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Librarian Preview: Lerner Books (Fall 2014)
Lest we grow complacent in our maternity leave, I’ve quite a few librarian previews just ah-waiting postings. And what better way to begin than with Lerner Books here? Everyone’s favorite Minnesotan publisher came to town in the guise of Lindsay Matvick. We ate pizza. We talked shop. We heard about what Lerner has on offer [...]
Video Sunday: Pregnant iguanas galore
This may sound a little crazy, but even though I’m on maternity leave for three months or so, this video made me nostalgic for my system. It’s the rather remarkable Why Libraries Matter short documentary from The Atlantic. Beautifully shot and LOOK! There’s Rita Meade again! Somebody give that gal her own show. While we’re [...]
Benjamin Chaud: You Know Him. You Just Don’t Know You Know Him.
Tell me and tell me true, what do the following have in common? From the title of this post you have no doubt concluded that they all share the same illustrator. However, had you asked me prior to my recent meeting with French artist Benjamin Chaud, I don’t know that it would have necessarily occurred [...]
Review of the Day: A Pond Full of Ink by Annie M.G. Schmidt
A Pond Full of Ink By Annie M.G. Schmidt Illustrated by Sieb Posthuma Translated by David Colmer Eerdmans Books for Young Readers $16.00 ISBN: 978-0-8028-5433-9 Ages 7 and up On shelves now International children’s authors are great. They’re just not particularly well known in America. There are various reasons for this. Some of it has [...]
Fusenews: “What’s the matter with kids today?” – with apologies to Bye, Bye, Birdie
Giving birth! All the kids are doing it these days. And you know what giving birth means, right? It means having a little extra time to blog and get my non-work related projects done. Though, naturally, I wrote 50% of this post a day ago and then must have failed to save the darn thing. [...]
We Interrupt Our Regular Blogging for This Special Announcement
How was your Friday yesterday? Cause here’s how I spent mine: Ain’t he just adorable? So forgive the spotty blogging in the coming weeks, folks. I’ve a son to raise. Woot!
“How I Met Julie Andrews” or “Braggy Braggy, Name Drop, Braggy”
Don’t say you weren’t warned. I don’t want there to ever be a single day where I don’t realize how lucky New York City public librarians can be. Ours is a weird, privileged, one-of-a-kind world. When I moved to this city, I knew it believed itself to be the center of the universe and that [...]
Review of the Day: West of the Moon by Margi Preus
West of the Moon By Margi Preus Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams) $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-4197-0896-1 Ages 10 and up On shelves now. These are dark times for children’s literature. Pick up a book for the 9-12 year-old set and you just don’t know what you’re going to find. Whether it’s the murderous foliage of [...]
Press Release Fun: Brooklyn Teacher Lab
Today’s Press Release is probably going to be mostly interesting to teachers in the NYC area. It’s awfully cool stuff, though, so if you happen to know of a teacher in the area you might want to give them a heads up. I am very excited to share with you news of a project that [...]
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