MORE POSTS FROM JANUARY 2011
Actually, I’ve never been to California, but when a Notorious B.I.G. reference presents itself, truth will get stretched. This weekend I’m heading to San Diego for my first American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. I’m there mainly to meet with fellow members of ALSC’s Children & Technology committee of which I am a part. Along the […]
Sometimes a website will hit on a simple idea that is pure comedic genius. Better Book Titles is just such a site. The premise is as straightforward as they come: giving well known books new and more appropriate titles. Or as the creator of the site puts it: This blog is for people who do […]
ONE CRAZY WINNER Sure, it made every best of the year list you can name (including our Top 20), but One Crazy Summer is due for some legitimate hardware. It came yesterday in the form of the prestigious Scott O’Dell Award, handed out to the best historical fiction of the year. Alright! Click here to […]
It’s a new year – why not try a new reading promotion idea? Or, like me, you can lazily take an old idea and “update it” for 2011 (I believe I’m supposed to mention something about the insanity of “re-inventing the wheel” here). Back in the glory days of 2009, I wrote about how I […]
If there’s anything I know to be true, it’s the old adage “A year of good fortune begins with a reimagined Newbery-winning book cover”. Or something like that. Today I continue my mission of re-jacketing every Newbery winner. 1926: Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman, illustrated by Else Hasselriis […]
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