Morning Notes: AKR Edition

AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL Sad news. As you’ve likely heard, author Amy Krouse Rosenthal passed away this week at 51. If you haven’t read her essay for the New York Times Modern Love column, You May Want to Marry My Husband, go do that. FAKE BOOKS How are nonfiction children’s books explaining President Trump? Very carefully. […]

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AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL

Sad news. As you’ve likely heard, author Amy Krouse Rosenthal passed away this week at 51. If you haven’t read her essay for the New York Times Modern Love column, You May Want to Marry My Husband, go do that.

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How are nonfiction children’s books explaining President Trump? Very carefully. Click here to read.

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“Alexa,” I said. “Play sad trombone.”

This update of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day made me laugh. Click here to read.

(Thanks to Educating Alice for the link)

CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON FOREIGN CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Real headline alert! Click here to read.

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Are you in the mood to see some upcoming picture books (this is a trick – I know you are always in the mood)? Then head over to Mile High Reading. Dylan has the latest batch.

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Have you gotten over to A Fuse #8 Production lately to see her 2018 Caldecott predictions? I was doing some mighty big head nods the whole way through. Click here to read.

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John Green took to YouTube this week to talk about Amy Krouse Rosenthal:

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