Politics in Practice
October 7, 2016 by Betsy Bird
Sweet little Friday is upon us. Let us celebrate the rapid approach of the weekend with ridiculousness. And that particular item I have in spades. First off, I’m so pleased and proud and delighted to inform you that my husband of the Cockeyed Caravan blog has written a book. And what a book! Published […]
October 25, 2015 by Betsy Bird
Woot! I’ve scraped and saved and slavered and after a couple weeks have culled together enough videos to constitute a truly lovely Video Sunday. And since Halloween is near upon us (a holiday I will, strangely enough, be spending at an outside wedding in Maine) why not begin with the king of frightening children’s literature […]
October 28, 2013 by Betsy Bird
I have a sister. Did you know that? Tis true. She’s not a librarian and her interest in children’s literature pretty much begins and ends with me, which is probably why she hasn’t come up before. One thing she is? Crafty. Crafty as all get out. And the kicker is that she’s just started this […]
August 8, 2013 by Betsy Bird
Required Reading of the Day: Roger Sutton already told you to read it, and now I’m backing him up. If you have not cast thine eyes upon Christopher Myers’s piece Young Dreamers in which he talks about the Trayvon Martin decision as well as Christopher’s own role in the world of children’s literature and the […]
January 26, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Oh, you think the award season is done, old bean? Why we have only but BEGUN to hand out the 2011 awards! The Newberys, Caldecotts, and other ALA Media Awards are just the tip of the old iceberg. There are so many others to explore. For example, did you get a chance to really examine […]
May 29, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Yesterday you may have seen that I featured a Jon Klassen book of unparalleled beauty. After some prodding about on the series of tubes we call the internet I discovered that there are some small animations of his online. This is one of the coolest so many thanks to Viviane Schwartz for the link! I […]
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March 24, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Matt and I are continuing to prep for our upcoming trip to Bologna. So far I have been advised by my readers to eat a lot of gelato (done and done!) and to wear comfortable shoes. I think I can promise that . . . I think. Currently I’m having the heels on my favorite […]
Politics in Practice
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