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Thoughts on the Debut Author/Illustrator
Last week Jackie Woodson won The National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. It was a win so deserved that I had difficulty processing it. Under normal circumstances National Book Awards for children’s books come out of left field and are so blooming unpredictable that they almost always serve my perpetual amusement. The fact that [...]
Review of the Day: Neighborhood Sharks by Katherine Roy
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands By Katherine Roy David Macaulay Studio – Roaring Brook (Macmillan) $17.99 ISBN: 9781596438743 Ages 7-12 On shelves now. When you’re a librarian buying for your system, you come to understand that certain nonfiction topics are perennial favorites. You accept that no matter how many [...]
Fuse #8 TV: Eric Carle Museum Tours and Absolutely Lisa Graff
Top of the morning to you, folks! I’m happy to release my second Fuse #8 TV episode. This time around I thought it would be a bit of fun to take a trip to the Eric Carle Museum. Not everyone has ever had a chance to visit and it’s just the loveliest place. After that, [...]
Press Release Fun: Spend an Evening with Brian Floca (for free!)
Free Lecture An Evening with Brian Floca Saturday, December 6, 6:00–7:30 p.m. Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Join award-winning author and illustrator Brian Floca, this year’s recipient of the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for Locomotive, for a presentation about his creative journey, his work in various formats, and [...]
Fusenews: “If ‘1984’ or ‘The Trial’ had been a children’s book, Mr Messy would be it”
Recently I’ve grown rather fascinated with the academic children’s collections of the world. The rare book collections in particular. With that in mind, what do you do if you’re an institution that specializes in archived materials, and yet you still want to engage young readers in some capacity? Enter Teaching the untouchable, a great article [...]
Review of the Day: The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Russell Brand
Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales: The Pied Piper of Hamelin By Russell Brand Illustrated by Chris Riddell Atria Books (a division of Simon & Schuster) $19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4767-9189-0 On shelves now. If there is a trend to be spotted amongst the celebrity children’s books being released these days then I think it boils down to a [...]
Library Lions in Books for Kids
It’s not widely known but here is a true fact about my current job – I don’t work in the big stone library with the big stone lions anymore. Surprising, right? I still have my job, it’s true. But about a year ago I was moved with the rest of my department to Long Island [...]
Cover Reveal: Dave Barry’s Return to Middle Grade
I’d just graduated college when a book came into my possession that was to have a surprising amount of sway over my life from that point onward. Its title? Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs. The year was 1997 and it may well be that I’ve never enjoyed a book quite as much since. Fast [...]
Librarian Preview: Little, Brown & Company (Spring 2015)
As librarian previews go, Little, Brown’s remain the gold standard. The food, the guests, the layout, the everything. It is the rare preview that leaves you feeling more relaxed that when you entered. Yet such is the case whenever Victoria Stapleton don’s her latest pair of delightful shoes (shown below). And then the editorial stars [...]
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