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The Busload of Books Takes Off: Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr Tell All
What does it take to rig up a home school bus and visit one Title 1-eligible school in every state so that you can give away 25,000 books in total? I talk with the folks behind The Busload of Books Tour.
Halloween Costumes with First Book: Go Big or Go Home
The idea for today’s post completely annihilated my original plan. In an early draft I was just going to gather together a variety of Halloween-appropriate links from over the past few years. For example, there’s this kooky post from a blog called The Haunted Closet (which is still running and fantastic) back in 2010 that […]
Fusenews: “You have no power over me”
Fast fast, like lightning, fast! It’s a Fusenews round-up of epic quickie proportions! First up, my buddy Warren Truitt used to work with me in the Central Children’s Room of New York Public Library. Then he moved to Alabama. He’s kept busy, since that time with a long-term personal project. This one man machine […]
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Fusenews: The bumps on the tongue just add insult to injury
Good morning, campers! Are we ironing out the last of the holiday season from our socks? Are we eyeing our decorations with a jaded eye? Well, wonderful news! 2016 is on the horizon and I bring you news of the peppy variety. Packed deep in snow, no less, since I appear to be living in […]
Fusenews: My Count Olaf’s more Vincent Price, but that’s neither here nor there
Oh, thank the high heavens. Good news, folks. The celebrities have arrived to show us how to write books with darker themes. Thank goodness they’re here! Until now the field of children’s literature was just an unending vista of sunshine and daisies. But thanks to the combined efforts of Evangeline Lilly (“I look around me […]
Fusenews: More rubbish, please!
You know what’s hot these days, topic-wise? Diversity! Or maybe just the lack thereof. Seems its all anyone can talk about this week. First the First Book blog reported that “at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting, hosted by President Bill Clinton, [they] announced First Book’s commitment to create a sustainable solution […]
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Fusenews: C is for Calligraphy. That’s Good Enough for Me.
Allo! BEA is now in full swing and always assuming I wasn’t crushed to death by today’s Family Feud game (it’s librarians vs. authors and I’m on Family Librarian) I’ll hopefully be seeing at least some of you on the conference floor in the next day or so. In the meantime, take a look at […]
Video Sunday: A Birthday for Mr. Schu!
First and foremost this glorious Video Sunday, I would like to offer a great big happy birthday to none other than the master of all things video related, Mr. Schu. You may know him as the fellow that took that most excellent children’s literary road trip across the States or who runs the web’s best […]
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