Tag: ethical dilemmas

March 10, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Children’s Literary Salon: Ethics in Nonfiction

You know what the kids today are into? Ethics. Specifically, ethics in nonfiction. Could anything be more fun? Actually, no. At least, not the way I play it. As you may know I’ve started my Children’s Literary Salon series here in Evanston, IL and as luck would have it there are a slew of talented […]

July 19, 2010 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Fun with Doppelgangers

All right. Time to bring the smackdown on my Brooklyn colleagues. Um . . . okay, I got one. *ahem* Uh, hey, Brooklyn! Yeah, you! The one across the river! Your libraries are so rodent infested you’ve got raccoons in your main branch! Aw, I’m just messing with ya, Brooklyn. Don’t think of it as […]