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Books on Film: From the Archives: Maurice Sendak on Charlie Rose in 1993
“You tell the truth as best you can. And the people who need the truth most are children.” —Maurice Sendak Oh man, this is a good one. 25 years ago Maurice Sendak visited the Charlie Rose show to talk about his latest book at the time, We’re All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy. […]
Not On The Yarn: Philip and Erin Stead on NPR
Travis: Picture book makers Philip and Erin Stead have a new book out – one co-written with Mark Twain. The story of how this book came about is fascinating stuff, and NPR captured the whole thing on audio. Click below to listen.
Thing 1 and Thing 2: A Pair of Dr. Seuss Controversies
Dr. Seuss has been in the news a lot lately. And not just in the children’s literature corner of the internet. Like in Time magazine (see above). And a whole bunch of newspapers and television. Two different Seuss-related controversies are to blame, so let’s do a quick recap . . . Thing 1: A school […]
Books on Film: From the Vault: Tomi Ungerer
One of my favorite parts about writing this blog is when I can share something unique. Makes me feel like I’m doing my job. I’ve been a fan of Tomi Ungerer since I became a school librarian a little over a decade ago¹, but it’s hard to find video of the guy. Today we have […]
Gallery: These 2017 Picture Books Have Secrets
Remember The Undies? That was fun. While there will be no official Undies awarded this year (they may very well make a triumphant return next year), I still wanted to highlight the best picture book case covers of 2017. Any to add to this gallery? Email me a photo at scopenotes [at] gmail [dot] com. […]
The October Newsletter is Real!
I sent out the October installment of From the Desk of 100 Scope Notes on Friday. I tried my best to keep it interesting – you can click here to see it (the giveaway copy of The Coloring Book is already spoken for, though). If you like the looks of it, click here to subscribe and never miss the weirdness […]
One Star Review Guess Who? (#60)
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? Mrs. Mallard raises the children while Mr. Mallard decides “he’d like to explore the rest of the river.” Yeah. Like she’s gonna believe that. Click here for the answer. Why do I share these? Click here. Previously . . […]
Children’s Lit Commish: Bye Bye Fly Guy
The following is a work of fiction. This morning the Commissioner of Children’s Literature announced that the popular Fly Guy series will come to an end due to a lack of exciting background patterns for the covers of new books. “They’re out of ideas and they’re terrified”, said the Commissioner. “They’ve used circles . . […]
Exclusive Book Cover Reveal: AL CAPONE THROWS ME A CURVE by Gennifer Choldenko
Gennifer Choldenko’s Alcatraz series began memorably – with a Newbery honor. Today, we have a first look at the cover of the fourth book in the series – Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (coming May 8th, 2018). But is this the final book? And what creativity tricks and hot beverages have helped fuel the series? I […]
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