Politics in Practice
February 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
A nice list, if I do say so myself. THE CBC ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL CHILDREN’S CHOICE BOOK AWARDS Kids pick Jeff Kinney, Stephenie Meyer, and Christopher Paolini as some of their favorites of 2008. NEW YORK, NY February 26, 2009 – The Children’s Book Council (CBC) in association with Every […]
February 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
A sad farewell to Mimi Kayden at Harper Collins who has worked at everything from Harper & Row to Dutton to Penguin, as well as a consultant for North-South Books. Mimi has always been good to this little blogger, and I shall miss her egg timer sorely. From Cynopsis Kids: Warner Bros. and production companies The […]
February 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
10,000 Dresses By Marcus Ewert Illustrated by Rex Ray Seven Stories $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-58322-850-0 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. For all intents and purposes Cookie magazine is not the kind of publication I read regularly (in that I make less that $250,000 a year). However, a year or so ago this periodical carried a story […]
February 27, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Because sometimes, just sometimes, Shaun Tan will randomly walk into my library while on his honeymoon. That’s why.
February 27, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Vintage Kids’ Book My Kid Loves does a lovely tribute to a wonderful William Steig book The Amazing Bone. TBA is remarkable for a variety of reasons, but if you hear it mentioned today it’s usually because someone’s trying to ban it. You see the robbers in the book (the creeeepy creeeepy nightmare-inducing robbers) are […]
February 26, 2009 by Betsy Bird
A fair amount of my friends here in New York own rescued feral kitties. Some may have even have gotten their pets from the Anjellicle Cats Rescue in New York City (your call; a T.S. Eliot-inspired name or no?). Now that shelter has inspired the ‘Art for Cats’ Online Auction, where a multitude of hip […]
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February 25, 2009 by Betsy Bird
On the horizon there’s a literacy blog event that you might want to know about. Called “Share a Story – Shape a Future," the event will be March 9 to 13. The press release reads: Books encourage dreams. Reading makes them possible. Share a Story – Shape a Future a blog event for literacy, is […]
February 25, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Wonderland By Tommy Kovac Illustrated by Sonny Liew Disney Press (an imprint of Disney Book Group) $19.99 ISBN: 978-1-4231-0451-3 Ages 9 and up On shelves March 17th It’s amazing how many artists, authors, filmmakers, poets, and creative personalities feel a need to put their own distinctive stamp on Alice’s Wonderland. From creative stage productions to […]
February 24, 2009 by Betsy Bird
I get a lot of books. Quite a few. And often I have no way of using them all. Many are added to the library system, sure, but a number of books sit on a cart in our backroom, waiting. Often these books are fabulous, but we have no immediate use for them ourselves. Enter […]
February 24, 2009 by Betsy Bird
The pleasant shock of yesterday was that I won a little contest. Not long ago I entered the Literary Safari’s six word Valentine contest. The idea was to come up with my love story in a six word memoir, and by doing so I’d win Six Word Memoirs of Love and Heartbreak. But the story […]
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by Travis Jonker
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