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August 12, 2015 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: And the tree was moderately amused

Here’s your SAT question for the day: “Making fun of The Giving Tree in a parody is to shooting fish in a barrel as . . .” You may put your response in the comments below. I’ve lived long enough to feel that I’ve seen every possible Giving Tree parody man or woman could imagine. […]

March 4, 2015 by Betsy Bird

What Are the Best Literary Apps Available Today?

The question came to me and I admit I was a bit stumped at first. A colleague was looking for recommendations of the best literary apps for kids. Put another way, apps with a distinct tie-in to specific children’s books. So I thought about it. I’ve toyed about with several apps for years. I could […]

February 23, 2015 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Starring the World’s Creepiest Cat in the Hat!

Here in New York we’re getting very excited. The 90-Second Film Festival is coming!! And soon too! Here’s a PW interview with James Kennedy about the festival and for those of you in the NYC area you can see it at NYPL on Saturday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m. In fact, now that I think […]

Fusenews: Of talking tigers and square penguins

June 10, 2014 by Betsy Bird

So the big news this week was that a writer at Slate decided that now was an ideal time to take a potshot at adults reading young adult books. And, as you might expect, everyone got quite hot under the collar about it. To arms! To arms! Considering that this sort of thing happens pretty […]

iPad Use and Babies: Throwing a Wrench in the Works

March 28, 2014 by Betsy Bird

I think we all uttered a collective scream as one when news of this particular Fisher Price toy came to our attention this holiday season past: It’s called the Newborn-to-Toddler Apptivity Seat and out of curiosity I wondered if it was still on the market. Indeed it is, and the comments on Amazon make for […]

Fusenews: Just your average everyday “New York Public Library girl materials dilettante”

July 5, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Okay! So I’m a little out of practice when it comes to these news items and looking at some of the stuff I’ve accumulated in the last month, a good swath of it is out of date. Here’s what I have that’s current then. Not long ago the good people at the Women’s National Book […]

Fusenews: My proverbial hat tastes like flan

March 16, 2012 by Betsy Bird

I was going to spend a lot of time on this Fusenews. Then I picked up Doug TenNapel’s Cardboard and lost most of my evening in the process. So it goes. I really am going to have to be brief today. To sum up: The Battle of the (Kids’) Books rages on in earnest! Wish […]

Fusenews: Like you for always shudder

December 8, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Actually, that little icon here is a touch misleading, but I took it since it talks about our first news item of the day. This l’il here ole blog got itself nominated for an Edublog Award, which is mighty nice. SLJ wrote an article about me and my fellow nominees, Joyce Valenza’s NeverEndingSearch, Karyn Silverman […]

Fusenews: “Don’t Let the Pigeon Die Alone”

November 18, 2011 by Betsy Bird

I hope you all took the time to notice the magnificent One Shot World Tour: City Living conducted by any number of our best bloggers in the biz. I had every intention of participating and then lost my head. Fortunately there are folks out there far more reliable than myself for this kind of thing. […]

Video Sunday: A hat on top of a hat on top of a dot

October 9, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Good old Black Cauldron. So glad to see the Boogie Woogie Kids trying their hand at synthesizing it into its most essential parts. By the way, is it just me or do other people always hear Gurgi’s voice as that of Grover from Sesame Street? Big time thanks to Aaron Zenz for this link. Oh, […]