
Heavy Medal
March 22, 2015 by Betsy Bird
Morning, folks. We’re beginning this Sunday morn with stuff that’s good for the soul. How often have you said to yourself, “I’d love to own some original art from illustrator Matthew Cordell but I’m too busy spending all my cash on children’s literacy foundations”? Well, fear not! Now you can do both. In celebration of […]
May 31, 2014 by Betsy Bird
Honestly, I don’t quite know why I even bother doing Fusenews posts on Saturdays. As you might suspect, my readership dips considerably when the weekends hit, but an old Fusenews post is like a week old fish. Time does it no favors. As such, I shall cut through my seething envy of everyone at BookExpo […]
June 14, 2012 by Betsy Bird
#18 A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead (2010) 71 points Too soon to appear? I think not. Amos and his friends feel as if they have been with us forever, as they will be. Also because the penguin’s red socks are just so irresistible. – DaNae Leu […]
April 24, 2011 by Betsy Bird
My thinking on the matter is that if you can’t have baby rabbits in cups on Easter then when the heck can you have them? Thanks to mom for the link. So! It’s yet another on and off cloudy day here in NYC, but we’re heartened by the rise in temperatures from windy cold to […]
April 7, 2010 by Betsy Bird
A Sick Day for Amos McGee By Philip C. Stead Illustrated by Erin E. Stead A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-402-8 On shelves now Ages 4-8 Sometimes children’s book reviewers bandy about the term “classic” like it was some kind of verbal shuttlecock. There’s nothing that raises the savvy readers’ eyebrows […]
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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