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47 pieces of original art by Maurice Sendak are currently up for sale at Sotheby’s in New York. According to the AP, “prices range from $3,000 to $950,000″. So gather up your pennies, folks – the sale runs until December 18. Below are three of my favorite items, but you can click here to see the […]
Back in April, author/illustrator Matthew Cordell re-ignited a mystery that had perplexed the children’s literature community for years: Surrounded by popular characters in the children’s section, this little dog (/cat/wolf/???) stood out. Some of the best minds pondered, speculated, and researched. Some of the best illustrators created alternate stories for the character who had come […]
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AWARDED First there were 10: Then five: Now one: Our National Book Award winner in the young people’s literature category is Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman. THE STATISTICAL DOMINANCE OF DR. SEUSS Real headline alert! Priceonomics looks at the authors who have sold the most children’s books. While they’re using numbers from […]
Is Mommy? By Victoria Chang Illustrated by Marla Frazee Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster) ISBN: 9781481402927 $15.99 Grades PreK-1 *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Rarely do I read something and think, “Wait. You can do that in a picture book?” But that was exactly my experience reading Is […]
I wanted to know which publisher has put out the most Caldecott-winning books over the last 20 years, so I looked at the data. But take these numbers with a grain of salt. The totals were a bit difficult to compile, mostly due to the numerous acquisitions that have taken place in publishing over the […]
I love this time of year. The Mock Caldecott has become an annual K-4 tradition at my school. We’ve tried it a number of different ways, as you can see in these posts: Mock Caldecott 2015 Mock Caldecott 2014 Mock Caldecott 2013 Here’s how we’re running things this year. Week 1: I introduce/remind students about the Caldecott – […]
The question always comes. After the flood of excitement and gratitude, a Newbery winner must face the inevitable blank page. Kwame Alexander, author of Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover, faced the blank page and lived to tell about it. His new book, called Booked, arrives on April 5, 2016. Today we have a first look at […]
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 […]