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Tag: Rube Goldberg

October 24, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Hello, Ms. Champeen!

We start with the Me Stuff, and then it’s all downhill from there, as they say.   First up, I’m slated to be in NYC this weekend! *enter noisemaker sound here*  Yup! It’s Bookfest time at the Bank Street College of Education and this guy is gonna lead a discussion on humor with Jon Scieszka, […]

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?  […]

May 1, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: “And to prove it she bisected three young tourists from Utrecht”

Can’t tell you my relief when I realized that this was entirely on-topic.  I have Educating Alice to thank for this.  I listened to the video first and found myself thinking, “That sounds like Neil Gaiman.”  And then, “That singing voice sounds, in fact, PRECISELY like Neil Gaiman.”  Well, it is.  The creator of this […]

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