A Fuse #8 Production
September 30, 2012 by Travis Jonker
If you enjoyed a children’s or young adult book this year, I say you nominate it for the seventh annual Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Awards (a.k.a., The Cybils). Nominations for the awards open at 12:00am on Monday, October 1. I’m reprising my role on the fiction picture book committee this year, so if you’ve […]
September 28, 2012 by Travis Jonker
The Illuminated Adventures of Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo. On shelves September 2013. A quick horizon scan with my brass monocular (little known fact – I captain a pirate ship on weekends) reveals a new book from Newbery-winning author Kate DiCamillo. Here’s what we know: It is fully illustrated. It’s touted as “genre-breaking”. It […]
September 27, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Eighty percent of success is showing up. – Woody Allen, US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 – ) Sometimes you make a grand entrance, and sometimes you just…enter. The first #holdshelf of of the year is in the latter category. We’ll save the fanfare for October – today, it’s just the nuts and bolts. […]
September 26, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Show me an author video and my eyebrows raise slightly. Show me an author video that’s professionally produced and they go up a bit higher. Show me six professionally produced author videos featuring the likes of Jeff Kinney, Mo Willems, and Doreen Cronin, and I begin to have eyebrow problems (because of all the raising). […]
September 25, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Oh, No! By Candace Fleming Illustrated by Eric Rohmann Schwartz & Wade (Random House) ISBN: 9780375842719 $17.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library It makes sense, doesn’t it? Pair a great author with a great illustrator and you get…something great? Indeed, Oh, No! is well crafted […]
September 24, 2012 by Travis Jonker
What is Covering the Newbery? 1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry Original Cover: My Re-do: Side by Side: Up next week: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (Source Image: “we did good” http://flic.kr/p/9ppwMW)
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September 21, 2012 by Travis Jonker
(Cover not available) Mr Wuffles! by David Wiesner. On shelves fall 2013. Few picture book creators elicit the level of awe three time Caldecott Medalist David Wiesner inspires. Hot off the presses, Publishers Weekly fills us in on Mr. Wiesner’s latest book, Mr. Wuffles!, coming out next fall. Two things that jumped out at me: […]
September 20, 2012 by Travis Jonker
Olive and the Big Secret By Tor Freeman Templar Books (Candlewick Press) ISBN: 9780763661496 $15.99 Grade K-2 In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Secrets. Little bits of information that can carry a ton of emotional weight. When we tell secrets, we are vulnerable – not a state humans tend to enjoy. […]
September 17, 2012 by Travis Jonker
What is Covering the Newbery? 1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant Original Cover: My Redo: Side by side: Verdict: Brighter! But, as has happened in the past, the new cover doesn’t give many hints about what’s inside. Up next week: The Giver by Lois Lowry (Source Image: “dear diary” http://flic.kr/p/8hzzkJ)
September 14, 2012 by Travis Jonker
One of the first things that comes to mind when I think of Maurice Sendak is that he cared – a lot. Every time out, he delivered a picture book that was unexpected or challenging – you gotta respect that. This attitude of always reaching for more pops up in this clip from a 1977 […]
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