Tag: The Brown Bookshelf

November 26, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Some remedies are worse than the disease itself

Happy day after the day after Thanksgiving. Today I’m going to start you off on serious news story and that will pretty much set the tone for the day. I live in Evanston, IL. It’s home to Northwestern University and like a lot of college towns it’s a pretty liberal place. We sit just […]

February 4, 2013 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Aw, pfui

It is WAY too late in the day for me to be only starting a Fusenews post now. All right, guys. Looks like we’re gonna have to do today double quick time. Sorry, but I’ve a ticking time bomb in the other room (sometimes also known as “my daughter”) and I gotsta gets to bed […]

February 10, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: In which I cram in a whole mess of resources just for the heck of it

Two authors of children’s books passed away recently, one on the American side of the equation and one across the sea in Britain. For the Yanks, Bill Wallace has been on our shelves for any number of years. You can read a lovely SLJ obituary for him here. As for the other person, that would […]