Teen Librarian Toolbox
April 30, 2010 by Betsy Bird
Welcome to my home! Please. Make yourself comfortable. Mid-afternoon omelet, anyone? No? Just as well. Can’t bake the darn things to save my soul. Yes indeed, we are very proud of our little apartment here in NYC we are. Quite proud. And see that lovely pink poster over there? Well, we’re more than a little […]
April 29, 2010 by Betsy Bird
The Boneshaker By Kate Milford Clarion Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) $17.00 ISBN: 978-0-547-24187-6 Ages 10 and up On shelves May 24th It seems that no successful book is an island. Or, to put it another way, no successful genre of book. In the children’s book world Harry Potter does well and suddenly […]
April 28, 2010 by Betsy Bird
And it’s free free free!! 2010 Ezra Jack Keats Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature to Be Presented to Author Tonya Hegamin and Illustrator Taeeun Yoo at NYPL Ceremony on April 28 Author Tonya Hegamin and illustrator Taeeun Yoo are the winners of the 2010 Ezra Jack Keats Awards, which celebrate excellence in children’s literature […]
April 28, 2010 by Betsy Bird
Ah! There we go. You know, there are lots of publishers out there that aren’t stationed in New York City. And out of all of them, Chronicle Books is the company (based out of San Francisco) that really feels like it should be located in Brooklyn or something. Alas for us, the opposite coast is […]
April 27, 2010 by Betsy Bird
With BEA coming up it seemed natural to have another Drink Night in conjunction. As Cheryl Klein, my partner in crime, recently wrote on her blog: "We will also host a BEA Kidlit Drink Night exactly a month later — Wednesday, May 26, 6:30 p.m. at the Houndstooth Pub on 8th Ave. (where we were […]
April 27, 2010 by Betsy Bird
Last week I was shelving something in the biography section when I saw that we owned a whole mess of Tiger Woods bios for kids. It gave me pause, but I didn’t do anything about it. Then Peter over at Collecting Children’s Books has to go and come up with a whole BUNCH of bios […]
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April 26, 2010 by Betsy Bird
The Chicken Thief By Beatrice Rodriguez Enchanted Lion Books $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-59270-092-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves May 1st What’s up with the Europeans out there? Are they better than the Yanks at wordless picture books? Or are they just less afraid to publish them? Remember that when someone like David Wiesner publishes a wordless picture […]
April 26, 2010 by Betsy Bird
Jules at Seven Impossible Things has already started the ball rolling, so I’m here to follow it up. In the name of research, I need your help. Please answer the following questions: 1. What is the worst children’s book written by a celebrity. I know that this is hard. Choose only one. The worst of […]
April 25, 2010 by Betsy Bird
I wanted to begin today with a fantastic video of Christopher Lee reading Jabberwocky. Alas, I can’t find a version to embed. Trust me, then. It’s worth following this link. This week most of what I found was of a YA bent. This is all the more appropriate since I discovered that tomorrow’s Kidlit Drink […]
April 25, 2010 by Betsy Bird
http://onourmindsatscholastic.blogspot.com/2010/04/video-teen-lit-day-and-interviews-with.html http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/36596985#36596985
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