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Special Book Trailer Reveal: Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman
Ah, trailer premiers! They only come along once in a while but they’re often quite nice to see. Today we have the privilege of hosting the world premier of of the book trailer for Peggy Eddleman’s Sky Jumpers. I’m partial to this one, possibly because it feels like Land of the Lost to me, what [...]
Review of the Day: Ben Rides On by Matt Davies
Ben Rides On By Matt Davies A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press (an imprint of Macmillan) $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-794-4 Ages 3-7 On shelves now. The cartoonist as great children’s book author is not a given. Consider the sad case of Berkeley Breathed, for example. He achieved levels of unattainable brilliance when he penned Bloom [...]
Fusenews: Like a common peasant
They say that there are more children’s book authors and illustrators in Brooklyn than any other city in the nation. How appropriate then that they should be the ones behind the inaugural Atlantic Avenue Children’s Literature Contest. The rules are simple: If you have never written a published children’s book then you are eligible. You [...]
Review of the Day: Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table By Jacqueline Briggs Martin Illustrated by Eric-Shabazz Larkin Readers to Eaters Books ISBN: 978-0-9836615-3-5 $17.95 Ages 4-8 On shelves September 10th It shouldn’t be this hard. You walk to a biography section of a children’s room, any children’s room, and you start searching for biographies of living people [...]
The New National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature: Who’s It Gonna Be?
There must be a psychological disorder associated with an extreme preference for speculation over cold hard facts. Or, at the very least, a layman’s term for it. But until I research this fully, let us indulge my proclivities and talk a little about the National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature and all that it entails. [...]
Video Sunday: If I could chose my own cool library name I’d go with “In Transit”
A conservative estimate would say that around seven people sent me this particular video this week. A hat tip to every last person who set out to alert then. I wasn’t necessarily going to make a Video Sunday this week, but after watching this I just couldn’t pass this up. The editing, man, the editing!! [...]
2014: It’s Never Too Early to Get Excited
Howdy, folks! So as crazy as it sounds, some 2014 titles have been wandering into my arms. And if that weren’t enough, some of them look positively awesome. With the given understanding that I’ve only read a few of these (and they were picture books, so I’m not exactly straining my abilities here) I present [...]
Review of the Day – Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger
Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad By Monica Edinger Illustrated by Robert Byrd Candlewick Press $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-5038-4 Ages 9-12 On shelves October 8th It’s no secret that nonfiction in children’s literature is the buzzword of the day. Thanks to the rise of interest in the Core Curriculum State Standards, kids are [...]
Review of the Day: Rifka Takes a Bow by Betty Rosenberg Perlov
Rifka Takes a Bow By Betty Rosenberg Perlov Illustrated by Cosei Kawa Kar-Ben Publishing (a division of Lerner) $17.95 ISBN: 978-0-7613-8127-3 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. History is written by the winners, they say. I’m going to lump personal history into that too. As far as I can tell, if you live long enough to [...]
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