Heavy Medal
September 30, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Wow. I miss a week of videos and suddenly I have more than I can handle. Magnificent! Let’s start off with some book trailers then. Leila at bookshelves of doom turned me onto this stellar trailer for a picture book. Scieszka/Lane fans rejoiceth. The time for mixing seafood and flour biscuits is nigh. My friend […]
September 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice By Frank Asch Illustrated by Devin Asch Kids Can Press $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-55453-022-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now I used to think that employing a computer to handle all your illustrating needs in a picture book was a risky proposition. Then we entered into 2007 and suddenly there were books like Bow-Wow […]
September 28, 2007 by Betsy Bird
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World By E.L. Konigsburg Ginee Seo Books – Atheneum Books for Young Readers An imprint of Simon & Schuster $16.99 Ages ????? On shelves now A question was posed recently on the Horn Book blog run by Roger Sutton about what it would be like if reviewers never knew […]
September 28, 2007 by Betsy Bird
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) One of the other problems I had with this book was the character of Mrs. Zender herself. The intention here is to display someone eccentric and extraordinary. A person who has her faults but is, in the end, lovable because she is true to herself. And while that may have been […]
September 28, 2007 by Betsy Bird
I had just such a lovely day yesterday. The patrons were sweet and asked questions that I could actually answer. The children crushed only one Lifesaver candy into our carpet. The weather was soft and sweet, the city full of last minute film shoots, and all was right with the world. Aaaaaaaah. From the Department […]
September 27, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Running a literary children’s blog requires a certain level of restraint. The person who reviews picture books and middle grade novels and YA titles is going to have a gap in their repertoire here and there. Unless, of course, they do it for a living (which, insofar as I know, is not yet an option). […]
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September 27, 2007 by Betsy Bird
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Oh, but he’s a sweet guy. When I got to the front Perry gave me a great big hug, remembered my name, and even had the first ever Hot Man of Children’s Literature story, which I shall recount here. *ahem* How People Magazine Found Perry Moore Because I do not have […]
September 27, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Last year I served on the Newbery committee which was fun, awesome, and ultimately very exhausting. Attempting to read every children’s book published in 2006 turned out to be quite a feat. After a while I would notice weird trends in the titles that passed under my nose. Kids who got their hands injured in […]
September 26, 2007 by Betsy Bird
MotherReader has posted the megalist of the Best Books of 2007. Those of you looking for Newbery and Caldecott contenders (to say nothing of the other awards) would do well to consider the books listed here. Just looking at it I could see a couple titles I should have added to my own list. Happily, […]
September 26, 2007 by Betsy Bird
I’m just warming up! Here is even MORE news for the day. HA HA! I justify letting you know that Stephen Fry has a blog by pointing out that he reads the Harry Potter audio books in England. A slim but sufficient connection. Oz and Ends speculates that So You Want to be a Wizard […]
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