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Do Nations Have an Illustrative Style?
What does the fox truly say? That it ain’t from around these here parts. I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to the art found in children’s picture books and those particular styles favored by artists in one nation or another. All this began when I recently reviewed of Wild by Emily Hughes. In the [...]
Video Sunday: Ninjas, Snow Queens, and Faux Flash Mobs
Shout-out to my buddy Haddon Kime. The man wrote the music and lyrics for a new musical version of The Snow Queen now playing at the San Jose Repertory Theatre with dreams of Broadway. Years ago he created the opening music and words for my now long dead podcast. It’s great seeing his star on the [...]
You thought you got good stuff for Christmas? Beat this!
Well, the Bird family had a lovely Christmas down in old Atlanta, GA. We didn’t lose any offspring either going there or back again, so I consider that a win. And the presents! Whether it was the Matilda soundtrack (yes, I’m a million years old and still request CDs as presents) or the collected Pogo [...]
Review of the Day: Wild by Emily Hughes
Wild By Emily Hughes Flying Eye Books $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-909263-08-6 Ages 3-7 On shelves now. There lives in every child an animal. A wild, untamable creature that will emerge without fail at the worst possible moments, rendering its parents helpless and hopeless all in one swoop. There also exist in this world picture books that [...]
Review of the Day: The Silver Six by AJ Lieberman
The Silver Six By A.J. Lieberman Illustrated by Darren Rawlings Graphix (an imprint of Scholastic) $22.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-37097-4 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Ambition. It’s not a term I usually associate with children’s graphic novels. Your average everyday children’s comic is not particularly ambitious. There are so few of them out there that you can’t [...]
2014 Kids of Color: Things Are Looking Up
What is Betsy Bird anticipating in the New Year? "It is, in fact, the plethora, the godsend, the sheer number of books with kids of color on the middle grade covers coming out in 2014."
Fusenews: “The Axl Rose Hair Metal hair of picture book cover cupcakes”
The best of the "best of" lists, The Fault in Our Stars is coming! Will the new Disney film throw P.L. Travers under the bus? Catch up on the week's news via Fuse 8.
100 Magnificent Children’s Books 2013
Well, every year I like to put out my list of 100 Magnificent Children’s Books from the publishing year. So far I’ve done this in 2010 and 2011 and 2012. And every year the list looks suspiciously similar in some spots to the 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing list that NYPL produces. Little wonder, but I always like [...]
The Mocks Thus Far: Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, & Geisel
A roundup of what's happening in several libraries on the blog a Fuse 8 Production. "You're sure to see some trends emerging," says Betsy Bird.
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