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Happy Book Birthday, Long Road to the Circus (now with crafts!)
It's the book birthday of LONG ROAD TO THE CIRCUS! Come for the info, stay for the crazy craft my librarians cooked up for this book.
Press Release Fun: Children and Authors To Collaborate on The Story Seeds Podcast, Launching this Fall
The independent and award-winning children’s media studio, Literary Safari, will launch The Story Seeds™ Podcast this fall, matching children ages 7-12 with best-selling, diverse authors who grow original stories inspired by kids’ story ideas.
Happy Book Birthday, Great Santa Stakeout!
Folks, I like self-promotion just about as much as I like yanking hanks of hair out of my head. But look, I can promote a book a lot better when I have someone as magnificent as Dan Santat in my corner. Today, I am pleased as punch to announce the publication of my brand spanking new picture book THE GREAT SANTA STAKEOUT! Is it too early for Christmas?
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Fusenews: Giant Dance Party Changes Nothing
Shhh! I’m busy prepping for my daughter’s birthday so I really shouldn’t be blogging. My hands, however, are firmly tied. How can I help but blog when there’s so much interesting information out there these days? Check out some of these crazy cool links I found recently. If you know me then you know I […]
Fusenews: Eat Your Heart Out, “Awful Library Books”
As a librarian I know that reading aloud to children is necessary for their growth and development. And I know that periodically new parents that happen to be writers in other fields will come to children’s books through their offspring and suddenly be overwhelmed with the importance of reading. In cases such as these they […]
Fusenews: Blue Oxen, Irish Accents, and an Iron Curtain Oz
Science Alert, people. New Study Shows It Does Matter Which Books You Read to Your Baby: Not all stories are equal when it comes to development. Naturally I read that and immediately wanted a listing of books that were good for babies. It’s not that kind of article (dang) thought it does namecheck those old […]
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Fusenews: The Owl Who Gives No Hoots
Good morning to you. While I’m off traipsing about the Illinois Library Association conference in bee-auteous Tinley, IL, why don’t you settle down for an informal smattering of Fusenews. Good for what ails ya. ok, let’s talk about Dr. Seuss says Grace Lin. Ms. Lin faced the full wrath of the masses when she […]
Fusenews: Because it’s not like you can just buy a mitochondria dress anywhere
Yesterday was spent at the New England SCBWI Conference in Springfield, Mass. Today is being spent moving all my stuff across the street into my brand new home. As will tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. And the day . . . you get the picture. To combat this incessant […]
Video Sunday: “It has to be perfect”
This past Monday I had the honor of being Illinois State University’s 2017 Lois Lenski Lecturer, following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Leonard Marcus, Phil Nel, and many others. Intimidating, to say the least. The campus news team was on hand to film it. Sometimes when I am filmed, I like to watch […]
Fusenews: Quoth Walter Cronkite – “Eloise has been kidnapped”
I’m quick and slick and blogging like a . . . like a . . . like a woman who can’t come up with a third rhyme! Doggone it . . . Look at this guy with this book doing his business like it ain’t no thing. You go, man, go! If you’ve […]
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