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Unexpected Jolts of Children’s Literature: Now Extra Jolty!
Today we consider the books written for adults that have some sort of link, however tangential, to children's literature.
Unexpected Jolts of Children’s Literature
Periodically I will notice, note, and eventually post about books for adults that have some tangential (or even overt) relationship to children's literature. Today's the day!
Fusenews: Though I See The Pigeon as More of a King George Type
Here’s the thing about Minh Lê. He doesn’t blog terribly often, but when it does it just sort of explodes like an atom bomb on the scene. His Hamilton starring Elephant and Piggie . . . sheer brilliance. I’m just mad I didn’t think of it myself (not that I could ever have paired the […]
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Fusenews: Reader’s Advisory – Not Just for Librarians Anymore
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Top 100 Children's Novels #5: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
#5 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1950) 204 points The book that made me a reader, by a writer whose pure enthusiasm for life and story carries you on a lion’s back through the best of adventures. – Susan Van Metre I remember at my vast old age in 7th […]
Video Sunday: Hey, you like Turkish Delight as much as I do
Oh, wow. Just . . . wow. Some of you may already be aware of the Boogie Woogie blog, run by author/illustrator Aaron Zenz and his three kids. The fact that it may be the best blog out there in which kids participate in the discussion of children’s literature is evidenced by nothing so much […]
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