Why not?  If predicting the Newbery and Caldecott Awards is a futile experience at any point in the year, what harm could there be in placing your bets as soon as possible in the process? By this point in time we’ve seen and heard about the bulk of the cool Spring releases.  We’ve read the [...]

This week much of the cool stuff, the really cool stuff, was located on websites without embedding links.  Curses!  Foiled again!  I’ll still begin with the best embedded link of the week, though. Everyone’s just been gaga over this Roaring Brook Press video of Marion Bataille’s upcoming pop-up abecedarian joy, ABC3D and well they should [...]

Hello, friend. Do you sit around your house wondering why you can never find great children’s books in abundance? Do you wonder why the Central Children’s Room of New York Public Library doesn’t sell their books all that often? Do you have some free time today or tomorrow between the hours of 10-5? Then hitch [...]

Fuse #8: Finally, you’re the assistant editor of the Flight series, which is an anthology of various comic artists. The volumes don’t contain any particular overriding theme or subject matter, so I’m clear on that much. You also have something called "Flight Explorer" coming out, though, so what’s the deal with that? Kean Soo: While [...]

When you think of Canada you may conjure up images of lumberjacks, snow, maple syrup, snow, odd French accents, snow, and McDonalds meals that serve gravy on their fries.  When I think of Canada?  I think of monsters with sweet dispositions.  Yet that is EXACTLY what came to mind when I decided to interview my [...]

My birthday isn’t until the end of April, but this week something particularly tasty came to my attention. I received a mysterious package in the mail. Note how it exudes mystery.  Exude exude. When I cracked it open I got a hint of what lay inside . . . But NOTHING could have prepared me [...]

Lest you forget, tomorrow marks the One Shot World Tour celebrating all things Canadian.  Various bloggers will be posting Canadian trifles so don’t you be a fool and miss it.  For my part, I will be examining a large monster.  And no, it isn’t bigfoot. Thanks to Little Willow for the image.