MORE POSTS FROM NOVEMBER 2010
Got a conflicted character? A bit of a “stuck between worlds” situation? Go for the mismatch. Let’s take a look: Sweet 15 by Emily Adler & Alex Echevarria Next up… Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison Thirdly… Cinderella Cleaners: Rock & Roll by Maya Gold And finally… The Reinvention of […]
100 Scope Notes turns three years old today. If you’re interested, click here to read the first post. Rather than use this time to wax poetic (which, trust me, you really don’t want to see), I’ll just mention the children’s literature blogs that inspired me to start my own back in 2007. It looked like […]
One season. 10 books. This was difficult. After scouring the children’s lit landscape, what follows are the 10 titles set to release in December, January, and February that most caught my eye as a K-6 school librarian. It’s a subjective list, to be sure, and not a collection of surefire winners – just some promising […]
Are you in the process of writing a book called “Neil Gaiman is a Cool Guy“? Oh, good – you’ll want to use this recent Twitter conversation between Gaiman and a confused Neil Patrick Harris fan. Click here (or the image below) to head over to BuzzFeed and read the whole thing.
If you’re like me (easily warmed) then you get a warm feeling every time you see children’s books covered by the big media outlets. Wimpy Kid, you’re all grows up. Jeff Kinney recently visited CNN to talk about the November 9 release of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth. Nicely done. Click here […]
Children Make Terrible Pets By Peter Brown Little, Brown ISBN: 97803160145486 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores A funny, uniquely illustrated “What is this?†of a book, Children Make Terrible Pets is just the sort of creative ridiculousness that a large category of kids tend to gravitate toward. Our story begins when the tutu-wearing bear Lucy […]
TOON REVIEWS – ONLY BETTER I occasionally attempt to review books in cartoon form, but Lisa Brown puts me to shame. On her site she gives the cartoon treatment to classics and recent titles – plus they’re funny. Click here to head over to Educating Alice for the link. CALDECOTT DOESN’T LOVE PHOTOS When you […]
@MrSchuReads and I bring you (probably) the world’s first children’s book review using Twitter…
Something (kinda) old and two somethings new in today’s Cover Curiosity. Click here to see all past Cover Curiosity posts. The following covers use the mirror effect in three different ways, yet a similar trio they make. First up, something (kinda) old: Strange Happenings by Avi. Published May 2006. Something new… The Properties of Water […]
The names have been drawn, and the drawn shall be named. Thanks to everyone who emailed and Twittered their interest in the October Book Giveaway. These are the lucky souls you can grumble about: Janet B. is now the proud owner of Nola’s Worlds. Tanya M. will soon be enjoying her copy of Sir Charlie.
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