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School librarian, blogger, Twitter Picasso, collaborator, Mover & Shaker, and pal John Schumacher turns 30 today. You may be saying to yourself “Mr. Schu’s the man, how should I appropriately celebrate this occasion?” Two ways: 1. Watch the following Happy Birthday video, put together by author Jenni Holm, featuring a host of excellent children’s lit […]
Now that this whole children’s literature blog thing has been around for a while, I feel like we can start naming some clichés of the form. One of them would certainly have to be complaining about your to-read pile. I’m as guilty as anyone, constantly moaning about how many well written, enjoyable books I need […]
Forbes recently posted a list of the highest paid authors in the world. In it you’ll find children’s and YA authors sitting side by side with authors of books for grown-ups. Call me crazy, but I’d contend that a list like this was unthinkable a decade or two ago. The most amazing thing about this […]
Let’s say you’re about to move. Clear across the country. Do you take your books? All your books? Even your copy of Trockle? Oh, that’s just me? Nick Bilton was faced with such a question as he packed up to move from New York to San Francisco. He wrote about it for the New York […]
I’ve heard of public libraries doing away with the Dewey Decimal classification system in favor of a “bookstore model” of organizing titles, but never a school library. School Library Monthly blog highlights one elementary school that is giving it a go. Here are my thoughts on the matter… Pro: Patron: Where are all your paranormal […]
What with the final Harry Potter film arriving in theaters on July 15, HP internet activity is at an all-time high. This includes lots of things I don’t even understand, like the Harry Potter World Cup. But my favorite is the Potter parody comic from artist/author Lucy Knisley, who summarizes the entire series in illustrated […]
Does it seem to you like historical fiction flies under the radar? Seems that way to me. A shame I say, because the genre is in a great place right now, with many of the best books of the year falling under this umbrella. Countdown, Turtle in Paradise, Zora and Me – the list goes […]
If you’re like me, hesitant to take the eReader plunge due to the frustratingly complicated web of “it works with this, but not with that” compatibility, it looks like one of these issues is about to be solved. By the end of the year, Kindle owners will be able to check out books at 11,000 […]
Although it’s more lit related than children’s lit related, I feel like I’d be cheating you out of a laugh if I didn’t mention this. The annual Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year was recently awarded to Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way, by Michael Young. I think they made a […]
Booklist recently announced their list of the Top 10 Graphic Novels for youth, and you have to give them points for originality. While there are a few titles on the list you might know (The Unsinkable Walker Bean, Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty), I’m willing to bet my cardigan (well, maybe an […]
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