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A Dog is a Dog By Stephen Shaskan Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811878968 $14.99 Grades Prek-2 In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library *Note* If you’re reading this in an RSS reader, click here to see the review. Watch the A Dog is a Dog book trailer: Read an interview with Stephen Shaskan [...]
PW SAYS ‘THESE ARE THE BEST’ The best books lists continue to trickle in. The latest entry is from Publishers Weekly. Notable admission: Press Here in the house! Notable omissions: Okay for Now nowhere to be found. Click here to read. AMAZON SAYS ‘TAKE A LOOK AT THESE’ Not to be outdone, Amazon also published [...]
Tell Me the Day Backwards By Albert Lamb Illustrated by David McPhail Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763650551 $15.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Q: How many children’s books revolve around hibernation? A: How many children’s books contain bears? Yes, the topic of hibernation is a children’ [...]
1954: …And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: Hmmm. A bit plain? Up next week: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong Click here to read previous Covering the Newbery posts.
If you’re interested in checking out some of the books that might be in the running for this year’s Caldecott race, get yourself over to the ACPL Mock Caldecott blog. They recently posted their second shortlist of titles to consider. Is the eventual winner on one of these lists? My Magic Library 8 Ballâ„¢ says [...]
Thanks to the always-up-on-things EarlyWord, I know that there’s a trailer for the upcoming Lorax animated film: A couple what have yous… I’m kinda digging the soundtrack – it’s a pretty unusual pick: Light and Day by the Polyphonic Spree. It seems to fit. Is it just me, or are the human characters here stretching [...]
Let the “Best of 2011″ listing commence! The New York Times just released their annual Best Illustrated Children’s Books list and I can’t help but give a small, discreet fist pump in reaction to some of their picks. First, let’s take a look at the books: A nice list. We have some you might have [...]
This week at Katie Davis’ Brain Burps About Books podcasty cast, I review Blackout by John Rocco by invoking my most memorable movie-going experience (hint: Batman is involved). Katie also talks Picture Book Month with Diane de Las Casas, among other spry children’s lit folks. Click here to listen. Click here to subscribe via iTunes.
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick By Chris Van Allsburg and various authors Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780547548104 $24.99 Grades 5 and Up In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Hype can be a bugger. Any time you get a slew of well-known authors together on a project, expectations are going to be high. [...]
IT’S PICTURE BOOK MONTH November is Picture Book Month. What’s that? You were unaware? No biggie – the idea is brand spanking new and conceived by a cast of children’s lit folks (including Diane de Las Casas and Katie Davis). Click here to visit the Picture Book Month website and show your support. BEWARE THE [...]
Submissions for the 100 Scope Notes Post Contest have been coming in – you’re not going to make it easy for me to choose, are you? You have until the clock strikes midnight on Friday, November 4 to email me your post idea (scopenotes (at) gmail (dot) com). The winner will have their words run [...]
An upcoming cover for The Graveyard Book (the edition aimed at the adult market), has no Newbery seal. Completely gone. Not even a mention. Publishers Weekly recently ran a interesting article about this decision. My first reaction? It’s like the Collecting Children’s Books April Fools post from a couple years ago came true. Here are [...]
Drawing from Memory By Allen Say Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780545176866 $17.99 Grades 5 and Up In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Can anyone tell their life story like an illustrator? The ability to use artwork as well as words adds a storytelling facet and element of interest that [...]
Every Monday I take a crack at recoverifying a Newbery-winner. Today we look at a book that is more famous for the title it beat out for Newbery (a little story called Charlotte’s Web) than for winning itself… 1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: [...]
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