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The Potato Chip Puzzles: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen By Eric Berlin G. P. Putnam’s Sons ISBN: 9780399251986 $16.99 Grades 4-6 In Stores *Recommended* A Choose Your Own Review You pick up The Potato Chip Puzzles, sequel to The Puzzling World of Winston Breen. If you have read The Puzzling World of Winston Breen, […]
The 3rd entry in the (nonexistent) 100 Scope Notes Encyclopedia of Children’s Lit defines an Unfortunate Cover as such: A book that is held in high literary esteem, but features cover artwork which detracts from overall shelf appeal. Just for the record, encyclopedia entry #2 was for “Reese’s Eggs†(added at 3:30 p.m. on Easter […]
With tiny, tiny knitting needles: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5MFdAB7fI] That’s pretty cool. (Thanks to Boing Boing for the link)
My Unwilling Witch Goes to Ballet School (Rumblewick’s Diary #1) By Hiawyn Oram Illustrated by Sarah Warburton Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316034722 $9.99 Grades 2-4 In Stores May 1, 2009 *Recommended* Find this book at your local library with WorldCat. (Comics created using Bitstrips)
First of all, let me just say that Where the Wild Things Are is having the best year ever. Sales continue to be strong, there’s a film version coming out in the fall, and if Wild Things doesn’t take the top spot in A Fuse #8 Production’s Top 100 Picture Books Poll, I will eat […]
If you need proof that seasons and holidays play a huge role in the type of books purchsed, look no further than the “children’s illustrated” category of this week’s IndieBound Bestsellers. A full half of the books are about rabbits or eggs. So unwrap your Reese’s egg and take a look at this Easter-influenced list: […]
Working at four school libraries that serve students kindergarten through 6th grade, I’ve become very familiar with the Scholastic Book Fair. Scholastic sends you books, you sell ’em, and you keep a portion of the profits. I work with wonderful media assistants who help turn these sales into something pretty cool – an event that […]
Attention enjoyers of the panel and word bubble – the 2009 Eisner Award Nominations have just been released. What are the Eisner Awards? From the source: The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are considered the “Oscars” of the comic book industry. They are handed out each year in a gala ceremony at Comic-Con International: San […]
The Curious Garden By Peter Brown Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316015479 $16.99 Grades K-3 In Stores *Recommended* Scope Notes: Introducing today’s guest reviewer, Mr. Message! Hello! Yes, yes, my name is Mr. Message. You probably know me from my countless appearances in books, especially the “for children” variety. It’s my job to expose a universal truth […]
No doubt influenced by the JabbaWockeeZ meteoric rise to hip-hop dance crew fame (I’m kidding) (sort of), children’s and YA book covers are seeking to pop and lock their way into readers hands by taking long words, capitalizing the letters, maxing out the font size, and breaking them into chunks. Lovers of phonics everywhere are […]
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