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(CONTINUED FROM PART TWO) It all got me to thinking too. I mean, what do we consider "lying" in fiction? Remember the anger that was lobbied against The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? Were people mad because they felt that the whole fable aspect wasn’t a delightful trope but, instead, a very painful lie? How […]
Hugo and Miles in I’ve Painted Everything Written and Illustrated by Scott Magoon Houghton Mifflin $16.00 Ages 4 and Up On Shelves Now There are some ideas out there that are tailor made subject matter for kids’ books. Penguins. The story of Pale Male. Dust bunnies. There are also ideas out there that SEEM tailor […]
Ah well. You can’t win them all. I didn’t have time to organize my videos before I went on vacation. Tune in next week for Video Sunday – Overcompensation.
Some things are meant to be. In this topsy turvy world, it’s good to be able to count on a daily dose of pure, undiluted weirdness. To this end I present to you to the more than somewhat inspired Beckett for Babies. It makes the world feel good. Thanks to Chicken Spaghetti for the link. […]
On a Saturday at that. HA HA! Betcha you didn’t see THAT one coming, did you? Well, I’m on vacation and we haven’t had one of these in a while. Why not roll one out then? Now if you take a good long look at past HMOCLs (visible here but you have to scroll down […]
Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf By Jennifer L. Holm Illustrated by Elicia Castaldi Comics by Matthew Holm Ginee Seo Books, (Simon & Schuster) $12.99 Ages 9 and up On shelves now I remember being 13 or so and talking with a much older cousin of mine. When he asked me what grade I was […]
Pictures are difficult to blog on this SLJ site. They convince the format that I’m using more characters than I am. So I’m just going to do an all-picture, all the time posting. Ooo, lookie!. Paper dodo. Ooo. Ooo, I love you Paper dodo. I love you, I do. Thank you bookshelves of doom (who […]
Avast, me maties! Lest ye forget, today be talk like a gentleman o’ fortune tide (a.k.a. Talk Like a Pirate Day). You will o’ course want t’ check ou’ th’ Official Talk Like a Pirate website. If ye`re a lazy swabbie ye can jus’ be havin’ all yer language changed by th’ talk like a […]
A wedding I’m attending this week-end on the Cape (enter "ooos" and "la las" here) causes me to want to dole out news and reviews in such a manner that I’ll have plenty of delicious delightfulnesses left in my absence. Here’s what I’ve managed to parcel out for you today. Remember to take small bites […]
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