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Tag: M.T. Anderson
Elf Dog LaRue: A Guest Post by M.T. Anderson
Today M.T. Anderson discusses why it is that pet books are both a genre that’s often trivialized or dismissed, and a genre that may contain some of the most important writing there is.
Video Premiere: The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
Last month I found myself overwhelmed. Overwhelmed, that is, with an incredible desire to review a book a full four months before its publication date. This is not an unheard of action on my part, but I do try to avoid talking up books too far in advance of their releases. Sometimes, though, when the […]
Review of the Day: The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge By M.T. Anderson Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin Candlewick Press $24.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-9822-5 Ages 10 and up On shelves September 25th In my job I read a lot of books written for kids and middle schoolers. To guide this reading I take into account a lot of professional reviews from sources […]
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Walking and Talking with . . . M.T. Anderson!
There were many fine and fantastic works of nonfiction for older children and teens in 2015. One such book won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Award while another won an Honor. Now those two authors chat about the process of creating narrative nonfiction. We’ve featured a fair number of Walking and Talking chats […]
Video Interview: M.T. Anderson and the Symphony for the City of the Dead
What you learn in this life of children’s librarianship is that there is an exception to every rule. For example, normally I do not indulge in video interviews outside of my Fuse #8 TV ones. And normally I do not care diddly over squat for anything directed towards a young adult audience. But Mr. M.T. […]
Video Sunday: Always comes too late, but Friday never hesitates
The chance to see M.T. Anderson speak at length on any topic should be celebrated in and of itself. But to see him speak on the topic Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children’s Literature (just this past November 7th) is the icing on the cake. As you may remember I’ve a book […]
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Fusenews: Croquet and Pentanque (together at last)
Maybe half a year ago I mentioned that Ms. Lucy Knisley had created a cartoon poster for the first four Harry Potter books. Now with the final Potter movie coming out, the posters are at long last complete. They follow the plots of the books, not the films, but the look of the characters can […]
Review of the Day: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales By Chris Van Allsburg and more Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $24.99 ISBN: 978-0547548104 Ages 9-12 On shelves October 25, 2011 Chris Van Allsburg has always been the Rod Serling of the children’s literary world. Of that there can be no question. With no other author, […]
Video Sunday: “And barbarian lords with feathered hair . . . from Delaware!”
Ah. Sweet screen capture. Only you could give me the chance to get just the right angle on this video of M.T. Anderson singing (YES, singing!) his Delaware song. And truth be told, the man does a lovely acapella rendition of the ode. The only thing that could make it even more complete would be […]
Video Sunday: “So I like to think that I killed him.”
Consider the book trailer not just as an advertisement for a book, but as a short film in and of itself. When we consider the future of online book advertising, we may notice that films for books are becoming longer and better constructed than those of the past. This video starring M.T. Anderson is no […]
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