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Review of the Day: Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall
Mars Evacuees By Sophia McDougall Harper Collins $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-06-229399-2 Ages 9-12 I’ve a nasty habit of finishing every children’s book I start, no matter how dull or dire it might be. I am sort of alone in this habit, which you could rightly call unhealthy. After all, most librarians understand that their time on […]
The Kidlit Swap Method: Children’s Literary Equivalents of Popular Adult Titles
Look, I know how hard you work. You’re busy. And when it comes to your pleasure reading you don’t always have time to dip into the latest 450 page history or novel. Who does these days? Now there’s a timesaver that will solve all your woes. Introducing the Kidlit Swap Method. All you need to […]
Fake Newbery Winners: Create Your Own Title
So I’m reading through the latest issue of School Library Journal, checking out which books got some stars in the back, and I notice something in the middle grade novel section. Three titles in particular catch my eye: A Nearer Moon by Melanie Crowder Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu The Seventh Most […]
When Clothing Approximates Sexism (and other woes)
A friend of mine who is not particularly into the children’s literary world, except that she has small children and reads to them, forwarded on to me this recent article in Vox. It sports the clickbait title I never noticed how racist so many children’s books are until I started reading to my kids. It’s […]
Kidlit Drink Night Returns! For One Night Only
They said it was dead. They said it was over. They said it would never return again. But what they didn’t count on was the fact that when I leave a city I doggone LEAVE a city! Ladies and gentlemen, I have grabbed my jumper cables, attracted a lightning storm of epic proportions, and rejuvenated […]
Review of the Day: Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley
Boats for Papa By Jessixa Bagley Roaring Brook Press (an imprint of Macmillan) $17.99 ISBN: 978-1626720398 Ages 4-7 On shelves now So I’m a snob. A children’s literature snob. I accept this about myself. I do not embrace it, but I can at least acknowledge it and, at times, fight against it as much as […]
Karen Cushman Cover Reveal (are you ready for a fantasy novel?)
You read that right, folks. Karen Cushman has a new book coming out (hooray!) and it’s not like her books in the past. Cushman has embraced her fantastical side in her latest title, Grayling’s Song. Here’s the plot description: “When Grayling’s mother, wise woman Hannah Strong, starts turning into a tree, Hannah sends Grayling to […]
Video Sunday: Living dolls, shark costumes, buried books and goats in pjs
As you may have noticed, I’ve not done a Video Sunday in a while. It now appears that what I was waiting for all this time was Dan Santat’s parody of Serial, turning it into a reenactment of his Caldecott Award call. I’m just ashamed that when he won it didn’t immediately occur to me […]
Fusenews: [Enter Obligatory Winnie-the-Pooh/James Bond Pun Here]
As the House of Bird prepares for its inevitable move, I find myself rather entranced with my incipient home of Evanston, Illinois. I’m coming to it with almost no prior knowledge of its existence, and find it to be completely and utterly lovely. Example A: Check out this Humans of New York-esque photo series on […]
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