Heavy Medal
April 30, 2009 by Betsy Bird
#13: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (1948) 86 points (12 votes, #1, #1, #1, #10, #4, #7, #4, #9, #4, #9, #1, #8) I’d like to see any illustrator today take up the challenge of producing a book with art created entirely out of blue ink, and still have it be as visually compelling […]
April 30, 2009 by Betsy Bird
When You Reach Me By Rebecca Stead Wendy Lamb Books (Random House imprint) $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-385-73742-5 Ages 11-14 I’ve been struggling over how to begin this review. I want to get it exactly right. I want to convey to you precisely what it is that I mean to say. If you’ve read any of my […]
April 29, 2009 by Betsy Bird
I love reading too much into things. I have a personal and private theory that someday people will read the current political state of the world in The Graveyard Book (example: Bod = The nobody that is the average working man and the ghosts = different aspects of the arts that keep him alive). For […]
April 29, 2009 by Betsy Bird
This started off as a little Fusenews item, then morphed into its own post. Sometimes they do that. I’ve been out of the loop for a while here. Trying to get back into the swing of things. And then I see that Roger Sutton has linked to this interesting piece on book bloggers and the […]
April 29, 2009 by Betsy Bird
#14: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (1989) by Jon Scieszka, ill. Lane Smith 83 points (15 votes, #5, #3, #4, #4, #4, #10, #6, #5, #6, #4, #9, #9, #2, #3, #8) The book that opened the door to the wonderful world of fractured fairy tales. Pitch perfect from beginning to end, […]
April 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Re: The tardiness of this announcement, better late than never. The new Children’s Center at 42 nd Street is pleased to announce our May event: Saturday, May 2 nd , 2009 @ 2:00 PM Lurking in the darkest corners of New York are secrets you’ve never thought to discover. Imagine fairies […]
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April 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
The weird thing about the publishers of New York City? I think that they are trying to kill me. I don’t have sufficient evidence to back up that claim quite yet, but examine what has occurred so far: – Little, Brown and Company has a Fall 2009/Winter 2010 librarian preview. – Not one week later, […]
April 28, 2009 by Betsy Bird
#15: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (1996) 78 points (12 votes, #8, #6, #3, #6, #1, #9, #4, #5, #1, #3, #6, #2) There is nothing in the world that brings me more joy than smart, naughty children. And who doesn’t want to be as cool as Mr. Slinger?! – tdjaimes Published when […]
April 27, 2009 by Betsy Bird
By my reckoning in a week or so I’ll be hitting the Top 10 of the Top 100 Picture Books that you dear, sweet, adorable, CUTE readers voted on. You probably have a good idea of who’s gonna be in the Top 10. Heck, maybe, just maybe, some of you would be able to predict […]
April 27, 2009 by Betsy Bird
Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk By James Howe Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay Candlewick Press $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-3385-1 Ages 4-8 On shelves now I first heard about Houndsley and Catina in the best possible way. The way that’s even better than librarian recommendations, blog reviews, or advanced reader galleys. A year or so ago I […]
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