This year marks the 75th anniversary of the prestigious Caldecott Award, bestowed annually to the “artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.” Here’s a look at a few books about past and recent recipients.
Living with Legends: Up Close with Kid Lit Historian Leonard Marcus
By on July 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
Leonard Marcus might just be the busiest man in the world of kid lit. In June, the children’s literature historian and scholar launched a critically acclaimed exhibition at the New York Public Library (which he curated) and had a book published that celebrates the life and work of Maurice Sendak (which he edited). Marcus shared with SLJ some of the details of his recent projects, insider knowledge of children’s literature history and icons, and his belief that picture books might be the solution to saving all physical books.
Video Sunday: It was Officer Edgar Mallory that caught me most off-guard
By on July 21, 2013
Meet Isol. Incredibly badass Isol. The fact that you may not know her name instantly is a crime. We Americans are fairly . . . how to put this . . . screamingly awful about paying attention to authors and illustrators from other countries. Isol won the most recent Astrid Lindgren Award, but she’s hardly [...]
Video Sunday: Proverbial cookies happen to go very well with axiomatic milk
By on July 7, 2013
Fusenews: More rubbish, please!
By on June 21, 2013
You know what’s hot these days, topic-wise? Diversity! Or maybe just the lack thereof. Seems its all anyone can talk about this week. First the First Book blog reported that “at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting, hosted by President Bill Clinton, [they] announced First Book’s commitment to create a sustainable solution [...]
Fusenews: “There are no good books which are only for children” – W.H. Auden
By on June 6, 2013
Video Sunday: Steampunk rodentia
By on January 13, 2013
Now this is really neat. There’s a series called BOOKD through THINKR (apparently E’s are considered gauche these days) that will take a topic and really go into it with a panel of experts. In this particular case the question is whether or not you should re-read Charlotte’s Web. Author Bruce Coville and teacher/blogger/author Monica [...]
In Memoriam 2012
By on January 2, 2013 3 Comments
Jean Craighead George, Maurice Sendak, and Jan Berenstain were among the many wonderful authors and illustrators who passed way last year.
Fusenews: Coals to Newcastle, Pearls Before Swine, and So On and Such
By on August 27, 2012
I must apologize to you for falling down on my regular Video Sundays. Saturday night I made the executive decision to rewatch Ghostbusters so as best to ascertain its relative awesomeness. Conclusion: The movie continues to rock. I was surprised to hear that the shots of the Ghostbusters in the stacks of my library were [...]
Libraries, Fictive Intelligence, and the Big Problem of Pop Culture
By on June 15, 2012
Friends, Fans Bid Sendak Farewell at NYC Memorial Service
By on June 13, 2012
More than 500 people gathered in New York City yesterday for a morning of stories, music, and video clips to celebrate the life of artist and children’s book author Maurice Sendak, who died May 7 in Danbury, CT, following complications from a recent stroke.
