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Books on Film: Staake Spotted
While watching the Top 100 House Party Songs on Fuse last night (don’t judge), who do I see? Bob Staake – the illustrator responsible for Bluebird, The Red Lemon, and a batch of other picture books. No, he hasn’t created one of the Top 100 House Party Songs of all time (although I’m guessing he [...]
Review: Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Sisters By Raina Telgemeier Color by Braden Lamb Graphix (Scholastic) ISBN: 9780545540599 $24.99 Grades 3- Out August 26, 2014 *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Family stories are tough to beat, aren’t they? Aside from being endlessly relatable, they also give a peek into the inner workings of a household [...]
Creepy Library Statue Status Update
If you’re confused, click here for the creepy library statues backstory. Created with thewallmachine.com
Books on Film: ‘They’re Playing a Game Without Rules’
The first book Dahlov Ipcar ever illustrated was The Little Fisherman, written by a gal named Margaret Wise Brown. Ipcar went on to illustrate somewhere in the neighborhood of thirty more. This video, produced by Nobrow/Flying Eye Books on the occasion of the re-release of two of Ipcar’s books (The Wonderful Egg and I Like [...]
All Middle Grade Novels Should Be 192 Pages. No Exceptions.
Imagine a world… Where all middle grade fiction is 192 pages. No exceptions. There’s been talk for a few years now about the expanding page counts in books for young people. Some point to Harry Potter as the reason. One type of book that hasn’t ballooned is the humble picture book. There are exceptions, but [...]
The Wildest Children’s Books of 2014
"What follows are a few 2014 books that made me and Salvador Dali double take – in a good way," writes Travis Jonker, introducing this year's edition of an annual feature on his blog 100 Scope Notes.
Link Du Jour: Get Wilder
Travis here with a quick public service announcement for those who love children’s literature: In the lead-up to the release of their book Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature, authors Betsy Bird (A Fuse #8 Production) and Julie Danielson (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast) are posting some of the true stories that weren’t included [...]
This One Time, At Nerdcamp
Come for the knowledge, stay to admire the spectacular balloons. Earlier this week 350 teachers, librarians, administrators, authors, and illustrators converged on Parma, Michigan for the second annual nErDcampMI. Like any good sequel, the is year’s camp was bigger and bolder. It also got some nice coverage in the local news. It was an early [...]
The State of Doughnuts in Las Vegas, Nevada (or 2014 ALA Annual Conference Recap)
In case you’ve never been there (as I hadn’t before the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference a couple weekends ago), the first thing you need to know about Las Vegas is: they don’t mess around. When you visit, you can be playing the slots seconds after deplaning. I kinda love the idea that someone [...]
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