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Tag: Raul Colon

July 15, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Tomás and the Library Lady by Pat Mora, ill. Raúl Colón

In the pantheon of heroic librarian books, where does this particular book fall out?

February 6, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Cover Reveal: Miguel’s Brave Knight by Margarita Engle, ill. Raul Colon

When I worked in the Donnell Central Children’s Room I got used to handling all kinds of interesting reference requests.  One that I got frequently was parents looking for child-friendly versions of Don Quixote.  The pickings were, to say the least, slim.  There was Eric A. Kimmel’s Don Quixote and the Windmills and one other […]

April 8, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Happy Easter!

Normally I don’t advertise author/illustrator contests and challenges but this one has something I like.  Namely, Rube Goldberg machines.  Actually, I also happen to like Lisa Graff.  And I happen to like her new book which I finished yesterday and includes the aforementioned Rube Goldberg thing.  The first to ever appear in a children’s book?  […]

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Review of the Day – Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

November 4, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina By Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Illustrated by Raul Colon Marshall Cavendish $19.99 ISBN: 978-0-7614-5562-2 Ages 8-11 On shelves now When I was a kid I took a fair amount of ballet. I liked it. Kept me on my toes (yuk yuk yuk). I retain fond memories of that time in my life, […]

Children’s Illustrators and The New Yorker

July 28, 2011 by Betsy Bird

My husband Matt pairs well with me for a number of reasons.  Amongst them is our mutual inclination to collect things we love.  As such, Matt has systematically been holding onto all his issues of The New Yorker ever since he got his subscription in college.  Over the years these issues have piled up piled […]

Fusenews: Hunting the snark

March 9, 2011 by Betsy Bird

After posting a video from the episode of Community where Troy meets his hero LeVar Burton I got a penchant for a little Reading Rainbow.  The universe, it appears, was happy to oblige.  First off you have a woman that I would love to meet one day.  If the name Twila Liggett fails to ring […]

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