The Yarn
June 8, 2017 by Betsy Bird
To Do in 2017: Get The Winged Girl of Knossos back in print Watch America finally come to grips with the true glory that is Frances Hardinge Get America to now appreciate Monster Blood Tattoo . . . That’s the nice thing about a To Do list. You can always find something new to put […]
November 15, 2010 by Betsy Bird
Factotum By D.M. Cornish G.P. Putnam’s Sons (a division of Penguin) $19.99 ISBN: 978-0-399-24640-1 Ages 10 and up On shelves now I don’t read novels for young adults. This is out of necessity as a children’s librarian more than any personal animosity towards the genre. With all the great middle grade fiction out there who […]
August 4, 2010 by Betsy Bird
A night ago I had a dream that I was at the 826NYC Bingo Night and I forgot to take pictures or blog the event. The shame of it all! Boy, you know I won’t make that mistake this Saturday. And SPEAKING of this Saturday, are you guys aware that you rock, and rock hard? […]
April 26, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Monster Blood Tattoo – Book One: Foundling By D.M. Cornish G.P. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin imprint) $18.99 ISBN: 0-399-24638-X Ages 11 and up On shelves now By this point I think the nation’s readers of children’s fantasy novels have hit a kind of boredom plateau. You get a new fantasy on your desk and you have […]
Teen Librarian Toolbox
by Amanda MacGregor
Heavy Medal
by Emily Mroczek-Bayci
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