Morning Notes: Glorious Edition

ALICE PROVENSEN 1918-2018

Sad news. Legendary illustrator and Caldecott Medalist Alice Provensen passed away. The Glorious Flight is one of my favorites. Click here to read her obit at Publishers Weekly.

WHAT A WEEK

It’s Children’s Book Week, y’all (and with that “y’all”, I’ve met my “y’all” quota for the year – see you again in 2019). Celebrate this thing! Click here for celebration support.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX?

Amazon is starting up Prime Book Box Kids. Pay a set rate, and Amazon will send you a box of curated books. Say it with me: noooooooooooo

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales (September 4, 2018)

Yuyi Morales’s next book (and her first with the new Neal Porter imprint at Holiday House) looks nice.

Have you read The Weirdest Children’s Book of All Time? I haven’t. But now I really want to. Click here to see what it is.

The Children's Books That Inspired Designers https://t.co/UARvtLzo1I via @ArchDigest

— Anita Silvey (@anitasilvey) May 2, 2018

Dang, have you been over to Storyline Online lately? They’ve really upped their game since I was last there.

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