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Press Release Fun: The 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference (Professional Development Credit!)
Howdy, folks. You may recall that in the past I’ve mentioned that there’s a lovely 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference coming to NYC this June. Well, for those of you with professional development credits to accrue, guess what? You can get one by attending. See below for more details: EDUCATOR LITERACY PROGRAM presented by 21st [...]
Fuse #8 TV: Aaron Starmer and Reading (Too Much) Into Easy Books
YES! It is time for yet another episode of Fuse #8 TV and today we have a doozy. A fair frolicsome, lithe and lovely episode wherein I take Are You My Mother? and destroy your ability to ever read it again. And if I fail to do even that, just read this version over at The [...]
Review of the Day: Beastly Verse by Joohee Yoon
Beastly Verse By Joohee Yoon Enchanted Lion Books $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-59270-166-7 Ages 3 and up On shelves now Poetry. What’s the point? I say this as a woman who simultaneously gets poetry and doesn’t get it. I get that it’s important, of course. I only need to watch my three-year-old daughter come up with an [...]
Searching for the Real: Children’s Literature When Fiction and Reality Intersect
Eventually it will become clear that the bulk of my posts these days are inspired by Radiolab discussion topics of one sort or another. In today’s case, there was a recent show that made a close examination of those moments when fiction and reality intersect in interesting ways. The show began with a look at [...]
Fusenews: Spring is here, spring is here / Life is skittles and life is beer
The weather! She has warmed here in NYC! The crocuses and daffodils and purple flowers that I can never identify are blooming in my front yard. The birds are singing and there are buds on the trees. Tis spring spring spring! To celebrate, we begin today with a poetic celebration of baseball (a very spring [...]
Review of the Day: Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon
Castle Hangnail By Ursula Vernon Dial (an imprint of Penguin Group) ISBN: 978-0803741294 Ages 8-11 On shelves April 21st These are dark times for children’s fantasy. Dark times indeed. Which is to say, when I pick up a fantasy novel for kids, more often than not I find the books filled with torture, violence, bloody [...]
If you could change any rule . . .
Let us say that the gods have decreed that you shall now be The Supreme High Muckety-Muck of the American Library Association, hitherto allowed to command your librarian minions throughout the Americas. Let us say that in your infinite wisdom you have decided to use this power for only good, and not evil. Now you [...]
Press Release Fun: The Kids Author Carnival Returns!
Here in New York there’s a Teen Authors Festival that makes the rounds once a year. Inspired by David Levithan’s style, a Kids Author Carnival was created. It’s now in its second year. Check out that line-up! KIDS AUTHOR CARNIVAL 2015 The 2nd annual Kids Author Carnival will take place at the Jefferson Market [...]
Video Sunday: From Argentina to Germany, It’s a Worldwide Trip!
Happy Easter, folks! Tis a bonny Easter Video Sunday . . . . not really. One of these videos does show a bunny at one point, though. Can YOU find it? The answer is at the end of this post. First up, my co-writer Jules Danielson was in town recently and managed to get herself [...]
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