually hear me banging my head against a wall trying to figure out […]
Ew. Being paid to blog about a certain book?* Icky. I’m sorry but there’s a world of difference between being sent a book by a publisher and actually accepting dirty money so that it positively gets a thumbs up. God, I feel unclean. No wonder some people don’t trust blog reviews. Then again, I suppose […]