Heavy Medal
June 27, 2013 by Travis Jonker
How do you prevent being eaten whole by a monster? PBS has a video series called Blank on Blank with a mission to “curate and transform journalists’ unheard interviews with icons, bringing them to life on radio, mobile apps, YouTube, and beyond.” They recently gave the video treatment to a 2009 Newsweek interview with Maurice […]
June 26, 2013 by Travis Jonker
TAKING A BACKSEAT TO NO BOOK LIST The fine folks at the NPR Backseat Book Club are sounding the alarm (or, more likely given the NPR affiliation, sounding the mellow jazz interlude) for the best children’s books of all time. The “ultimate kids bookshelf” for ages 9-14. You’ve got your favorites – click here to […]
June 25, 2013 by Travis Jonker
What’s this? Better open it… American Library Association Annual Conference here I come! This one has the makings of the best ever for the following reasons. 1. It’s close to home. A mere hop and skip around Lake Michigan for me. 2. There will be Nerds. A large contingent of Michigan Nerdy Book Club blog […]
June 24, 2013 by Travis Jonker
Tomi Ungerer documentary Far Out Isn’t Far Enough is billed as “One man’s wild, lifelong adventure of testing society’s boundaries through his subversive art”. Based on the first line in this trailer I’d say … pretty accurate. A film about the life and times of a children’s literature legend that isn’t for children. Click the image […]
June 20, 2013 by Travis Jonker
Due to summer, 100 Scope Notes will be up on the shelf until Monday – see you back here then.
June 20, 2013 by Travis Jonker
Roll the drums… The winners of the Great Summer Graphic Novel Giveaway are: The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers goes to murphyj Bluffton: My Summer with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan is awarded to Dana J. ChickenHare by Chris Grine is bestowed upon Lauralou92 Tommysaurus Rex by Doug Tennapel will soon be sent to slowah […]
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June 19, 2013 by Travis Jonker
It’s fire sale time here at the 100 Scope Notes Graphic Novel Barn – everything 100% off!! Fill out the form to win your choice of the books below. But you gotta enter by 11:59 p.m. EST tonight (that’s June 19) to be eligible. Winners will be announced tomorrow. Best of luck! The Big Wet […]
June 16, 2013 by Travis Jonker
June is the time of year when the Mock Newbery favorites on Goodreads start taking shape. Let’s pull up the top five, and you can click here to see the entire list. While it’s far from a lock, the Goodreads list can be a good indicator of books that might end up in the Newbery discussion. […]
June 14, 2013 by Travis Jonker
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? I came to this book with a relatively open mind, but I must say, this book wastes ink–literally. The pages are all framed with black, and at the end of each chapter, there is a blank, black page. The […]
June 11, 2013 by Travis Jonker
SAVE THE SCHOOL LIBRARY What to do when school library funding dries up? How about a fundraiser auction featuring original artwork from some of the best illustrators children’s literature has to offer? This is exactly what New York’s P.S. 363 (A.K.A. The Neighborhood School) is doing. Godspeed. Click here to check out the auction WHERE’S […]
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