September 18, 2013

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Fusenews: A little moly with your holy, miss?

Art in the Children’s Room: Elisha Cooper Style

Well a tip of the hat and an apology to Mr. Schu.  Looks like he in the guise of Babymouse came to visit me at The Children’s Center at 42nd Street located in the main branch of NYPL.  Alas, I am no longer in that location, having been picked up and dropped off in Long [...]

Barbara Robinson, ‘Best Christmas Pageant Author,’ Dies at 85

Barbara Robinson

Barbara Robinson, author of the now-classic children’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Harper, 1972), died on July 9, 2013. She was 85. The book was named an ALA Notable Children’s book and received the Georgia Children’s Book Award, the Indiana’s Young Hoosier Book Award, and Minnesota’s Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award.