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February 8, 2022 by Betsy Bird
Pull up for the latest stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! We're talking today with two of the people behind the Honor Book in the Young Adult Category, WHISTLE!
June 20, 2017 by Betsy Bird
Happy ALA Conference Week! Starting this Thursday or Friday or so the librarians will descend en masse upon our fair Chicago. To better prepare you please be so good as to check out Andrea Vaughn Johnson’s piece for the ALSC blog Chicagoland Mini-Tours for Book Lovers. That will fill in any gaps you might have […]
May 21, 2017 by Betsy Bird
Howdy! I’m neck deep in book promotion for old Funny Girl these days, but that doesn’t mean I can’t cut a little chunk of time out of my daily schedule to bring you a swath of some good old-fashioned videos for this Sunday morn. And what a swath it is! First up, a video that […]
June 27, 2013 by Betsy Bird
As you read this I am winging my way to Chicago, IL. Land of Great Lakes, windy winds, and hot dogs that carry unconscionable stigmas for logical edible combinations (ketchup ONLY works on hot dogs, people). Blogging, if my schedule is to be believed, is due to be a bit spotty for the next few […]
May 6, 2012 by Betsy Bird
There was no question in my mind which video to begin with today. I cannot help but think that meeting Quentin Blake must be akin to meeting Roald Dahl. The man is a living legend and this video is a true treasure. Would that every illustrator were half so thorough when discussing the preservation, creation, […]
January 29, 2012 by Betsy Bird
You just know a video is big when it has folks outside the usual children’s literary circles talking about it. Such was the case with the recent Colbert Report interview with Maurice Sendak. Somebody must have tipped off Stephen to the fact that Maurice would make for a brilliant interview. It’s pretty clear from the […]
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