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The goodies are good today. Everyone’s been incredibly generous with their videos this week. For example, Leila at bookshelves of doom was kind enough to dig up my favorite band from the 90s. Oh, Moxy Fruvous. Even the poor quality of this video transfer can’t obscure your nerdy loveliness. My favorite was always Murray. Switching […]
Starcross by Philip Reeve, illustrated by David Wyatt. Bloomsbury. $16.95. On shelves October 12th. They say science fiction for kids doesn’t sell. They say a lot of things, but this particular belief is pretty widespread. Space may be the final frontier, but as far as kidlit publishers go, literary reaches for the outer limits aren’t […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) I was shocked when I came to the undeniable conclusion that my favorite character, despite my best intentions, was the bespectacled Myrtle. Myrtle is a difficult character to love sometimes. She insists on deviating as little from the norm as possible, but simply thrives when she’s no longer limited to the […]
But first, some good news. I am pleased to announce that Susan Ramsey, my mother, recently won the 2007 Marjorie J. Wilson Award for Best Poem Contest. We are very proud. No word from her yet on what poem won, but when we find out I will attempt to post it here right quick. As […]
At a certain point a person is inclined to throw up their hands, throw in the towel, and throw up. I am referring, of course, to the new Laura Bush children’s book that silly Harper Collins is putting out in 2008. I say "silly Harper Collins" rather than "dagblasted Harper Collins" because we all know […]
Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie by Joel Stewart. Holiday House. $16.95. On shelves now. Someday, somewhere, someone will create a database of picture books that work best when you read them aloud. Maybe one already exists, but how extensive is it? What I really want is a listing that continually updates as each […]
Yesterday was a lot of fun. The trains of Manhattan decided to move at a snail’s pace while the trains in Brooklyn came to the conclusion that not moving at all was a far better option. Cap it all off with flooding and a tornado warning in Brooklyn (no comment) and you have yourself one […]
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street by Sharon G. Flake. Jump at the Sun (a Hyperion imprint). $15.99. I’m probably the laziest person I know when it comes to reviewing books. I’m okay on the reading part, and I’m just ducky at putting a book in my To Be Reviewed Pile. […]
Fun Fact of the Day: Guess who has just come out in support of Junie B? None other than SPOGG (The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, to you). I’m just pleased as punch that there even IS an entity named SPOGG out there. Anyone play the game Beyond Balderdash where you have to […]
Today’s fellow wins the Most Nominated Award of this series. I get the usual requests from fans, publishers, editors, agents, partners, and wives to have their fellers featured as a Hot Man. Some of these I accept and some of these I pass on according to my own peculiar whims and fancies. Today’s HMOCL is […]