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Morning Notes: Bent Books Edition
EVERYTHING IS STARTING Snnniiiifffff! Ah, the smell of fall. Now that it’s September, thoughts begin to turn to Newbery and Caldecott medal contenders. Right on time, blogs Heavy Medal and Calling Caldecott are back in business taking a hard look at the books that might win the big awards come January. NEWBERY AND CALDECOTT WINNERS [...]
Books on Film: Book Domino Record Broken!
A few months back a video of the Seattle Public Library’s record-breaking book domino made the rounds. It was incredible: Well, now the Central Library in Cape Town, South Africa has bested Seattle’s record. As evidenced by the video below. I sincerely hope this book domino arms race continues. (Thanks to Book Patrol for the [...]
Review: Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller
Sophie’s Squash By Pat Zietlow Miller Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf Schwartz & Wade (Random House) ISBN: 9780307978967 $18.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Children are masters of personification. Rock, stick, spoon – they can turn just about anything into a sentient being. In terms of [...]
So You Want to Win the Newbery? (Part II)
Yesterday in Part I, we looked at which month has produced the most Newbery winners. Today is all about critical acclaim. (Many thanks to Elizabeth Fama, John Cochrane, and Jen Baker who inspired me with this post at Someday My Printz Will Come.) As fans of the Newbery know, not all medal winners arrive to unanimous praise from the [...]
So You Want to Win the Newbery? (Part I)
The only way to win the Newbery Medal, of course, is to write the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children and then sleep with The Story of Mankind under your pillow until the winner is announced (some people do weird things to bring good luck). But, you know, what else? Today and tomorrow we’ll take [...]
On the Eve of the School Year
While Labor Day is often seen as the unofficial end of summer around the country, in Michigan this holds especially true – the first day of public school is typically the following Tuesday. And this is going to be one heck of a year. My job has changed. In the past, I’ve split time between [...]
Link Du Jour: Horn Book Yearbook
What if we treated the past year of children’s books like a class of students? The Horn Book had some fun whipping up their 2012-13 Yearbook Superlatives. Awards include Best dancers, Class clown, and, of course, Most conceited. Click here to ch...
One Star Review Guess Who? (#12)
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? The cover is very cute but the contents is incredibly snoozesome, and I’m not so interested in reading about yucky pigs and gross spiders (I’ve had a spider hatch eggs in my room; it was not a pleasant experience. [...]
Notes on August 2013
In August… …we previewed fall book releases. I picked 10 books to look out for in the coming months. …we made book request magic. I gave the screenshot-heavy lowdown on using Google forms for students to request books. …we stared slack-jawed at rare book values. Some well-known children’s books are fetching large sums at AbeBooks. [...]
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