Elizabeth Bird
1,298 Articles
Last 30 days
Last 6 months
Last 12 months
Last 24 months
Specific Dates
From:
To:
Video Sunday: Hits ’em With His Head Edition
So, fun fact. I read a serious 2017 Newbery contender a couple months ago and it looks like they may release it in the nearish future (February 2nd). I’m calling 2016 as The Year of the Fox, by the way, since both Sara Pennypacker and Kathi Appelt have fox related middle grades on the horizon. […]
Review of the Day: Robo-Sauce by Adam Rubin
Robo-Sauce By Adam Rubin Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri Dial (an imprint of Penguin Books) $18.99 ISBN: 978-0525428879 Ages 4-6 On shelves October 20th. When I whip out the old we’re-living-in-a-golden-age-of-picture-book-creation argument with colleagues and friends, they humor what I’m sure they consider to be my hyperbole. Suuuuuure we are, Betsy. Not prone to exaggeration or […]
Picture Book Pairings I’d Like to See
The greatest advantage to being a children’s book editor, as I see it, is the power to occasionally pair your favorite authors with your favorite illustrators on a picture project near and dear to your heart. We know on a logical level that it is rare when an editor manages to attain the precise perfect […]
Newbery / Caldecott 2016: Fall Prediction Edition
Around this time of year people start discussing what kind of a publishing year it has become. Is this a strong year for picture books? A weak year for nonfiction? An unusually peculiar year for fiction? It’s all based on personal assessments, containing little to no empirical evidence one way or another, culminating, in the […]
Fuse 8 TV: Rita Williams-Garcia
“Who can turn the stove on with her smile? / Who can take a bubble bath and suddenly fill it with crocodiles?”* If you answered: Rita Williams-Garcia then you are more than correct! The illustrious, charming, all around nice woman stopped by the Harper Collins offices to do a little talky talk with me the […]
Maris Wicks Cover Reveal: Coral Reefs
The other day I wrote the following on Facebook about my four-year-old: “We’re reading my daughter a graphic novel for 9-12 year olds every night (her insistence) called Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks. Basically it goes through all the different parts and functions of the body. Well, tonight she was once again swallowing her […]
App Review: The Other Side by Mental Canvas
Foof! It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these so forgive me while I stretch the old app-reviewing little gray cells for a second. There was a time, best beloved, when I thought this little blog would do it all. V-blogging. Podcasting. And, yes, app reviewing. But reviewing apps is an arduous process […]
Walking and Talking with . . . Deborah Wiles!
I’m happy to say that Steve Sheinkin’s “Walking and Talking” series is back in full swing. For those of you unaware of the Sibert winner’s predilection for drawing his conversations with his fellow literary luminaries, this is a bit of a treat. And for me, to see David Levithan fully drawn . . . well […]
Football Season Arrives: A Quick Look at “Don’t Throw It to Mo!”
I’m two-timing you, SLJ. Yes, the ugly truth had to come out sometime. I admit all. You see, I’ve been blogging elsewhere. Crazy but true? It is, but this is a kind of blogging I’ve never really done before. Because while my specialty is children’s literature, my new job here in Evanston, IL requires that […]
ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? LOG IN
We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing
ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER? LOG IN
Thank you for visiting.
We’ve noticed you are using a private browser. To continue, please log in or create an account.
