100 Scope Notes
Betsy Bird, May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Unlike some publishing companies, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers is new to the Librarian Preview game. So last Tuesday the employees got together, pooled their knowledge and resources, and delivered a new kind of preview for the good people of NYC. You can hold a librarian preview in your company’s building. You can hold […]
Tadpole Rex By Kurt Cyrus Harcourt $16.00 ISBN: 978-0-15-205990-3 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Rhyming’s not easy. It’s not everyone in the world that can pull it off either. In fact, there have been so many picture books that rhyme and rhyme poorly that it has infected me. Now whenever I pick up a picture […]
Betsy Bird, March 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
When you think of Canada you may conjure up images of lumberjacks, snow, maple syrup, snow, odd French accents, snow, and McDonalds meals that serve gravy on their fries. When I think of Canada? I think of monsters with sweet dispositions. Yet that is EXACTLY what came to mind when I decided to interview my […]
Betsy Bird, March 17, 2008 | Fusenews
Top of the morning to ye, lads and lassies. Right. Enough of that. My Irish brogue is rivaled only in sheer unlistenableness by my Indiana twang. But today is St. Paddy’s day and my Irish blood is up. Not that I have many links for you to reflect the day at hand, but that’s not […]
Betsy Bird, January 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Colleen Mondor of the blog Chasing Ray had a good idea. She thought it might be nice if some bloggers posted a list of titles that they’re really looking forward to reading in the coming months. I know I have a couple items on my plate that I’m keeping an eye peeled for. So here […]
Betsy Bird, December 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
Good morning, everyone. I am Elizabeth Bird . . . . . . and I am the mysterious little Fuseman sent to Betsy on her last birthday. We’re here to do some commentary on the third and final Robert’s Snow snowflake auction so you’ll have to forgive the small font. It was the only way […]
Betsy Bird, November 26, 2007 | Uncategorized
And things were going so well. This week I got my informational packet from the good people running the SCBWI Conference in Seattle. Their 17th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children Conference is happening this coming April and I will be speaking three (count ’em) THREE times at one hour apiece. So I glanced at […]
Betsy Bird, November 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
Well I was going to begin this week with a truly lovely trailer for Cornelia Funke’s movie Inkheart. After all, both Educating Alice and Bookmoot linked to it on their blogs this week. Yet when I tried to locate the YouTube video I was informed that New Line Cinema had removed it. What gives? Well […]
Betsy Bird, October 4, 2007 | Reviews
Ryan Heshka’s ABC Spookshow By Ryan Heshka Simply Read Books $12.95 Ages 6 and up ISBN: 978-1894965682 On shelves now Though it’s not a blogtour or anything, a couple bloggers have put together a little pre-Halloween scaryness that they’re calling, "Bradbury Season." I love me my Bradbury, but I figured I do something more with […]
Betsy Bird, September 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
You can live a long time in New York City and never know about rather large, rather important, rather influential literary organizations until they pop up in front of your nose. So it was that had you said the words, "PEN American Center" or "PEN Children’s Book Committee" to me roughly one week ago I […]
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