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The NYPL Exhibit You Won’t Hear as Much About
All the talk in the press and the news recently has concentrated on New York Public Library’s current children’s literary exhibit The ABC of It, as curated by Leonard Marcus. It is, justifiably, remarkable. But exit the exhibit and you’ll find that it’s not the only children’s literary piece going on in the library at [...]
Fusenews: “Who is Fishface, and where can I find him?”
Required Reading of the Day: Roger Sutton already told you to read it, and now I’m backing him up. If you have not cast thine eyes upon Christopher Myers’s piece Young Dreamers in which he talks about the Trayvon Martin decision as well as Christopher’s own role in the world of children’s literature and the [...]
Picture Book Occupational Hazards: Zookeepers
Bah. Rabble rousing is too much work. Let’s take a break today and talk about occupations as they exist solely in the world of children’s literature. These days my little Bird is a bright and sprightly 2-year-old chock full o’ glee. Reading through her books with her, I recently noticed that certain jobs come up [...]
Review of the Day: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
The Day the Crayons Quit By Drew Daywalt Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers Philomel (an imprint of Penguin) $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-399-25537-3 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. It is possible to read too much into a picture book. A funny statement since what were talking about is literature for people who haven’t even seen a decade of [...]
Video Sunday: Pondering Book Trailers with Live Actors
Normally I don’t ascribe much in a way of topics to my Video Sundays. They have a tendency to be a haphazard blending of whatever happens to catch my eye in a given week and saved links from peculiar sources. However, after a conversation with fellow blogger Gregory K about book trailers I realized that [...]
Exclusive Book Trailer Premiere: Chick-o-Saurus Rex
Giveaways don’t make my heart beat faster and blog tours leave me cold. But offer me an exclusive on a cover release or a book trailer and look how excited I get. I’m positively giddy. Today’s is particularly exciting for me because it’s a chance to highlight a fellow blogger-turned-author. Over the years I’m sure [...]
Fusenews: Gray skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face!
Fusenews Fusenews Fusey Oozy Fusenews Fusenews Fusenews Eat it up . . . . YUM!* Oh we are high spirits here in New York now that the weather has cooled down a tad. So let’s keep the party going strong. It’s news time! Undoubtedly many of you encountered the recent New York Times article “I’m [...]
Press Release Fun: SCBWI Summer Conference
July 29, 2013, Los Angeles— This weekend the most prominent names in the field of children’s books will gather for the Society of Children’s Book Writers Summer Conference August 2-5, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City. The conference will boast an array of specialized workshops and intensives given by top agents, [...]
Review of the Day: Locomotive by Brian Floca
Locomotive By Brian Floca Atheneum (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) $17.99 ISBN: 978-1-4169-9415-2 Ages 4 and up On shelves September 3rd Many childhood obsessions come down to sheer scale. Whether it’s dinosaurs or trucks (the modern, smog belching dinosaur equivalent) or even princesses (adults are large, no matter how you approach them), size matters. [...]
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