MORE 'LINK-DU-JOUR' POSTS
Narnia in real life. Click here to visit. (Thanks to Boing Boing for the link)
Since I started my Covering the Newbery project, my spider-sense is particularly attuned to others who are redoing book covers. The other day (thanks to my favorite pop culture/slightly trashy website BuzzFeed) I came across the Alternate Book Covers Flickr group. From Roald Dahl to Harry Potter, there’s a lot of fun stuff to see […]
Is it just me, or are we too well informed now? Here I am, still rocking SmartWools (AND slippers, for the record) and I can pull up an article from PW on exciting Fall 2012 children’s lit releases. A hex on you, PW, for creating this great preview of upcoming titles that I read very […]
Oh, man do I enjoy the blog Least Helpful. Probably more than I should, when I think about it. Is it okay to find humor in the irrational/illogical reviews people put on Amazon? What if they’re about The Giver? That decides it – it’s okay. Fair warning: a small amount of salty language ahoy. Second […]
A lot to consider here. (Thanks to Kathy for the link)
Add it to the list of things that put my Covering the Newbery redos to shame. Last fall, the Guardian put out a call in the UK for kids ages 13-16 to design a cover for the educational edition of the classic Lord of the Flies. The entries came in and a winner has been […]
Welcome to the Digital Wild West, where the fate of e-books seems completely up in the air. Rules are made on the fly. Agreements are broken, patched up, and broken again. While I’m optimistic about the future of e-books in public and school libraries, it’s clear that there’s going to be a lot of flailing […]
The time has come to once again trot out my favorite Photoshop job ever… Tomorrow (Monday, January 23 @ 7:45 CT) the biggest awards in children’s literature, including the Newbery and Caldecott will be announced in Dallas at the American Library Association Youth Media Awards. And you can watch it live via webcast. I’ll be […]
For one month in the UK, McDonald’s will become that country’s biggest retailer of children’s books, giving out copies of Michael Morpurgo’s Mudpuddle Farm series with Happy Meals. Kinda cool or “cynical marketing ploy” – you be the judge. Personally, I’m down with it.
Facing a book challenge? Just curious about books that have been successfully banned? Librarian.net recently brought the Censored Books database to my attention. Tune in if for no other reason than to be flabbergasted all over again that a school banned the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Click here to check it out.
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