Oh the previews are here, they’re here, they’re here,
The wonderful previews are here
Time to go out, go out, go out,
Go out and order a . . . . beer?  No, no . . .

From that catchy little tune (working on it) I hope you realize that preview season is upon us yet again.  Time to [...]

*sigh*
I’d really prefer to keep this a secret, but it’s for a good cause and you guys are sweet.
There’s currently an auction for entirely worthy 826NYC (“826NYC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write”).  What kind [...]

*sigh*
I’d really prefer to keep this a secret, but it’s for a good cause and you guys are sweet.
There’s currently an auction for entirely worthy 826NYC (“826NYC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write”).  What kind [...]

Seems unfair that folks within the vicinity of the R. Michelson Galleries should also have access to his yearly exhibit as well.  Them’s the breaks.  Some folks have all the luck.  Check out the 23 reasons to go too.  Very fun.
Celebrate with us! Twenty-three years of exhibiting the finest in original Children’s Book [...]

I had just the loveliest dinner the other night with some high-falutin’ folks in the children’s literary biz.  Fine conversation and finer memories were tossed all about.  Yet I credit the devil on my right shoulder for suggesting to me the relative wisdom of my bringing up a long-standing belief that had been percolating in [...]

Howdy, folks.
As you may have heard a hurricane recently decided to take an extreme weather-sized bite out of the Big Apple.  Because I live in a blessed bit of high ground in Harlem, my family and I are safe and sound with ample food, electricity, and internet.  Many are not as lucky.  I’ll resume regularly [...]

A little late but still got it out before the end of October and the imminent arrival of Frankenstorm.  I spent a goodly part of yesterday preparing for the hurricane by baking pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.  Now you know where my priorities lie.
The year has passed like a blur and there’s an interesting consistency to [...]

See now, this is what I get for waiting when I see a good video.  I’ve been doing my Video Sundays a little less frequently since I like to do them when the content is primo.  The flipside is that sometimes I get scooped.  Such is the case with today’s video.  It is a delight [...]

I am serious as death when I state that if you see no other Children’s Literary Salon at NYPL, see this one:
The Children’s Literary Salon is pleased to announce our next event this Saturday, October 27th at 2:00 p.m.
Children’s Literary Salon
Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss:
How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI,
and Transformed Children’s [...]

Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters
By K.G. Campbell
Kids Can Press
$16.95
ISBN: 978-1-55453-770-9
Ages 4-8
On shelves now
When writing a picture book it can sometimes be a good idea to take a universal childhood annoyance and then build upon it in a satisfyingly ridiculous manner. And kids, let’s face it, are often annoyed. They have to eat vegetables and [...]