Good Comics for Kids
June 30, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Here was the plan. To crash the conference floor on Friday and take it easy on Saturday. Of course, the floor wouldn’t open up until Saturday so my well-laid/poorly researched plans went ah-skittering across the floor and out of sight. Convention floors are only open three days of any given conference. This is done, I […]
June 30, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Simon & Schuster had other interesting covers to boot. I was a big big fan of Phineas L. MacGuire… Erupts! last year. And I felt that it really didn’t get the attention it so richly deserved. Someone at S&S obviously agreed with me, but they decided that the flaw lay in the original cover. I […]
June 30, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Kids Can Press was next on the list and they’ve an interesting selection, fer sure. Mr. Maxwell’s Mouse by Frank Asch was such a hit that now there’s a follow-up by the name of Mrs. Marlow’s Mice. You know, when William Wegman puts dog heads on human bodies, it depresses me. Why is the case […]
June 30, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Quick now, quick now! Well, there was a gay children’s books article with a magnificent quote from Arthur A. Levine found thanks to Kids Lit. Kids Lit, for the record, also directed me to the Anti-Princess Reading List. And what kind of cruel person would I be if I didn’t let you know about the […]
June 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Poetry Northwest, Spring 2002 Be sure to go to Shaken & Stirred for today’s round-up. August Squirrels on the shed roof, trying to mate, don’t seem very good at it though the way he clasps her approximate waist with his almost arms, seems nearly tender, echoes the human. That, and the way, after several […]
June 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
These round-ups are dangerous in part because I suffer from a severe case of ALA Aphasia. I’m going to try to tell you about some of the folks I bumped into while at ALA. This is partly self-indulgent and partly apologetic because I know I’ve forgotten people. Sorry, guys. Next conference I’ll let you tattoo […]
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June 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
I also met Laura Amy Schlitz during the conference, but she’s a rather private person so I won’t go bandying about the facts of the matter. Except to say that I want her hair, of course. Laura Amy Schlitz rules the roost in terms of magnificent hair. Now go read A Drowned Maiden’s Hair. Go! […]
June 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
To my chagrin, it appears that the world continued to turn while I was at the ALA Conference. That means that I’m woefully behind on any and all cool news items. Consarn it. What did I miss telling you about? Well there was that full-color illustration of the love of my life on 7-Imp. He […]
June 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Speaking of blogs, mark this one under the cool illustrator section of your blogroll. Over the next few weeks or so, illustrator Matt Tavares will be showing you the process by which he creates the illustrations for Lady Liberty: A Biography, written by Doreen Rappaport. You may recall Mr. Tavares from his jaw-droppingly stunning pics […]
June 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
This one deserves its own entry, I think. There are a couple facts that you should know at this time. First of all, there is no bathroom in the Teen Central portion of the Donnell Library. And though it is not encouraged, some teens have figured out that it’s much faster to use the children’s […]
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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