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Hickory Daiquiri Dock: Tim Federle, Nursery Rhymes, and Some Light Apéritifs
There’s this fellow I know. Tim Federle is his name. You might know him from his rather extraordinary and charming middle grade books BETTER NATE THAN EVER and FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, NATE. Both books focus on a theater kid finding his way on Broadway. They are charming, effervescent, and irresistible, much like their author. In [...]
Press Release Fun: The Children’s Literary Salon – Native Fiction and the Editorial Process
Folks, you know me. Half the time I forget to even mention these swell little events that happen, absolutely free I might add, in my library. But this Saturday’s panel . . . well, it’s special. It’s sort of a once in a lifetime panel. You’re not going to see this kind of thing pretty [...]
Trendwatch: Tweet Tweet. Year of the Bird.
I don’t do all that many trendwatch posts on this site, if only because it’s impossible to keep track of them all. One minute you’re seeing tons of picture books involving whales. Another minute you’re noticing more than one book about encouraging your pet to become atheist (see this and this). If you do notice [...]
Fusenews: Properly vicious
There comes a time when I have so much news for a Fusenews that it paralyzes me and rather than write one up I just let my files accrue more and more schtoof until the vicious circle ends with a massive deletion. Today some of this stuff will strike you as a bit out of [...]
Surprise! It’s Racist! Unwanted Children’s Book Surprises.
I think many of us have done this at some point. You’ve picked up a favorite old children’s book to read to your own kiddos. Everything’s going smoothly and you’re all having a fabulous time. Then, WHAMMO! Surprise! It’s racist! Have no idea what I’m talking about? Well today we’re talking race and we’re talking [...]
Press Release Fun: Me!
It’s the blatant self-promotion game! Starring me! Forgive me, folks, but a gal’s gotta do what a gal’s gotta do. Don’t worry. I’ve at least one post lined up for later this week that will involve children’s books that are surprisingly racist (fun!). Until then, I’d be honored if you were so good as to [...]
Review of the Day: Fox’s Garden by Princesse Camcam
Fox’s Garden By Princesse Camcam Enchanted Lion Books ISBN: 978-1-59270-167-4 $14.95 Ages 3-6 On shelves now. Have you ever read a picture book multiple times, enjoying it with each and every read, and then find later that it was wordless . . . and you didn’t even notice? Now THAT is the mark of an [...]
Video Sunday: No. Seriously, Lisa. Hire me.
Howdy, folks. I have news for you. Did you have any idea that a children’s literature online show called KidLit TV was in the works? Nor did I until I stopped by Roxie Munroe’s studio the other day. She informed me that man-about-town Rocco Staino had been by with an honest-to-goodness film crew to talk [...]
E is for Esoteric: 2014 Alphabet Books Get Creative
What is it about the alphabet that gives artists the license to get weird? Historically, the alphabet book is one of the earliest American children’s book forms. You know. “In Adam’s fall, we sinned all.” That kind of thing. I’m certain someone has already written, or is in the process of writing, the full-blooded history [...]
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