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Morning Notes: Baton-Twirling Edition
BACK ON THE BUS The Number Five Bus Presents…, one of the coolest children’s lit interview projects ever is up and running for Season Two. First up, Matthew Cordell and David Ezra Stein. Click here to read. THE PRICE IS RIGHT FOR BOOKS Over at Bookends, Cindy details a thrift store find that ended up […]
Review Imelda & the Goblin King by Briony May Smith
Imelda & the Goblin King By Briony May Smith Flying Eye Books ISBN: 9781909263659 $17.95 Grades PreK-2 Out October 20, 2015 Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library There has maybe never been a time in human history when we are more focused on “new”. I’m guilty of it. It seems like with all […]
10 to Note: Fall Preview 2015
*Sniff* *Sniff* You smell that? It’s the aroma of pumpkin spice. Whenever that scent hits my nostrils, I know that it’s time. Time to look at fall books. Here are the titles coming out in September, October, and November that I have my eye – nay, nose – on. Picture Books Robo-Sauce by Adam Rubin, illustrated […]
I Am Not An Artist: The Biggest (And Oldest) Knock on the Caldecott
Calling Caldecott, the Horn Book-housed blog all about the most prestigious award in picture books, is back up and running (click here to visit). Over the coming months they’ll examine a bunch of books that are knocking collective socks off. It reminded me of a conversation I had with an illustrator at the most recent […]
Gallery: The 2015 National Book Awards Longlist: Young People’s Literature
The longlist for the 2015 National Book Awards: Young People’s Literature was just announced. Here are the books:
Nonfiction Monday: Women Who Broke the Rules: Mary Todd Lincoln
Women Who Broke the Rules: Mary Todd Lincoln By Kathleen Krull Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley Bloomsbury ISBN: 9780802738240 $16.99 Grades 2-5 Out December 1, 2015 Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Reanimating the dead is often more difficult than creating them out of thin air. Good biography brings life and makes the subject feel […]
Throwback Thursday: Children’s Literature Edition
It’s Throwback Thursday (#tbt), the day when children’s book characters remember the good old days by posting a picture on social media. Times have changed… Papa Berenstain Bear just posted this: Little Critter also got in on the fun: And Arthur has been all over social media lately (amid rumors of plastic surgery): (Images: The Big Honey […]
Come With Me Down the Picture Book Parody Rabbit Hole
Only recently I’ve become privy to an entirely new world of children’s literature. The world of picture book parodies. Perhaps like you, I had been familiar some with the more mainstream parodies, like… Frankenstein Goodnight Goon …but there’s more. Way more. And some of them get pretty out there. So let’s have a look. Don’t […]
My 2015-16 School Year Goal
It’s the first day for most schools here in Michigan. This year I have one main goal: to make a positive connection with every student. What’s your 2015-16 School Year Goal?
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