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Calde-Snacks
If there is one thing we can all agree on, it’s food. Food is good. While entire meals are great (fantastic, even), there’s another category of food that is just as near and dear to my heart. The snack. I’ve always imagined that snacks are very important to children’s book creators. For one thing, they […]
8 Years of 100 Scope Notes
In 2007 I started this blog with a review of the book Robot Dreams. Eight years later, here we are. Thank you for reading and sharing. To celebrate, here are eight posts I like – one from each year this blog has been around. 2007: Review: Robot Dreams by Sara Varon (my first post) 2008: Children’s […]
One Star Review Guess Who? (#38)
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? seriously, a children’s book on how to abuse your dad physically? unacceptable in my eyes. Click here for the answer. One Star Review Guess Who (#1) One Star Review Guess Who (#2) One Star Review Guess Who (#3) One […]
Bibliography: A Fine Dessert
Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about this book. I’ve read all the critiques, all the support, all the comments, all the tweets. I can’t look away, and I think I’m glad I can’t. The thing that makes the most sense to me is to share the things I’ve been reading, and encourage you […]
Morning Notes: Careful At Home Kids Edition
GOOD CHOICE Oh, the best of the year lists are coming out at a steady clip now. The Goodreads Choice Awards are the latest. They also happen to be pretty fun. There are a bunch of good books are nominated, and you can visit and vote for your favorites easily. I encourage you to do […]
A Conversation with Hervé Tullet, Continued
I had a conversation with my favorite picture book-making Frenchman over at The Number Five Bus Presents… Click here to read it. Thank you Erin & Philip Stead for inviting me to take part. Thank you Hervé Tullet for the chat.
If the Public Picked the Newbery…
…these are the books that would win. People sometimes get irritated with me me when I bring up the mock Newbery list on Goodreads. It is certainly a popularity contest, when the real award is certainly not. Anyone can vote for a book for any reason on the Goodreads list. This is not the way […]
Gallery: The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2015
New York Times Best Illustrated Books list, you catch me off guard every time. And I like it. The 2015 winners have been announced. Let’s have a look at them, shall we? (Side note: I went three for ten in my predictions from a couple months back.) Big Bear Little Chair by Lizi Boyd A […]
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