Heavy Medal
November 30, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Who Is Señor Calavera from Yuyi Morales on Vimeo. The talented illustrator is a true artist. Particularly if the realm of pupeteership is within their grasp. After hearing countless schoolchildren ask her, "really, who is Señor Calavera?" time and time again, award winner Yuyi Morales decided to come up with this little video. The world’s […]
November 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Vote for your top 10 top (and by top, I mean your favorites) comic book runs by creators by 11:59 Eastern on November 20th, and I’ll count down the top vote-getters in early December. Simply list your top ten (and please pick 10) from your top choice, to your bottom choice, in an email to […]
November 29, 2008 by Betsy Bird
It has always struck me as monumentally unfair that all the New York publishers have the option of having these ultra-cool librarian previews for members of the NYC children’s literary field, while pubs located in other parts of the country are left blowing in the wind. Take Kane/Miller, for example. They’re a relatively small publisher […]
November 28, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Not too long ago I summed up a Penguin preview that featured a YA novel’s cover. Here is the cover in particular: And though I am not a shoe person by nature, I suddenly foudn that I had to have those pumps. Adorable doesn’t even begin to cover them. But where would I go? Short […]
November 27, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Thanksgiving: The True Story By Penny Colman Henry Holt and Company $18.95 ISBN: 978-0-8050-8229-6 Ages 9-12 On shelves now The real Pilgrims didn’t wear black. There. I’ve done it. I’ve just blown your little mind, haven’t I? Isn’t it crazy that in this jaded cynical age in which we live, there are still myths, legends, […]
November 26, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Like the dodo, the passenger pigeon, and other animals of very little brainpower the Wild Things are no more. For you see, dear children, there once was a playground of Wild Things at a Sony complex in San Francisco. Once they roamed free and easy. Now it is gone and only the photos remain. Check […]
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November 26, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Just when you thought you couldn’t get anymore buzzwords. Ever heard of Slow Blogging? It’s a thing. The thought is that if fast food is bad then obviously fast blogging would also be a negative happenstance. A slow blogger would be someone like author Julius Lester. Someone who stops and thinks about the world a […]
November 25, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Pop this into the old "Aw, Isn’t That Cute?" file. Author/editor Jill Santopolo wrote the lovely little young reader title Alec Flint, Super Sleuth: The Nina, the Pinta and the Vanishing Treasure. And the advantage of being an author for kids is that often you get cool prizes in your cereal boxes, sent to you […]
November 25, 2008 by Betsy Bird
Good old Kalamazoo. Land of my birth. Home of my gawky adolescence. Aside from the fact that I was born in such a Seussian named city, K-zoo related news articles are few and far between to say the least (except for that whole all-the-kids-get-free-college thing). So I was thrilled to death to see that the […]
November 24, 2008 by Betsy Bird
You may have heard that my cool new children’s room is open. The one that they are calling The Children’s Center at 42nd Street. But did you hear about our opening festivities? Well, they’re two-part. In Part One we get live owls and Chris Raschka. In Part Two, you get to hear Laura Amy Schlitz […]
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