Wizard of Oz

Tag: Wizard of Oz

August 20, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Video Sunday: Don’t feed the plants

Happy Day Before the Eclipse! We’ve a couple interesting videos to peruse today, so take your pick! First off, two recent ones from the live feed show I do with the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop. The first is a bit of an aberration since it involves me being interviewed, not the other way around. The lure? […]

April 28, 2014 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Never Forget

Morning, folks! I do believe my comments feature is busted at the moment, so please don’t be alarmed if you can’t get anything to go through. It’s frustrating for me as well. Feels like an echo chamber in here. Hm. Well, as you may have heard, A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy will […]

August 30, 2013 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Like a common peasant

They say that there are more children’s book authors and illustrators in Brooklyn than any other city in the nation. How appropriate then that they should be the ones behind the inaugural Atlantic Avenue Children’s Literature Contest. The rules are simple: If you have never written a published children’s book then you are eligible. You […]

Fusenews: Grumble fish

November 30, 2012 by Betsy Bird

“Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.” That would be an old line from a TV column in the Marin Independent Journal by one Rick Polito describing the film The Wizard of Oz. My brother-in-law Steve brought it […]

Fusenews: She could be Fuse #8.1

October 12, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Okey-doke. So today we begin with an addendum. I believe that it was not long ago that with the announcement of the new Printz Award blog Someday My Printz Will Come I mentioned its existence without acknowledging that there may have been another and previously existing Printz Award blog out there. Well slap my sides […]

Fusenews: Juggling pocket kittens

July 19, 2011 by Betsy Bird

Full credit to my co-writer Jules at Seven Impossible Things for bringing my attention to this rather awesome new site. Uncovered Cover Art calls itself a sketchbook of “reimagined children’s books”. What that means is that artists are encouraged to submit their own interpretations of children’s book jackets. The hope is that industry insiders would […]

Fusenews: Pretty pictures

November 27, 2010 by Betsy Bird

It can be hard defending my juvenile love of Archie comics as a kid, but I am a woman of many means. Now there’s a new magazine out there by the name of Veronica & Betty. First off, not Betty & Veronica but Veronica & Betty? Granted, there used to be a comic by the […]