MORE POSTS FROM JANUARY 2010
For the first Cover Controversy of 2010, we’ve got a pair of titles that match up more than most. It’s almost… controversial. Let’s have a gander at the first cover: Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children’s Literature by Leonard S. Marcus. What’s that, you say? Not a children’s book? Oh, […]
While I could try to convince you otherwise, this post is really the equivalent of a cute cat video. So, without any further beating around the bush, click here to see cakes based on kids books (via Cake Wrecks, a site that is pretty funny if you take a look at some of the posts).
As a school librarian, few things bum me out more than when a great book is passed over because of an unappealing cover. It’s unfortunate is what it is. In these pages, I’ve brought a few of these good book/bad cover cases up for discussion in the past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, […]
To the bold men and women who decided to Lion Themselves, you’ve entered an exclusive club. Few can say that they consort with the likes of George Washington Lion and Kevin Feder-lion. Interested in declaring your support for The Lion & the Mouse as the Caldecott awards approach? Bored? Click here to give it a […]
Whether to show your support for Jerry Pinkney’s The Lion & the Mouse as the Caldecott awards approach, or just for fun, I encourage you to Lion Yourself. Take a look at these famous people who decided to give it a try: George Washington Lion Kevin Feder-lion There are two ways to do it: Method […]
SCIESZKA BODY DOUBLE OUT OF WORK; KATHERINE PATERSON NAMED NEW CHILDREN’S LIT AMBASSADOR A wonderful choice. Read all about Paterson in this New York Times feature. And did you miss A Year of Reading’s tribute to our outgoing Ambassador? Click here read. KIRKUS IS DEAD; LONG LIVE KIRKUS Looks like the literary review journal may […]
I’m convinced that there is no better person with whom to shoot the Caldecott breeze than Ed Spicer. A first grade teacher, a member of the 2009 Caldecott committee, and a passionate supporter of the written word, Ed can talk books with the best of them. The fact that he has no qualms sharing his […]
In honor of his soon-to-be-completed run as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, the wonderful children’s lit blog A Year of Reading is hosting a celebration for Jon Scieszka. Click here to partake in the festivities. Our new Ambassador will be named tomorrow, January 5, 2010.
“But it’s 2010” you say? “You’re still on break from school, how did you get the picture?”, you ask? Here is my response to each of these comments: 1. Let’s just not worry about the slightly late posting. 2. In a moment of thinking ahead, I snapped the pictures before winter break began at my […]
Is that a conch shell I hear? Indeed, the alarm has been sounded. Finalists have been announced for the 2009 Cybils awards, and there are good books to be perused in nearly every conceivable children’s/YA literature category. I was among the judges for the Fiction Picture Book wing of the awards this year, and it’s […]
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