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A Nicer Guy You Couldn’t Hope to Meet: Saying Goodbye to Thomas Anthony “Tomie” dePaola
Saying goodbye to a giant.
Beth Ferry Q&A on Fox & Rabbit
With the patience of a Frog & Toad and the tone of a gentle French import, Fox & Rabbit just begs for a reread. So I did it one better. I interviewed the author. Today, Beth Ferry stops on by to talk foxes, rabbits, and why you don't need a mouth to show someone how you feel.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis, ill. Laura Cornell
For WEEKS Kate has been bugging me to find her a celebrity picture book. When I finally did, she found it deeply degrading to women. Why? As you'll see, today's book hasn't aged particularly well.
Review of the Day: Outside In by Deborah Underwood, ill. Cindy Derby
Right now, in the Spring, when the world seems scary, this may be the comforting book about what’s beyond our back doors that we all need right now.
Hey, Whatever Happened With the Rabbit hOle? The Future of the World’s First Explor-a-Storium
Imagine a place that turns the entire notion of children's books and museums on their head. Picture an Explor-a-Storium a.k.a. an interactive children's museum where everything inside is children's book related. Mad, you say? Absolutely. Now check out how close we are to completion...
Report from China from an International School Librarian: Making Sense of School Closures
A librarian that's personally witnessed the SARS outbreak, Arab Spring, the onset of H1N1, swine flu, the ouster of President Morsi, Ebola, and now COVID-19 offers advice and perspective on school shutdowns.
Guest Post: Wrestling with School Library Closures by J. F. Fox
There will come a time when this pandemic ends and we can get back to business as usual. Which is to say, the business of fighting to protect our school libraries and school librarians from the chopping block. Written before the arrival of COVID-19, author J.F. Fox's piece here today is no less timely for what it has to say.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus, Jose Aruego, and Ariane Dewey
In this episode you will find a multitude of plover adjacent ideas, thoughts about developmental issues and when it's right to seek help vs. let things work out on their own, and why it's weird Leo isn't a lion. Like, not even a little bit.
Review of the Day: Clever Hans by Kerri Kokias, ill. Mike Lowery
I don’t think it’s ridiculous at all to suggest that this book pretty much has it all. For the animal lovers, a cute and smart colt. For the mystery lovers, a true tale that lays out the clues, the detectives, and the surprising solution. And for lovers of science, this is a superb recounting of how people learn more about the natural world around them.