Good Comics for Kids
July 31, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Let’s say you’re about to move. Clear across the country. Do you take your books? All your books? Even your copy of Trockle? Oh, that’s just me? Nick Bilton was faced with such a question as he packed up to move from New York to San Francisco. He wrote about it for the New York […]
July 28, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Substitute Creacher By Chris Gall Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316089159 $16.99 Grades 1-3 In Stores Kids are born to push boundaries. You need to know where the limits are if you’re always told to live inside of them, right? And so the push ensues – both at home and in the classroom. This eternal struggle has […]
July 27, 2011 by Travis Jonker
KIDLITCON: GO Although I (shamefully) have yet to attend, I’ve heard nothing but good (nay, great) things about this annual gathering of children’s/YA literature-minded folks. This year the convention is being held in Seattle and hosted by Colleen Mondor (Chasing Ray) and Jackie Parker (Interactiver Reader). Bloggers, authors, librarians, and people interested in kid’s books should […]
July 26, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Okay for Now By Gary D. Schmidt Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ISBN: 9780547152608 $16.99 Grades 6-8 In Stores *Best New Book* Here are the stats from this book: Memorable voices: one. The book is told from the perspective of eighth grader and devoted Joe Pepitone fan Doug Sweiteck, who moves with his family to […]
July 25, 2011 by Travis Jonker
Another Monday, another Newbery-winning book gets a makeover. 23 down (…calculating…), many to go. 1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes; illustrated by Lynd Ward Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: Justin Bieber haircut in the house!!! Click here to read previous Covering the Newbery posts (Source image: “Playing War†http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvjantzen/5466884293/)
July 24, 2011 by Travis Jonker
I’ve heard of public libraries doing away with the Dewey Decimal classification system in favor of a “bookstore model” of organizing titles, but never a school library. School Library Monthly blog highlights one elementary school that is giving it a go. Here are my thoughts on the matter… Pro: Patron: Where are all your paranormal […]
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July 20, 2011 by Travis Jonker
SOME ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN OTHERS I enjoyed checking out 7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature, particularly the excerpt from Advice for Little Girls by Mark Twain. Uh, I don’t think kids catch your drift, Mark. Click here to read. WIZARD ROCK: DEAD? I doubt it, but the band that started it […]
July 18, 2011 by Travis Jonker
In my quest to give every Newbery-winning book a new cover, I hit books that could really use an update (*cough* Invincible Louisa *cough*) and others that really have a good thing going. Today is the latter, with a nice cover illustration by Robert Lawson (he who illustrated Ferdinand the Bull, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, and […]
July 15, 2011 by Travis Jonker
The children’s lit world let out a collective “daaang” when word came out that Martin Scorsese was adapting Brian Selznicks Caldecott-winning The Invention of Hugo Cabret for the silver screen. Now the first trailer for the film has been released. While the mood (of this trailer at least) is a bit lighter than I expected, […]
July 15, 2011 by Travis Jonker
If (nay, when) they create a children’s literature Hall of Fame, Creepy Forest will be one of the first inductees in the category of Settings, right after Farm and before School. Before I get out of hand with this, let’s take a look at the latest pair of separated-at-birth covers. A big thank you to […]
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