Good Comics for Kids
Betsy Bird, July 23, 2009 | Reviews
Highway Robbery By Kate Thompson Illustrated by Jonny Duddle Greenwillow (a Harper Collins imprint) ISBN: 978-0-06-173035-1 Ages 9-12 On shelves now I’ve been talking a lot about unreliable narrators in my children’s book reviews lately. Not entirely sure why that is. I guess it may have something to do with the fact that I’ve been […]
Betsy Bird, July 10, 2009 | Reviews
Sugar Would Not Eat It By Emily Jenkins Illustrated by Giselle Potter Schwartz & Wade (an imprint of Random House) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-375-83603-9 Let’s use a cake analogy. It seems appropriate for this title. Friends, nothing in this world is certain. When you make a cake you may use the choicest of ingredients and still […]
Betsy Bird, June 22, 2009 | Reviews
The Terrible Plop By Ursula Dubosarsky Illustrated by Andrew Joyner Farrar, Straus & Giroux ISBN: 978-0-374-37428-0 Ages 4-8 August 18, 2009 Before I begin, a word to the adults out there. Ahem. GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!!! THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT! I wish I could say that the creators […]
Betsy Bird, May 22, 2009 | Fusenews
There’s a catchy headline for you. Scholar Denies Oral Roots of Fairy Tales: Traditional view that fairy tales were handed down via folk traditions has ‘no basis in verifiable fact’. It’s oral storytelling vs. print in a fight to the finish! Fairy Tales: A New History by Ruth B. Bottigheimer is making the claim that […]
Betsy Bird, May 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Monica Edinger calls me up. She says, "Do you want to see the new Coraline musical?" I say, "Yar!" She says, "Great! I’ll see you on Sunday, May 17th". Now this show hasn’t officially opened so this review is probably woefully incorrect as much will be tweaked and toggled and changed and wobbled. That said, […]
Betsy Bird, May 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
No. No, this will not do. This will not do at all. When you read my little title up there you should see the name "James Kennedy" and get very very excited. Your mouth should suddenly salivate for no apparent reason. Your eyes bug out, ever so slightly. Because if you know the man, then […]
I’ve been scooped! Scooped, I say! Scooped! There’s been a lot of time travel going on these days. Literature, television, movies, you name it. Time travel is in. So on Goodreads the other day Molly O’Neill and I had a comment-based discussion talking about the books you’d love to go back in time and give […]
Betsy Bird, May 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
The good people of Henry Holt Books for Young Readers are part of Macmillan. Like all publishers, they have to deal with upsets in the industry and not knowing where they’ll end up next. They do have one distinct advantage over their competitors, however. One element to their average day that they could lord over […]
Betsy Bird, May 9, 2009 | Fusenews
I rarely do write-ups of events that happen within my own library. Not because I don’t think they aren’t splendid or anything. I just don’t think of it. Well last Saturday my library featured authors Kirsten Miller (Kiki Strike), Katherine Marsh (The Night Tourist) and Delia Sherman (Changeling) as well as some mighty fine reproductions […]
Betsy Bird, April 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
The weird thing about the publishers of New York City? I think that they are trying to kill me. I don’t have sufficient evidence to back up that claim quite yet, but examine what has occurred so far: – Little, Brown and Company has a Fall 2009/Winter 2010 librarian preview. – Not one week later, […]
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