MORE POSTS FROM MARCH 2010
Poetry. Not really in my wheelhouse. I appreciate good poetry and applaud those who write it, but it’s not a genre that I feel very comfortable in. The other day, I came across a type of poetry I’d never seen. It isn’t written, but chosen and arranged using the titles of books. Check out the […]
The Guardians of Ga’Hoole is one of those sneakily popular series to which scores of kids are devoted. As is the accepted practice for popular children’s books, the powers that be are bringing it to the silver screen (with a little name change). The animation certainly looks nice.
Sure there’s a shiny new Tim Burton-directed Alice in Wonderland coming out tomorrow (March 5th), but I prefer to kick it with old school Alice. 19 aught three Alice. I don’t know what’s wilder – that they adapted Lewis Carroll’s classic to the silver screen over 100 years ago, or that you can watch it […]
I was planning on doing an On Hold @ the Library post last month, but when I went to check out the hold shelf at my school library and it was all Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Every last one. Telling you Jeff Kinney’s series is popular is like telling me I don’t have […]
WONKA CANDY LAUNCHES REAL-LIFE ‘GOLDEN TICKET’ CONTEST Sound the real headline siren! I’m already working on a personality flaw that will act as my downfall if I find a ticket. I’m thinking an over-reliance on prepackaged peanut butter crackers should suffice. Pop Candy has the lowdown. JOHN GRISHAM TO WRITE KID’S BOOKS; CHILDREN’S TOLERANCE OF […]
Cat the Cat, Who is THAT? By Mo Willems Balzer + Bray ISBN: 9780061728402 $10.99 Grades PreK-K In Stores Mo Willems appears to be incapable of creating a book that doesn’t delight readers. After slaying read-alouds with a string of picture book hits, Willems branched out to easy readers in 2007 with the Elephant and […]
What is an Unfortunate Cover? One part great/classic book, one part unappealing cover. Take a look at past Unfortunates: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13. Now, on to today’s cover. So where do you stand on landscapes? It hurts that the latest inductee into the Hall of the […]
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