I think I failed to mention this last week when the info was released.  Here then is the press release discussing JacketFlap and its use in terms of the Children’s Choice Book Awards: JacketFlap Book Widget Helps Children’s Choice Book Awards Reach Hundreds of Thousands of People LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 19, 2008 – To [...]

One day you’re in a Flatiron Building scarfing down brownies as fast as you can cram them in your mouth, the next day you’re with the good people of Harper Collins in an entirely different format. Yes, last Wednesday Harper Collins had their Spring 2008 Librarian Preview for books published Fall 2008.  This kind of [...]

We are the children’s librarians of New York City.  In our blood flows the heritage of Anne Carroll Moore.  We are the guardians of children’s literature.  We hold true to the great works, find new, and sustain the institution of the library as the center of culture and worth.  We . . . we . [...]

Unlike some publishing companies, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers is new to the Librarian Preview game.  So last Tuesday the employees got together, pooled their knowledge and resources, and delivered a new kind of preview for the good people of NYC. You can hold a librarian preview in your company’s building.  You can hold [...]

All right.  Here’s the deal.  In a given year I read a lot of children’s books.  Whole swaths of the suckers, really.  And when it all comes down to it, I don’t have time to review them all.  I’d love to, but a person has to pick and choose and pluck out the best.  That’s [...]

This past Thursday I was asked to speak at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.  Naturally I said "yes" and "thank you" and then "yes" a couple more times before they realized what they’d done and changed their minds.  This would provide me with just the excuse I had been [...]

People ask me sometimes what use a book trailer has. By and large, I don’t think we can know the impact of trailers and previews for books at this time. Many are very fancy dancy with bells, whistles, and doodads. Others are homemade but intriguing. Here’s one such example. Helen Hemphill’s novel The Adventures of [...]

Well, so much for my plans to have a nice leisurely week before Memorial Day.  Here’s what it looked like in retrospect: Sunday: Wiffleball in Prospect Park. Monday: Henry Holt Preview in the afternoon (recap pending). Kidlit Drink Night with Gregory K. in the eve. Tuesday: Harper Collins Preview in the morning (recap pending). Horrible [...]

Like original children’s art?  Sure!  We all do.  Like auctions?  No?  Oh. Hm. Better skip this post then. It seems that clever bookstore Reading Reptile has an auction going and it ends sometime today.  Here’s the info as they sent it to me: People! The hour of reckoning is upon us – only two days [...]