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Fusenews: Never Forget
Morning, folks! I do believe my comments feature is busted at the moment, so please don’t be alarmed if you can’t get anything to go through. It’s frustrating for me as well. Feels like an echo chamber in here. Hm. Well, as you may have heard, A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy will [...]
Video Sunday: Met the ghost of David Wiesner at the Hotel Paradise . . .
Slo-mo Neil deGrasse Tyson and more in this edition of Video Sunday by Betsy BIrd on A Fuse #8 Production.
Press Release Fun: A Virtual Book Swap on Summer Reading
Remember back in January when I hosted the ALA Media Awards Pre-Game / Post-Game Show with my partner in crime Lori Ess? Well, the dynamic duo/gruesome twosome is back, baby! Thanks to the good people of Scholastic, Lori and I are tackling summer reading. Granted, we’re doing it in a typing/chat like setting and not [...]
Review of the Day: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
The Most Magnificent Thing By Ashley Spires Kids Can Press $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-55453-704-4 Ages 3-7 On shelves now I was at a conference of math enthusiasts the other day to discuss kids and the state of math related children’s books. Not my usual scene but I was open to it. Despite what some might fear, [...]
Librarian Preview: Penguin Books (Summer 2014)
There is a certain element of mystery that accompanies each and every librarian preview here in New York City. When the larger publishers gather the librarians to their proverbial bosom, those same librarians walk in with just one question in your mind: How long is this going to take? If you’re lucky you’ll be out [...]
World Book Night and a Proper Celebration of the Day of Shakespeare’s Birth
It's World Book Night, an annual celebration 'dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person.' Each April 23, thousands of volunteers distribute half a million free World Book Night paperbacks to light and non-readers. "If you do nothing else today, just give somebody a book," says Betsy Bird.
Press Release Fun: The Paddle8 Victory Academy Auction of Children’s Book Art
I don’t always blog the auctions I see online, but sometimes the cause is good and the timing is right. Recently the right good honorable LeUyen Pham emailed me about an auction of children’s book art that sounds, in a word, fan-freaking-tastic. Said she: Fellow illustrator and artist-who’s-work-i-totally-love CARSON ELLIS has put together an online [...]
Review of the Day: The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza by James Kochalka
The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza By James Kochalka First Second (an imprint of Roaring Brook) $17.99 ISBN: 978-1626721036 Ages 7-11 On shelves now James Kochalka has always had a penchant for the outright silly. If nothing else his Johnny Boo series of books have said as much. He’s not afraid to go for the [...]
Press Release Fun: The Snow Queen joins the New York Musical Theatre Festival
You know when you make a friend who works in a different field than you and then, in time, your mutual interests come together? Years ago my friend Katie married a talented composer by the name of Haddon Kime. Haddon was kind enough to create the opening music of my short lived podcast and then [...]
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