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“Casual Diversity” and the children’s book
A friend of mine turned new mom had an interesting request the other day. She’d been talking with her friends and they decided that what they’d really like would be a list of children’s books in which diversity is just a part of everyday life. To illustrate her point she called this “casual diversity”, a [...]
Review of the Day: The Riverman by Aaron Starmer
The Riverman By Aaron Starmer Farrar Straus & Giroux (an imprint of Macmillan) $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-374-36309-3 Ages 11 and up On shelves March 18th When a book has worked its way into your cranium and is making a home for itself within the darker recesses of your very soul, the natural inclination is to talk [...]
Press Release Fun – This Censorious World: Books for Children and Their Challenges
My Children’s Literary Salons at NYPL continue unabated. This Saturday’s event? Well, we’ve some primo talent that I’m sure you would like to know better. So if you aren’t prepping for the Super Bowl, come on down! We’d love to have you. New York Public Library’s Children’s Literary Salon is pleased to announce our upcoming [...]
Fusenews: Let the wild (mind the gap) rumpus start!
Sometimes I do a little ALA Youth Media Awards wrap-up after all is said and done, but since Lori Ess and I were able to have our say immediately following the awards announcements, I feel like I’ve covered my bases. Moving on! Lest one be so caught up in the thrilling hullabaloo of the ALA [...]
Press Release Fun: 2014 NYLA YSS Spring Conference Early Bird Registration Open
Early birds can now register for the 2014 New York Library Association (NYLA) Youth Services Section (YSS) Spring Conference scheduled for Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza White Plains – Downtown, 66 Hale Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601. Early bird registration must be postmarked by Friday, February 21, 2014. Standard registration then continues [...]
The ALA Youth Media Awards are announced: Predictions and Reactions
"Well THAT was exciting!," writes Elizabeth Bird in her recap to the day's announcements. "Exciting and fun and not a single winner of today’s awards made me bang my head on a table at any point."
Review of the Day – Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann
Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse By Torben Kuhlmann Translation by Suzanne Fitzgerald Levesque NorthSouth $19.95 ISBN: 978-0735841673 Ages 4-8 On shelves May 1st The mouse, as hero, is an easy children’s book hero. With its diet so nearly identical to that of humans, its cute and cuddly face (sorry rats), and the sense [...]
Video Sunday: “The chopper was a softie, though…”
No, as you can probably tell I am not in Philly this weekend for the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference. I am okay with this. Yes, it would remarkably easy for me to attend. Heck, I could probably go and sleep at home every night, but all told I wasn’t quite up for a conference [...]
Mock Lists – The Ultimate Round-Up
Phew! She did it. Elizabeth Bird of Fuse #8, has "searched and strived and sought out every possible available Mock Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, you name it." They're all here, results listed.
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