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Thank you for caring about children’s literature. Thank you for reading this blog. Happy Thanksgiving.
Morning Notes: More Is More Edition
BIGGEST BEST Kirkus takes a “more is more” approach to year end lists. I’m not complaining – their sprawling Best Picture Books of 2016 list has plenty of favorites, but also a lot of room for surprises (Everyone is Yawning? Never seen it!). Click here to see the whole list. THE MORALLY AMBIGUOUS UNIVERSE OF […]
Voting Is Open in The Undies Case Cover Awards!
Voting is now open in the first annual Undies Case Cover Awards! *Applause* *Applause* *Applause* Thank you. Carter Higgins and I are co-hosting this first-of-its-kind award dedicated to the case cover. We’ve accepted submissions. We’ve arranged them into pleasing categories. We’ve decided on shortlists of nominees. Now it’s your turn to decide our winners. Check out […]
Coming Soon . . . Vote in The Undies Case Cover Awards!
This Tuesday, Design of the Picture Book and I will announce nominees for the first annual Undies Awards. But it is up to YOU to select our winners. Voting will begin Tuesday, and winners will be announced the following Tuesday (November 29). Oh, and here’s an early concept drawing of the award the winners might receive: For framing, […]
Morning Notes: Sometimes It’s Pretty Frightening Edition
A DECLARATION The Brown Bookshelf recently posted A Declaration of Support of Children, signed and supported by a huge cast of children’s authors and illustrators. Click here to read it. DOWN WITH HOVERBOARDS Do some good this holiday season: give books. And if you pledge to do so, Chronicle Books will donate a book to […]
The 2016 National Book Award Goes To . . .
Such a deserving book (and series). Well done, Young People’s Literature committee. Two facts worth noting: And also:
Holdshelf: November 2016
Puppy Kitty Wimpy Piggie LEGOs Here are the books currently on hold at my K-4 school library:
The Children’s Literature Community Responds to the 2016 Presidential Election
If you’re not up for a Kumbaya sort of post (and I respect that), don’t read this post. Here are some reactions to the 2016 presidential election by the children’s literature community. Have a friend? Hug a friend. pic.twitter.com/lxnPatS9Yz — Mo Willems' Pigeon (@The_Pigeon) November 9, 2016 A Letter From Our President @elloellenoh to the […]
It’s Election Day (And One of These Books Will Soon Be Real)
A couple weeks back I received an email from Running Kids Press about The New Big Book of Presidents. Pretty much every library has this book (or something similar from another publisher). It is the one-stop-shop for all presidential info. An updated version will be released in January to reflect the winner of the 2016 presidential […]
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