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And the Winners Are . . . .
In case you missed it, the ALA Youth Media Award winners (Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, etc.) were announced this morning. Best of all, I was on hand to offer Pre-Game predictions and Post-Game commentary. Here are the results. Please note that there is no heat in the room I was commenting in. So if I’m trembling […]
Cover Reveal: Volcanoes – Fire and Life by Jon Chad!
If you know me then you know I’ve a certain weakness for comics, graphic novels, graphic comics, and comic novels (?). You draw it, I like it. And every once in a while, First Second will offer me a little jacket to reveal in some manner. It seems timely that with the announcement about the […]
What’s Trending? What Is, What Was, What’s Soon to Be in Kid Lit
From evil hummingbirds and odd picture book cameos, to how things stand on diversity, Betsy Bird considers where we are and where children's books might be headed in 2016.
Comics Squad: Lunch – Now With More Pearl Harbor! A Nathan Hale Interview
I like my comics like I like my men. Chock full of lunch and Pearl Harbor references. Hm? That didn’t make sense? Maybe not, but if nonsense is pouring out of my mouth then I believe it may have something to do with the excitement I feel about today’s guest. If the term “Nathan Hale’s […]
Video Sunday: Wind’s in the East . . .
Fun stuff. Looks a lot like Harry Potter to a certain extent (mood, lighting, music, etc.). It’s the trailer for Roald Dahl’s The BFG. Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link! A bit of an older video here. In my travels recently I discovered that the entirety of the Oliver Jeffers short film version […]
100 Magnificent Children’s Books 2015
Happy New Year!! As with each and every year, I like to make my own little list of 100 children’s book titles. These are pretty much for my own reference in the future, though you’re more than welcome to critique the choices as you prefer. Previous lists can be found for 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, […]
Fusenews: The bumps on the tongue just add insult to injury
Good morning, campers! Are we ironing out the last of the holiday season from our socks? Are we eyeing our decorations with a jaded eye? Well, wonderful news! 2016 is on the horizon and I bring you news of the peppy variety. Packed deep in snow, no less, since I appear to be living in […]
The British to American Translation
This Christmas I was delighted to find that someone had given me the latest incarnation of Harry Potter, this time in the form of the fully illustrated book by Jim Kay. Called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, my book was a little different as it was the British Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. […]
Review of the Day: The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko Miyakoshi
The Tea Party in the Woods By Akiko Miyakoshi Kids Can Press $16.95 ISBN: 978-1771381079 Ages 3-6 There are picture books out there that feel like short films. Some of the time they’re adapted into them (as with The Snowman or The Lost Thing or Lost and Found) and sometimes they’re made in tandem (The […]
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