In case you missed it, check out Part I here.
Last night Stephen Colbert concluded his highly entertaining interview with Maurice Sendak. This time the children’s lit legend gives his one sound review of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and even does a bit of drawing.
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Last night, The Colbert Report ran the first installment of a two part interview with Maurice Sendak. As you might expect, things get funny, especially when Colbert shares his idea for a Where the Wild Things Are sequel.
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NOW HERE’S A WRAP-UP
A Fuse #8 Production’s review of the 2012 Youth Media Awards (a name I really like but feel is destined to be followed by “…you know, the Newbery and Caldecott†when talking to non-children’s lit folks) is like waking up to find you have one last piece of birthday [...]
Extra Yarn
By Mac Barnett
Illustrated by Jon Klassen Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins)
ISBN: 9780061953385
$16.99
Grades K-2
In Stores
Find it at:
Schuler Books | Your Library
I’ve never knitted anything in my life. Not a [...]
The 2012 Youth Media Awards have been bestowed. Let’s chat about the categories that are nearest and dearest to me.
Newbery Medal: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Newbery Honor: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Newbery Honor: Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Who knew what [...]
Those Rebels, John & Tom
By Barbara Kerley
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545222686
$17.99
Grades 2-4
In Stores
Find it at:
Schuler Books | Your Library
The message is important, sure, but the [...]
A story problem:
As of today there are 90 Newbery-winning books. My plan is to give each one a new cover. This is my 40th Covering the Newbery post. How many more posts will I need to complete the project?
90-40=50 posts
Aw, man – I’m not even half way?! I better get crackin’.
The time has come to once again trot out my favorite Photoshop job ever…
Tomorrow (Monday, January 23 @ 7:45 CT) the biggest awards in children’s literature, including the Newbery and Caldecott will be announced in Dallas at the American Library Association Youth Media Awards. And you can watch it live via webcast. I’ll [...]
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems. In stores fall 2012.
Mo Willems has a problem. He keeps creating characters that readers want to hang out with over and over. With two series (Pigeon, Elephant & Piggie) currently going strong, seeing a book that doesn’t fall into one of those [...]
I believe it was the immortal Gary Wright who sang it best:
E-readers, I believe you can get me through the ni-hiiiiiiiight
We just rolled out an e-reader lending program in my school library and I plan to share the ups, downs, and what-to-look-out-fors along the way in these here [...]
The educated guess-a-thon leading up to the Caldecott Medal announcement is almost over, but be sure to take the reader poll results at Calling Caldecott into consideration when laying down large sums of money in Vegas this weekend. After all, the site was created to discuss possible Caldecott contenders. And hey, [...]
And Then It’s Spring
By Julie Fogliano
Illustrated by Erin E. Stead Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan)
ISBN: 9781596436244
$16.99
Grades PreK-2
In Stores Feb. 14, 2012
Find it at:
Schuler Books | Your Library
The funny thing [...]
Occasionally, you come across something that sort of defies description. The following video of “Christopher Walken” reading Where the Wild Things Are is one of these occasions. He (and by he, I mean some dude who does a mean Walken impression) reads the text, sure, but his descriptions of the pictures are where the [...]
Shhh! Our first cover curiosity of the new year is a rare picture book/chapter book pairing. We must be very quiet, or we’ll scare them away.
First up…
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
And to complete the pair…
The Magic Brush by Kat Yeh, illustrated by Huy Voun Lee
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