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Video Sunday: Spiritual Otters and Evangelical Raccoons
Woot! I’ve scraped and saved and slavered and after a couple weeks have culled together enough videos to constitute a truly lovely Video Sunday. And since Halloween is near upon us (a holiday I will, strangely enough, be spending at an outside wedding in Maine) why not begin with the king of frightening children’s literature […]
Return of the Attack of the Getty Images (Part Deux!)
Just when you thought it was safe to pick up your middle grade galleys for 2016 . . . . Remember when I posted recently about originally seeing a Barbara O’Connor book? And then later I saw this rather similar adult title? Well now I’ve found a third book with the doggie in question! Hold […]
Review of the Day: Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks
Human Body Theater By Maris Wicks First Second (a imprint of Roaring Brook and division of Macmillan) $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-929-0 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. I gotta come clean with you. Skeletons? I’ve got a thing for them. Not a “thing” as in I find them attractive, but rather a “thing” as in I find […]
Hands Off, Hussy! Hot Men of Children’s Literature Under (Too Little?) Fire
As I see it, the relative success of the blog A Fuse #8 Production hinged almost exclusively on being in the right place at the right time. I started the site at the cusp of the blogger movement, a time when they were just beginning to be viewed as hip and new. I specialized in […]
Are Historical Heroes Allowed to Have Prejudices in Children’s Literature?
I don’t usually post anything aside from videos on Sunday but after attending the IBBY Conference in NYC this past weekend this topic came up and seemed well worth pursuing. Not long ago I reviewed The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz. It’s a fine, unique historical novel about a 14-year-old girl who escapes a […]
Burglars, Thieves, and a Classic Picture Book Trope
When reading a book like Mac Barnett & Christian Robinson’s Leo: A Ghost Story, one is immediately struck by the old-fashioned sensibility of the endeavor. PW said that there was a “retro look of the art” and Kirkus went further saying, “Robinson creates a vintage 1950s-’60s feel.” The feel extends beyond the art, however. In […]
Fuse #8 TV: Laura Ruby (Now a National Book Award longlist finalist!)
As I’m sure you all noticed, yesterday the National Book Award announced its shortlist for the Young People’s category. A couple surprises there. M.T. Anderson’s removal will come as a nasty shock to anyone who has read his book and the elimination of Shabazz/Magoon effectively turns the remaining writers into a pretty white fivesome. The […]
Press Release Fun: BookFest 2015!
Ach. You leave NYC, you deal with the consequences. No BookFest for me this year. Some of you, however, might be a bit luckier. It’s worth it. I mean, did you see that they have Laura Amy Schlitz with Jeanne Birdsall in conversation?!? Right there. Here are the details: Saturday, October 24, 2015 BookFest @ […]
Fusenews: In and out of the loop I go
I mention to folks that in my new job I actually don’t work day-to-day with children’s books all that often anymore and they wonder how I’m coping. As it happens, I’m just ducky. Since my spare hours are just as chock full of kidlit as before, I honestly don’t feel like I’m missing too much. […]
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