MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2015
Women Who Broke the Rules: Mary Todd Lincoln By Kathleen Krull Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley Bloomsbury ISBN: 9780802738240 $16.99 Grades 2-5 Out December 1, 2015 Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Reanimating the dead is often more difficult than creating them out of thin air. Good biography brings life and makes the subject feel […]
It’s Throwback Thursday (#tbt), the day when children’s book characters remember the good old days by posting a picture on social media. Times have changed… Papa Berenstain Bear just posted this: Little Critter also got in on the fun: And Arthur has been all over social media lately (amid rumors of plastic surgery): (Images: The Big Honey […]
Only recently I’ve become privy to an entirely new world of children’s literature. The world of picture book parodies. Perhaps like you, I had been familiar some with the more mainstream parodies, like… Frankenstein Goodnight Goon …but there’s more. Way more. And some of them get pretty out there. So let’s have a look. Don’t […]
It’s the first day for most schools here in Michigan. My goal? Make a positive connection with every student. I do my best to do this every year, but I figured it aught to be my focus. What’s your 2015-16 School Year Goal?
In August… …I tried to predict the 2015 New York Times Best Illustrated Books list. Some of these have to make the cut, right? …we waited. Patience has become something of a 2015 theme. I made a cartoon to illustrate it. …I attempted to read the best selling book on Amazon. It didn’t go well.
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? Stealing is ok—-I think not! This is NOT a book to be shared with anyone other than the trash! How very sad the committee accepts and medals a thief! The insanity must stop somewhere. Click here for the answer. […]
Previously… ‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#1) ‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#2) ‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#3) ‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#4) ‘And You Shall Know Me by My Twitter Bio’ (#5) Sure you may know […]
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE VANITY FAIR Marc Tyler Nobleman is my kind of guy – always looking to have a good time on his blog. You remember last year when he had authors read their bad reviews, right? He’s back with an idea he adapted from Vanity Fair – The Proust Questionnaire. Over the next few days, […]
ADVERTISEMENT
Archives
ADVERTISEMENT
Author/Illustrator Blogs
Book Blogs I Like
- A Book and a Hug
- A Fuse #8 Production
- A Kids Book a Day
- A Year of Reading
- Abby (the) Librarian
- Awful Library Books
- Becky’s Book Reviews
- Better Book Titles
- Book-A-Day Almanac
- Bookends
- books4yourkids.com
- bookshelves of doom
- Bottom Shelf Books
- Calling Caldecott
- Caustic Cover Critic
- Chad C. Beckerman
- Charlotte’s Library
- Cheryl Rainfield
- Chicken Spaghetti
- CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATION
- Collecting Children’s Books
- Cybils
- EarlyWord
- educating alice
- Finding Wonderland
- For Those About to Mock
- Good Comics for Kids
- Good Show Sir
- GottaBook
- Great Kid Books
- Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog
- Hi Miss Julie!
- Jen Robinson’s Book Page
- Kidsmomo
- Maria T. Middleton Design
- Nerdy Book Club
- Neverending Search
- Nine Kinds of Pie
- One Book, Two Books, Old Books, New Books
- Out of the Box
- Oz and Ends
- PlanetEsme
- Read Roger
- Reading Rants!
- Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- sharpread
- ShelfTalker
- so tomorrow
- The Children's Book Review
- The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Uncovered Cover Art
- Waking Brain Cells
- Watch. Connect. Read.