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New year, new stuff. Here’s a quick rundown of what caught my eye over the holidays. Cybils Finalists Announced! January 1st is New Year’s Day, sure, but it’s also Cybils finalist day. Let’s try to make that catch on, okay? There’s a whole mess of shortlists to peruse over at the Cybils website, including the […]
Technology occasionally decides to stop tormenting me and earn its keep. Children’s lit fans take note – you can watch the ALA Youth Media Awards (you know, Newbery, Caldecott, et al.) live from Dallas on January 23 at 7:45 CT. As they have done in the past, ALA is producing a live webcast of the […]
There are lots, loads! SCORES! of best of the year lists out there, but few I pay more attention to than the year-end list from the fine folks at School Library Journal. They highlighted a few books that haven’t been getting a lot of year-end love so far (Three by the Sea, America is Under […]
Turning a book into a film is always a tricky proposition. The challenge? Filmmakers are trying to turn something successful and well-liked into something just as successful in an entirely different medium. It’s like when they try to turn a song into a picture book – you know how that usually works out. It is […]
I tend to focus on the humorous and/or odd in these pages, but today we have something truly maddening. I recently came across Oranges, a picture book published in 1988, and I couldn’t let it pass without comment. And my comment is “Are you kidding me!?”. It’s a veritable who’s who of cultural stereotypes. While […]
If you’re interested in checking out some of the books that might be in the running for this year’s Caldecott race, get yourself over to the ACPL Mock Caldecott blog. They recently posted their second shortlist of titles to consider. Is the eventual winner on one of these lists? My Magic Library 8 Ballâ„¢ says […]
If you’re a school librarian, you’re gonna want to check out School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come. The brainchild of Buffy Hamilton and Kristin Fontichiaro, this free, downloadable e-book is a crowdsourced collection of essays from folks in the library field. When I downloaded it I had to check my outfit […]
I don’t often play the “hey folks, here’s a cool website” game (Runner Up, worst board game of 2004 – narrowly defeated by the dice game Odd Number, Game Over), but if you aren’t making the TOON Book Reader available on your library website, you should be. Hosted by Professor Garfield (dang, Garfield’s a professor […]
How about a little children’s lit-related entertainment news (and bad Photoshop work (see above)) for your consideration? It appears that a biopic on Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) is being developed and produced by none other than Johnny Depp. And he might end up playing the lead. Seems like a good idea to me. Click […]
Nominations are now open for the 2011 Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards). There’s a category for just about every type of children’s and young adult book you can think up. If you read a 2011 book that deserves some notice, nominate that thing like no tomorrow. But be snappy about it – […]
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