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Tag: Edward Gorey

October 3, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide, ill. Edward Gorey

"I'm Benjamin Buttoning over here!" Halloween is almost here so we're getting into the spooky and who could be spookier than Edward Gorey?

January 17, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: All the news that’s fit to fuse

Boy, howdy. I haven't done a good old-fashioned Fusenews in a long time. How do these work again? I just sort of throw up the recent children's literature news from a variety of sources with comments of some sort? Honestly, I used to do these pieces fairly regularly. That is, until I realized that PW Children's Bookshelf basically had this game in the bag. They know what they're doing over there. Still, there are always some interesting tidbits that catch my eye. On beyond the usual suspects:

October 27, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Unexpected Jolts of Children’s Literature: Gashlycrumb Bums

It’s that time again! Time to peek over the shoulders of adult authors to see how what they’re plundering from the children’s literature world for their own books. You’d be surprised how often this kind of stuff comes up. Here’s the most recent batch of books with a toe in the kidlit pool.   Bucket’s […]

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Fusenews: “What’s the matter with kids today?” – with apologies to Bye, Bye, Birdie

May 21, 2014 by Betsy Bird

Giving birth!  All the kids are doing it these days.  And you know what giving birth means, right?  It means having a little extra time to blog and get my non-work related projects done.  Though, naturally, I wrote 50% of this post a day ago and then must have failed to save the darn thing.  […]

Video Sunday: Just Call Me Old Softy

April 22, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Okay, so I have to ask.  What is up with various members of The Decemberists and children’s literature these days?  First lead singer Colin Meloy writes a fantasy novel.  Now Jenny Conlee helps compose a score for a stage adaptation of Matt Phelan’s The Storm in the Barn playing at The Oregon Children’s Theater.  You’ve […]

Fusenews: Hotsy Totsy, Ducky, Spiffy, Etc.

September 10, 2011 by Betsy Bird

When I first became interested in children’s literature I decided that it would be a good idea to teach myself about all the old greats of the picture book world.  A good idea, but self-teaching is inherently limited.  As such, I’ve missed a lot of folks. For example, until now “Saul Bass” meant nothing to […]

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Fusenews: “The Hardy boys were tense with a realization of their peril.”

February 24, 2011 by Betsy Bird

So I’m reading through my weekly edition of AL Direct and I notice that no matter what worldwide occurrence takes place, librarians are always there. Whether it’s damage to two libraries in Egypt, stories from the librarians in Christchurch, New Zealand, or how the Wisconsin Library Association delayed Library Legislative Day due to the protests, […]

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