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Everything Old Is New Again: Fantastic Picture Book Bios You May Have Forgotten
Folks, I’ve been in this game a long time. Not as long as some, but if you take into account my blogging years I’m a verifiable crone. I started back in 2003 and it’s been nothing but typing ever since. Now this year, in 2018, I’ve been very encouraged. A lot of the picture book […]
The Inexpensive Way to Keep Up With the Oscar Contenders
Yesterday, on Tuesday, January 23rd, the Oscar nominations were officially released. There was good news (yay, Get Out!), bad (boo, Three Billboards!), and everything in-between, but all in all it was a lot of the films folks had already been discussing as award contenders. If you’re anything like me, it can be hard to keep […]
Review of the Day: Nothing Stopped Sophie by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintock
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain By Cheryl Bardoe Illustrated by Barbara McClintock Little, Brown and Co. $17.99 ISBN: 978-0316278201 On shelves June 12th I think we’ve done it. I think we’ve finally moved completely into a new era of biographical picture books. High time, says I! Gone are the days […]
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
I don’t usually pay much attention to the universe outside my peculiar little brain, but once in a while I poke my head out of the metaphorical dirt and realize that there’s a great big, wonderful world out there. A world filled with movies based on picture books. Movies like the upcoming Peter Rabbit film. […]
History Has Its Eyes on Her: Biographies of women are a hot trend in children's publishing
Betsy Bird on the state of women in kids' books, with stellar titles on girls who run the world.
Press Release Fun: Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Now Accepting Submissions
Hi folks! This is a call for submission for the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards brought to you by Denver Comic Con and Pop Culture Classroom. Comics and graphic novels are taking a leading role in driving the circulation of libraries, and students are reading them from pre-K through higher education, in every learning environment […]
Cover Reveal: Quiet by Tomie dePaola
Before we get to today’s reveal, let me share something about my own background. Though not a Quaker myself, I attended a small Quaker college during my undergraduate years. While there I made many Quaker friends and came to appreciate the particular kind of mindfulness that comes when you attend a Quaker service. There, you […]
Newbery / Caldecott 2018: Final Prediction Edition
I was all prepped to begin today by saying that the entire reason I’m doing this post in January is because the ALA Youth Media Awards are slated to go live in February this year . . . but then I looked at last year’s Final Prediction Edition and saw that it was posted on […]
Cover Reveal: Ekua Holmes Book Jacket for The Stuff of Stars
There comes a time when agreeing to post the occasional book jacket on your blog pays off huge dividends. Not monetarily, of course, but from the perspective of quality. When I was asked if I’d have any objection to premiering the cover of the latest Marion Dane Bauer book with art but none other than […]
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