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Morning Notes: Itchy Edition
MAURICE SENDAK: INTERIOR DESIGNER What would it look like if Sendak, Carle, Rowling or three other children’s lit greats designed the baby’s room? Now we (sort of) know. WILDER NO MORE? There will be some discussion at the ALA Midwinter conference this weekend about possibly changing the Laura Ingalls Wilder award, ALSC’s version of a […]
Exclusive Book Cover Reveal: THE VERY LAST CASTLE by Me and Mark Pett
Remember that story I told you I wrote? About the castle? The one Mark Pett is illustrating? It’s coming out on October 9th and today it’s my pleasure to share the cover with you. It seemed like a good time to ask Mark a couple questions about the cover creation process. Me: Hi Mark! Do […]
Some Things You Might Not Know about Madeleine L’Engle
Something a bit different today – a piece about children’s literature legend Madeleine L’Engle. L’Engle’s granddaughters Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy have written a biography about her, which is out tomorrow (Feb. 6, 2018), and I asked Léna to share a three things that surprised her most while writing the bio. Léna, the floor is […]
One Star Review Guess Who? (#64)
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon? If you are lazy enough to sleep on the job, you deserve to have your hats stolen. Click here for the answer. Why do I share these? Click here. Previously . . . One Star Review Guess Who (#1) […]
The Importance of Challenging Yourself (and Eating Almonds): 3 Questions with Nikki Grimes
I was given the opportunity to ask children’s literature legend Nikki Grimes a few questions. This was a chance I jumped at. Travis: What was it like winning the Wilder Award? What’s it been like since? Nikki Grimes: Earth-shaking. It took me a while to find my feet. It’s one award I never imagined winning. […]
Morning Notes: Road Trip Edition
THE 2019 YOUTH MEDIA AWARDS: ENHANCED Good news time. The most prominent awards in children’s literature is about to get more diverse. Beginning in 2019, the Youth Media Awards will “highlight titles selected by the American Indian Library Association (AILA), Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), and the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)“. Click here to read the full announcement. THE CROSSOVER Author Kwame […]
Ten Years Later: The Unforgettable 2008 Newbery/Caldecott
You have those day-to-day checklists, where you’re making sure you buy air filters and take enough naps, and then you have those bigger checklists of things you’d like to do someday if you can manage it. Our latest episode of The Yarn falls into the latter category for me. The winners of the 2008 Newbery […]
Everything Is Upside-Down: The 2008 Newbery and Caldecott Medals
Travis: Before we even made the first episode of The Yarn podcast, we’ve wanted to do an episode on the 2008 Newbery and Caldecott medal winners, and unforgettable year that challenged assumptions about what kinds of books could win the most prestigious awards in children’s literature. In today’s episode, Brian Selznick and Laura Amy Schlitz […]
Results! The Big Ol’ Elementary Book Checkout Survey
On Tuesday, I asked all fellow nosy elementary school librarians to spill the deets on their book checkout policies. 205 nosy people responded by completing my survey. Thank you fellow nosy people! And now . . . the results. (Click to enlarge charts) My Reaction: I was expecting that most school libraries would have […]
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